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Becoming a public historian: cissy walmsley.

In this series, Dr Jessica Moody, unit co-ordinator of the third year Practice-Based Dissertation option, interviews students about their projects and experiences of this unit. The Practice-Based Dissertation was first introduced at Bristol in 2020-21 and enables students to produce a practical, public-facing ‘public history’ output as well as a 5000 word Critical Reflective Report.   

In this interview, Jessica talks to Cissy Walmsley about her project.    Continue reading →

Becoming a Public Historian: Isabel King

In this series, Dr Jessica Moody, unit co-ordinator of the third year Practice-Based Dissertation option, interviews students about their projects and experiences of this unit. The Practice-Based Dissertation was first introduced at Bristol in 2020-21 and enables students to produce a practical, public-facing ‘public history’ output as well as a 5000 word Critical Reflective Report.

In this interview, Jessica talks to Isabel King about her project. Continue reading →

Becoming a Public Historian: Kim Singh-Sall

In this interview, Jessica talks to Kim Singh-Sall about her project.  Continue reading →

Becoming a Public Historian: Issy Coleman

In this interview, Jessica talks to Issy Coleman about her project. Continue reading →

Becoming a Public Historian: Josh Hillman

In this interview, Jessica talks to Josh Hillman about his project.

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Becoming a Public Historian: Nicola Howard

In this interview, Jessica talks to Nicola Howard about her project.

Becoming a Public Historian: Kate Sudakova

In this series, Dr Jessica Moody, unit co-ordinator of the third year Practice-Based Dissertation option, interviews students about their projects and experiences of this unit.

The Practice-Based Dissertation was first introduced at Bristol in 2020-21 and enables students to produce a practical, public-facing ‘public history’ output as well as a 5000 word Critical Reflective Report.

In this interview, Jessica talks to Kate Sudakova about her project. Continue reading →

Becoming a Public Historian: Haley Jensen

In this new series – ‘Becoming a Public Historian’ – Dr Jessica Moody, unit co-ordinator of the third year Practice-Based Dissertation option, interviews students about their projects and experiences of this unit.

In this interview, Jessica talks to Haley Jensen about her project. Continue reading →

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Unit information: Dissertation in 2023/24

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The aim of this unit is to support students to produce a high-quality research-based dissertation that represents their own work. The unit is designed to allow students to identify a topic or research question which interests them, and follow that interest through independently by studying extensively and over a sustained period an author (or group of authors), a theme, and/or a literary period, and to develop their skills in detailed, self-motivated independent research. Students undertake supervised research to produce a written project of up to 10,000 words on a particular aspect of their study in English Literature, with an additional 500 words to provide an abstract and well-presented front matter.

Students work with a supervisor to identify research questions or concerns, to determine appropriate research methods, formulate their argument and structure a dissertation. This offers students the opportunity to demonstrate their command of academic research and writing skills on a large-scale project, and to develop skills transferable for other working environments, as well as for postgraduate study in a variety of disciplinary and vocational areas.

Around weeks 8-9 of TB1 of their final year, students must submit a short writing sample (1000 words max.) and bibliography so that the supervisor can assess the student’s progress. Students may also submit another 2000 words of work in progress during TB2.

In addition to one-to-one meetings with a supervisor, they will attend a series of regular lectures and workshops to support different aspects of the research and writing experience.

The project may develop and analyse a chosen theme related to another unit. Where the chosen research project is related to a taught unit, the student must develop the area beyond coverage in the taught unit and must not duplicate work required for this or any other assessed unit in their programme of study at Bristol.

Your learning on this unit

At the end of the unit a successful student will be able to:

• identify a viable area of independent study with a clear rationale and focus;
• develop methods and materials by which to broaden the student’s knowledge of the field and deepen understanding of research methods and of relevant disciplines;
• critically assess a body of material, including primary and secondary literature, texts, other sources and ideas as a basis for their own analysis and argument;
• demonstrate skills of analysis and synthesis appropriate to level H/6 and beyond the level achieved in taught final-year seminar-based options;
• demonstrate advanced skills in independent research, textual analysis, and time management;
• demonstrate thorough knowledge and understanding of one or more significant literary, cultural, historical, theoretical, critical, or linguistic contexts related to the text(s) and/or author(s) they are studying;
• respond to questions or problems by presenting independent judgements in an appropriate style and at an advanced level of complexity;
• demonstrate the ability to work largely independently to produce an extended piece of research, understand the process of independent learning and research, and appreciate their own capabilities in these areas.

