Information Services and Student Learning Services offer support to students at every stage of your dissertation. During #StirDisserationWeek we will be highlighting the support and resources available to you.
Student Learning Services Support
Student Learning Services (SLS) are available for face-to-face, virtual, and drop-in tutorials. If you have any questions about the structure, writing, referencing, or editing of your dissertation please do get in touch via email at sls@stir.ac.uk to book a slot.
SLS also offer a range of helpful workshops as part of the Stirling Essentials Study Skills programme. Visit the Stirling Essentials Student Skills SharePoint site to see what’s on and to book a place.
Session | Date | Time |
Master Class: Master your Dissertation 1: What is a dissertation and defining your research questions | Tuesday 6 February | 12-1pm |
Dissertation writing and responding to formative feedback | Wednesday 14 February | 10-12pm |
Master Class: Master your Dissertation 2: Structure and writing | Tuesday 20 February | 2-3pm |
Dissertation writing and responding to formative feedback | Wednesday 28 February | 2-4pm |
Master Class: Master your Dissertation 3: Literature reviewing | Tuesday 12 March | 2-3pm |
See the Dissertation Section in the Student Learning Services module in Canvas for tips on structure, proofreading, and editing techniques.
Library and IT Support
Dissertation Week Reading List
Our librarians have created a list of some of the print and ebooks available in the Library to help with your dissertation. View our Dissertation Week Reading List. Pop into the library next week to see some of these books in our library display.
Finding Resources
Struggling to find articles and books on your dissertation topic? Our Librarians are here to help you find resources for your dissertation research. You can also request an appointment with your Librarian.
Wondering how to find past dissertations? The Library has some past undergraduate and taught postgraduate dissertations. Find out how to search for a dissertation and how to request it from store (scroll down to the section called Finding past dissertations).
Sometimes the library will not have all the materials that you need for your dissertation. You should still be able to access everything you need by using our Document Delivery Service.
Session | Date | Time |
Finding library resources for your dissertation | Wednesday 7 February | 12-1pm |
From Headlines to Citations: Navigating Newspaper Databases | Thursday 8 February | 12-1pm |
Referencing
See our guides on referencing and referencing software.
Session | Date | Time |
RefWorks Fundamentals | Tuesday 6 February | 12-1pm |
Harvard Stirling Referencing | Tuesday 13 February | 11-12pm |
OSCOLA | Tuesday 13 February | 12-1pm |
APA Referencing | Tuesday 20 February | 12-1pm |
Chicago Referencing | Wednesday 21 February | 12-1pm |
For more workshops on referencing see the Stirling Essentials Study Skills Workshops programme.
Word Formatting your Dissertation
Dreading the word formatting part of your dissertation? Fear not! We’ve added a brand new section to the Canvas and Learning Technologies (Students) module which includes help, training videos, and a template document to drop your text into.
From creating and saving a new document to creating styles to adding and editing footnotes, we’ve got it covered.
Check out the Word-Processing a Dissertation section now
Printing and Binding your Dissertation
If you are required to submit a hard copy of your dissertation (please double-check with your department first) you may be required to print on a higher quality dissertation paper. We have two student printers, located in the Cottrell print suite 2A18, loaded with higher quality paper for printing dissertations.
For more information on how to send your dissertation to these printers and details on the cost please see our section on printing your dissertation in UniDesk Self Service.
Graphics and Print Services also offer a dissertation (soft) binding service. See our section on binding your dissertation in UniDesk Self Service for all the details.
Don’t forget to have a look at our dissertation support pages in UniDesk Self Service for all things dissertation-related and keep an eye on #StirDissertationWeek on Twitter and Instagram.
I have incorporated all comments of my resit project i just wanted a feedback from any instructors as we have independent projects
And no supervisor is allocated to us
Hi Ayesha, please contact your dissertation module coordinator and/or the module administrator or your departmental office with regards to supervisor allocation.
Have year one students to do the dissertation?
Hi Lynn, dissertations are usually completed in 4th year.