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With ever increasing numbers of people going through higher education, and more and more working towards Masters degrees, the pressure on students to excel can be immense. Even for undergraduates, there is an increasing emphasis on project and research work, and success in your final project can make all the difference to the level of degree you achieve. Unfortunately, many students do not know how to manage on a day-to-day basis in this vital aspect of their course.
This book will help all students through the transition from passive learner to active researcher. It covers everything you need to know from
- selecting and refining a research topic,
- time and project management, to
- writing the actual report and preparing for a viva.
This book is the ideal guide for all final year undergraduates and students pursuing a Masters degree.
With straightforward, illuminating prose and a thorough understanding of the challenges and distractions that can plague a research student, Andy Hunt has created a truly indispensable guide.
Dr Andy Hunt is a lecturer in Music and Media Technology in the Department of Electronics, University of York, UK.
First published 2005 by Routledge
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2005 Andy Hunt
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Typical daily energy levels
Allocation of activities to times of differing energy levels
An enhanced To do list
Example project list
Example action list
Example daily planner
A mind-map showing a draft structure for part of this chapter
Some different media types and the reliability trade-off
Extract from alphabetic reference list at end of report
An example section showing referring, quoting and paraphrasing
First stages of a storyboard
Evolution of the storyboard
Template for a work package
Example work package
Example student project plan (Plan A)
Example student project plan (Plan B)
GANTT chart taken from Plan A 80
Summary of the process of becoming un-stuck
Self-assessment form
Example regular management reporting form
Typical phases of a project
Self-assessment form to guide you through the projects final weeks
In over fifteen years of supervising students for their final-year university projects I have noted a gap in the market for a book for students to help them deal with the single most important and challenging part of their course. This book is intended to fill this gap.
At the start of a final project, students (particularly in science courses) are used to a steady routine that is well organised for them (extensive timetabled lectures, labs and assignments). Most are not equipped for the sudden transition into being completely in charge of a large and significant block of time where they become overnight, in effect, project managers.
It is my experience that a large part of the academic supervision process is focused on helping students to cope with this transition from passive worker to active manager. The problem is compounded by the fact that there are few people to delegate work to, so the student has to play the dual role of project manager and key worker, with almost no training, on perhaps the highest-marked assignment of their degree.
This book is therefore aimed at students and supervisors to help them become effective project managers who can plan, organise and execute their work, whilst gaining essential transferable skills in the process. It is intended that all final year, Masters, and Doctoral students should read this book prior to doing their project, then refer to it throughout the project period.
Many thanks are due to numerous students at the University of York, UK. Many of them inspired this work, and several have read and commented on it as they have been doing their projects. In particular, I would like to thank Alyte Podvoiskis, Trevor Agus, and Hector Scoursis for their extensive feedback in the early stages.
I have had many an inspirational chat with colleagues at York and round the world about projects, and management, but those that have really helped me to flesh out the ideas in this book are Ross Kirk, David Howard, Thomas Hermann, Marcelo Wanderley, and Andrew Cleaton.
Finally, thanks go to my family for bearing with me throughout this project especially when the added burden of writing a book on top of a busy schedule made time management absolutely essential. I hope Amy and Tom feel as if I have spent a good proportion of time with them, and I wish them all the very best with organising their own lives as they grow. To my wife Caroline, who has not only held the fort and kept me going (and has occasionally threatened to turn the computer off late at night), but has also been my primary proof reader and copy editor as the book has developed, thank you!
outlines the important change in role that all students undertake when embarking upon a major project; they become both the Worker and the Manager. This chapter describes each role, along with some other common (not so useful) roles that people often play. The concepts outlined here are essential for the understanding of subsequent chapters.
In we consider in some depth the issue of personal time management. On a solo project you are put in charge of a large block of time, and you need to use it wisely. This chapter includes some tricks and well-tried advice for making the most of the time you have available, and for balancing your work commitments with the rest of your life.
takes you through the vital task of setting and refining your projects aims and objectives. We look at the process from choosing a project, then making it really yours. This chapter introduces several ideas for generating and managing creative ideas, and then communicating them to others in a clearly written proposal. We then discuss how to form the project title, the definition of aims, objectives, and a hierarchy of tasks.
shows the importance of setting your work in context. We consider the different types of information source that are available nowadays, along with their relative advantages and disadvantages for research. We then discuss some of the different ways of putting together a literature survey.
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