Help for writing research papers and theses

Click on these links to help you:

• Find research appropriate to your interests and abilities.
• Get  writing done!
• Identify common mistakes to avoid
• Know How Not to Get a PhD (a telling extract from Estelle M Phillips and Derek S Pugh, How to Get a PhD: A Handbook for Students and Their Supervisors, OpenUP)
• Know what to include in the story of a church. Get more ideas for writing the story of a church.
• Overcome writer's block (extract from Rowena Murray, How to Write a Thesis, OpenUP).
• Plan a research project.
• Report on a period of study or study leave.
• Review a book in way which is fair to the author and to your ideas
• Talk to people and help them tell their story.
• Understand what makes postgraduate research different and what examiners look for.
• Understand the words you use.
• Use the world wide web to help make sure you have thought of everything that matters.
• Write a history of a church in ten steps.

Remember the importance of primary sources

• Rescuing the Memory of our Peoples

Thanks to all those whose hard work and patience doing research has helped with the development of these ideas. Go well!

John Roxborogh