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It is nearly time to do the January draw. Read here about how to enter to win a place on an online Advanced English and IELTS course.
I have talked to lots of students recently about writing their dissertation. You might think that you have a long time to do it – you do not! One strong piece of advice that I would give to students working on a big piece of work is to have a timetable for your work. It might start something like this:
| Week ending | By this date I should have… | Notes |
| 24th Jan | Confirmed the topic with my tutor | |
| 31st Jan | Identified my primary sources | |
| 7th February | ||
| 14th February | ||
| 21st February | ||
| 28th February | ||
| 7th March | ||
| 14th March | ||
| 21st March | ||
| 28th March | ||
| 3rd April | Reread and checked it through and handed it in! |
If you fill out a timetable like this now you will not leave everything to the last minute. Of course you can adapt the timetable as you go along, and this process of adapting it will lead you to be continually monitoring your progress.
As usual I also have a very useful link for you about dissertation writing from Reading University here.