How you will learn

The dissertation will involve asynchronous and synchronous elements, including a programme of research and writing guidance, and one-to-one consultation and feedback from the designated supervisor. Students are expected to manage their time and pursue their independent research. Learning will be further supported through opportunities for peer dialogue and organised ‘writing retreats’.

How you will be assessed

• 1 x 10,500 word dissertation (100%) [ILOs 1-8]

If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.

If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. ENGL30112).

How much time the unit requires Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks, independent learning and assessment activity.

See the University Workload statement relating to this unit for more information.

Assessment The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit. The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. For appropriate assessments, if you have self-certificated your absence, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (for assessments at the end of TB1 and TB2 this is usually in the next re-assessment period). The Board of Examiners will take into account any exceptional circumstances and operates within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes .

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(re)shaping genre: the commercial and social presentation of speculative fiction in the 21st century.

Supervisor: Krishnan, M. (Supervisor) & Tether, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis : Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

[2+2]-Photocycloaddition Reactions in the Synthesis of Novel Scaffolds and Natural Products

Supervisor: Willis, C. (Supervisor) & Booker-Milburn, K. I. (Supervisor)

Supervisor: Ladyman, J. A. C. (Supervisor) & Thebault, K. P. Y. (Supervisor)

3D Bioprinted Engineered Living Materials for Continuous Organophosphorus Compound Detoxification

Supervisor: Perriman, A. W. (Supervisor) & Ting, V. (Supervisor)

3D FE-informed laboratory soil testing for the design of offshore wind turbine monopiles

Supervisor: Ibraim, E. (Supervisor) & Diambra, A. (Supervisor)

3D-printable conjugated microporous polymer electrodes for carbon capture and conversion

Supervisor: Patil, A. (Supervisor) & Faul, C. F. (Supervisor)

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3D Printing Enzyme Mediated Interpenetrating-Network Biohybrid Materials with Shape Changing Properties

Supervisor: Perriman, A. W. (Supervisor) & Anderson, J. L. R. (Supervisor)

3D printing shape-changing double-network hydrogels

Supervisor: Seddon, A. M. (Supervisor) & Eichhorn, S. (Supervisor)

5G Communication Framework for Smarter Autonomous Vehicles

Supervisor: Piechocki, R. (Supervisor) & Nix, A. (Supervisor)

Ab initio Study of Spin-Dependent Transport and Magnetism in Heavy and Superconducting Metals

Supervisor: Gradhand, M. (Supervisor)

A biologically-inspired artificial lateral line: Observations of collective behaviour in fish lead to the development of a novel design of simple and low-cost artificial lateral line sensor

Supervisor: Hauert, S. (Supervisor), Ioannou, C. (Supervisor) & Genner, M. J. (Supervisor)

A biophysical investigation into the self-assembly of α-helix - polyproline II helix oligomers

Supervisor: Race, P. R. (Supervisor) & Woolfson, D. N. (Supervisor)

Abstractions for Portable Data Management in Heterogeneous Memory Systems

Supervisor: McIntosh-Smith, S. (Supervisor)

Access and equity in the school’s marketplace: the case for random allocation in secondary school admissions

Supervisor: Watson, D. L. (Supervisor) & Harris, P. R. (External person) (Supervisor)

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ACCORD – ACCESSING CLINICAL ETHICS COMMITTEES FOR RAPID DISCUSSION: What approach(es) should be adopted by clinical ethics support services (CESS) for advising on urgent decisions in healthcare?

Supervisor: Huxtable, R. (Supervisor), O'Connor, D. (Supervisor), O'Connor, D. (Supervisor) & Huxtable, R. (Supervisor)

Acetylcholine in the Interpositus Cerebellar Nuclei

Supervisor: Apps, R. (Supervisor), Bashir, Z. (Supervisor) & Pickford, J. (Supervisor)

A changing world: how anthropogenic noise and climate impact dwarf mongoose (Helogale parvula) behaviour

Supervisor: Radford, A. (Supervisor) & Cuthill, I. C. (Supervisor)

A characterisation of mononuclear phagocyte dynamics in the healthy and regenerating zebrafish heart

Supervisor: Richardson, B. (Supervisor) & Martin, P. B. (Supervisor)

A Chemical Synthesis Paradigm for in utero Repair of Spina Bifida

Supervisor: Galan, C. (Supervisor), Briscoe, W. (Supervisor) & Cosgrove, T. (Supervisor)

