Writing your thesis may well be the biggest challenge of your academic career so far. The scale of the task will no doubt seem daunting – describing and analysing your research in 30,000 to 80,000 words (depending on your discipline) and the whole thing to be completed and submitted by the end of your final year.

However, it is important that you are not intimidated. Over the course of your time here, you have shown this is something you are capable of – the key now is to think about what you want to do, how you are going to do it, and how you will make sure that you stay on track.

The Graduate School has a range of online advice to help you:

• Plan your thesis structure
• Manage your writing and yourself
• Develop your writing
• Prepare for the first submission of your thesis
• Prepare for the viva examination