Supervisor's and Opponent's Reports: How to Read Them and Prepare
The supervisor's and opponent's reports are two independent assessments of your thesis. Learn how to read them and prepare answers for your defense.
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Thesis Defense Presentation: How Many Slides and How to Prepare
How many slides a thesis defense presentation needs, how to structure it slide by slide, what to leave off, and how to speak without reading the slides.
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IMRaD Structure Explained: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion
IMRaD divides a scientific text into Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion. Learn what goes in each part, when to use the format and how it fits a thesis.
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Thesis Formatting Guidelines: Setting Up Your Document in Word
How to set margins, fonts, line spacing, numbering and an automatic table of contents in Word, following your university's thesis formatting guidelines.
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How to Cite Online Sources (Web, Video, AI) in Harvard and APA
How to cite internet and online sources in Harvard, APA, and MLA: the online label, access date, availability, DOI vs. URL, and how to cite AI output.
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Citation vs. Paraphrase: The Difference and How Not to Plagiarise
A quotation reproduces text word for word in quotation marks; a paraphrase restates it in your own words. Both still need a reference to the source.
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Common Thesis Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
The five categories of the most common thesis mistakes, from a vague aim to plagiarism, with a concrete step to avoid each one before you submit.
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The Empirical Section of a Thesis: How to Write It
How to structure the empirical section of a thesis, process and present your data, and avoid the mistakes students make most often.
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