A Child of Two Worlds: Materiality and Landscape of Mushroom-Shaped Bunkers in Albania

Supervisor: Saunders, N. (Supervisor)

A comprehensive screening of the two-component network in Staphylococcus aureus

Supervisor: Massey, R. (Supervisor)

A Computational Framework for the Optimisation of Antivenom Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics

Supervisor: Hauert, S. (Supervisor), Blee, J. A. (Supervisor) & Collinson, I. R. (Supervisor)

Acoustic and Flight Behaviour of Emerging Greater Horseshoe Bats in Paired Flight

Supervisor: Holderied, M. W. (Supervisor)

Acoustic Flow Perception in Bats and Applications in Navigation

Supervisor: Windsor, S. P. (Supervisor) & Holderied, M. W. (Supervisor)

A Critical Evaluation of Indonesia's Special Economic Zones using New Institutional Economics Approach

Supervisor: King, W. (Supervisor) & Hewitt, V. (Supervisor)

A critical investigation into students’ perceptions of the impact of EMI policy on their content learning and social equity in a HEI in Oman

Supervisor: Sharples, R. (Supervisor) & Giampapa, F. (Supervisor)

Across the waves: Departmental leadership in the field of management and technology studies at a research university

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Active Thermal Management in FRP Composites via Embedded Vascular Networks

Supervisor: Bond, I. P. (Supervisor) & Lawrie, A. G. W. (Supervisor)

Adaptive Optimal Control via Reinforcement Learning: Theory and Its Application to Automotive Engine Systems

Supervisor: Burgess, S. C. (Supervisor), Herrmann, G. (Supervisor) & Brace, C. (External person) (Supervisor)

Adaptive Sampling in Particle Image Velocimetry

Supervisor: Poole, D. (Supervisor) & Allen, C. (Supervisor)

Additive structure in convex sets and related topics

Supervisor: Rudnev, M. (Supervisor)

ADDomer: synthetic multiepitope virus-like particle platform for next-generation vaccines and high-affinity binders

Supervisor: Berger, I. (Supervisor), Mulholland, A. (Supervisor) & Berger-Schaffitzel, C. (Supervisor)

Addressing the challenges of catchment characterisation, model selection and evaluation in large-sample hydrology: application to Great Britain

Supervisor: Rahman, S. (Supervisor) & Coxon, G. (Supervisor)

Addressing the key uncertainties of improving preconception health in the UK

Supervisor: White, J. (Supervisor) & Kipping, R. (Supervisor)

A design approach for super-efficient Wrapped Tow Reinforced Hierarchical Space Frames

Supervisor: Woods, B. K. S. (Supervisor), Macquart, T. (Supervisor), Schenk, M. (Supervisor) & Pirrera, A. (Supervisor)

A Diamond Gammavoltaic Cell

Supervisor: Scott , T. B. (Supervisor) & Fox, N. A. (Supervisor)

Adjacency spectral embedding beyond unweighted, undirected networks

Supervisor: Babaee, F. (Supervisor) & Rubin-Delanchy, P. (Supervisor)

Advanced Continuous Tow Shearing Utilising Tow Width Control

Supervisor: Kim, B. C. (Supervisor) & Ivanov, D. (Supervisor)

Advanced numerical modelling of the cyclic/dynamic response of offshore structures in inhomogeneous non-cohesive soils

Supervisor: Karamitros, D. K. (Supervisor) & Diambra, A. (Supervisor)

Advanced quantum communications for next-generation secure optical networks

Supervisor: Kanellos, G. (Supervisor) & Nejabati, R. (Supervisor)

Advanced Ultrasonic Array Processing for Pipeline Inline Inspection

Supervisor: Wilcox, P. D. (Supervisor) & Velichko, A. (Supervisor)

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Supervisor: Beach, M. A. (Supervisor) & Cappello, T. (Supervisor)

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Supervisor: Campbell, I. C. G. (Supervisor)

Advancing the field of content-based and collaborative filtering reciprocal recommender systems

Supervisor: McConville, R. (Supervisor) & Liu, W. (Supervisor)

Aerial electroreception in Bombus terrestris : examination of spatial resolution and exploration of implications for functionality and evolution.

Supervisor: Robert, D. (Supervisor) & Holderied, M. (Supervisor)

Aerial Manipulators for Contact-based Interaction

Supervisor: Richardson, T. S. (Supervisor) & Georgilas , I. (External person) (Supervisor)

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Supervisor: Pirrera, A. (Supervisor) & Cooper, J. (Supervisor)

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