The Dissertation Guidelines - A Summary

The Dissertation Guidelines is provided to offer students the essential information which will enable satisfactory completion of the dissertation proposal and final dissertation. The Dissertation Guidelines provide critical information for students on how to plan and conduct their research to the level expected by the University. The Guidelines also document the assessment criteria for the Proposal and Dissertation and explain how to format and structure your Dissertation. The Guidelines comprise of 4 sections, the contents of which can be seen here.

About the History of the Guidelines Document

This Guidelines document was originally published in hard copy format with a pdf of the document uploaded on the University of Leicester webpages. A copy of this original document is downloadable from here.

To ensure students are provided with the latest guidance on the dissertation we have transferred the text from the guidelines document to a webpage format.

About this Edition

First published by University of Leicester School of Management
Copyright: University of Leicester 2009

Last edit: April 2009

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Contents:

The Dissertation Guidelines consist of 4 parts (A,B, C & D) plus appendices.