Ever wondered what a dissertation looked like? Are you a student looking for sample dissertations, something to compare yours to? Yeah that was my world 12 months ago… there ain’t much out here on the web regarding thesis / dissertations… it’s all very private and ‘brick walled’ which ironically, completely defeats the purpose of research… chances are my own dissertation would have gathered dust in an archive, if it was lucky maybe it would hit a library shelf…
Now that that the dust has settled and i’ve submitted my dissertation, gotten my results etc… the time is right to get this thing online. My dissertation is 91 pages and over 18,000 words. It’s what i spent months working on. From now on, it’s completely useless to me. It’s main purpose now will be to serve as an ornament and a souvenir from my final year in college…
Yesterday i gave my dissertation presentation on ‘Social CRM in Irish SMEs’. This was the most important presentation i’ve ever given, on paper at least. So how did i get on stuck in a room with lecturers for 50 minutes?…
Today i spent about an hour working out exactly what i’ve gotten so far in college continuous assessment marks. I then worked out exactly what is left ‘up for grabs’ and calculated what i need on my final exams in all subjects to (a) get a 1:1 (b) get a 2:1…
This day next week i’ll have just come out of my dissertation presentation. That will be that done and dusted forever. In between now and then though there’s a lot of work to be done…