Section outline

  • On Friday 11th December Y3 students will be asked to give a presentation of their dissertation plans. This presentation is formative (i.e. not assessed), but critical to take stock of your progress and lay out the programme of work for the development of the dissertation. 

    Because of QMUL's policy to reduce the activities on campus in December and allow students a safe return home for Xmas, our presentations will be moved completely online on the Blackboard Collaborate platform (see Date, place and time section below).

    • INSTRUCTIONS

      Students are asked to produce a five-slide presentation, covering: (1) Background - what is know about the topic you have selected; (2) Dissertation's aim, objectives and research questions; (3) Methods, including type of work to be conducted (e.g. ecological study, interviews, literature review etc.), evidence to be collected, and potential sources of information;  (4) timelines and next steps, and; (5) relevant bibliographical references.

      It would be great if you could suggest names of potential supervisors you may have been in contact with.

      FORMAT OF THE PRESENTATIONS

      Presentations will take place online on the Blackboard Collaborate platform, in no particular order - volunteers are welcome to present first. Each presentation will last 3 minutes, followed by a quick Q&A session. You will be asked to switch on your camera when presenting, and share your slides in Blackboard. If you think you are not going to be able to do so, please get in touch with Giuliano or Maddy to discuss the alternatives.

      Students are encouraged to attend each other's presentation,  ask questions and stay online until the end - our experience is that you will learn so much just by listening to your peers' plans and solutions!

      DATE, PLACE AND TIME

      The formative presentations session will take place online only on Friday 11th December, between 10am to 2pm (see the link below). There will be no face to face session for this exercise.