University of Stirling

Department of XXX
Programme of Study
My Dissertation Title
January 2010
AN Other
Student Number
Supervised by
Dr X
 Acknowledgements

Thanks to my supervisor and Information Services who printed and bound this

document.

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 Abstract

This is a sample dissertation document constructed using Information Services

Guide to Successfully Writing Long Documents Using Microsoft Word 2007. It

illustrates the formatting and sections used in that document for the examples.

There are also some examples of using the Topics described in Section 3 of

that document.

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 Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - Overview & Background...............................................................1

1.1 Aims........................................................................................................1

1.2 Objectives................................................................................................1

1.2.1 Detailed Objectives..........................................................................1

1.3 Literature Survey.....................................................................................1

Chapter 2 - Analysis.........................................................................................2

2.1 Summary of Findings..............................................................................2

2.2 Analysis...................................................................................................2

2.3 Experimental Results..............................................................................2

2.4 Implications.............................................................................................3

2.5 Options....................................................................................................5

Chapter 3 - Conclusions & Recommendations................................................6

Appendix 1............................................................................................................7

Appendix 2............................................................................................................8

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 List of Figures and Tables

Figure 1 - University of Stirling Logo............................................................................................2

Table 1- Survey 1 Results....................................................................................2

Table 2- Differential Impact of Services................................................................4

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Overview & Background

Chapter 1 - Overview & Background

1.1 Aims

The aim of this dissertation is to undertake a well defined research activity to

deepen the authors understanding of research techniques and to explore in

detail one aspect of the discipline.

1.2 Objectives

These can summarised by:

Objective 1

Objective 2

Objective 3

1.2.1 Detailed Objectives

There are a number of these objectives where it is important .

1.3 Literature Survey

Using the excellent library services provided by the Universitys Information

Services1 a number of sources of previous work in this area has been identified.

The most recent.

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For full details refer to the Information Services web site on [Link]
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Analysis

Chapter 2 - Analysis

2.1 Summary of Findings

The research in this area identified that this is a subject much misunderstood.

2.2 Analysis

Although it can take a couple of hours to construct the Word template used for

this document this does save considerable time when writing up the work of this

dissertation project and means that there have been no formatting problems

which have diverted the authors attention from the content of this work.

The design of a corporate logo gives significant clues to the branding of that

organisation. For example, the University of Stirling logo (shown in Figure 1) .

Figure 1 - University of Stirling Logo

2.3 Experimental Results

A survey was undertaken of the sample [Link] results are shown in

the table below and they are in agreement with the results found by

Table 1- Survey 1 Results

Category Question 1 Question 2 Question 3

A1 Ans1 Ans2 Ans3

A2 Ansa Ansb Ansc

A3 Ansz Ansy Ansx

Category Question 1 Question 2 Question 3

A4 Ans10 Ans20 Ans30

2.4 Implications

Applying these results to the general population then it is possible to identify the

differential impact of these services on different groups of people. Table 2 on

Page 4 summarises this. In particular, .

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 Analysis

Table 2- Differential Impact of Services

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8

Service 1 high high medium high low high n/a low

Service 2 medium high medium low low high n/a medium

Service 3 n/a n/a medium medium low high high n/a

Service 4 high high high medium low high n/a low

2.5 Options

This analysis indicates that there are six options to.

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Conclusions & Recommendations

Chapter 3 - Conclusions & Recommendations

Finally, it is concluded that more research is required in this area and therefore

the author will enrol on another programme at the University of Stirling to

continue this work, aided by a scholarship..

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 Appendix 1
Extract from Information Services:

Writing a long document requires more care and greater preparation than
writing short ones. Usually these are formal documents for assessment or
publication, often with strict formatting requirements and layout instructions.
Investing time and effort at the beginning before starting to write will mean than
the formatting requirements can be met and will avoid last minute format
changes when you should be concentrating on finalising your content. Good
initial design will lead to straightforward and trouble free generation of table of
contents and an index.
 Appendix 2
The purpose of the Universitys Information Strategy is to provide a long-term
strategic plan for developing and managing the Universitys information to meet
operational requirements and contribute towards its strategic priorities. The
Universitys future direction and priorities are primarily established in the
Strategic Plan Overview; details of core priorities are identified in the supporting
strategies Research & Knowledge Transfer, Learning & Teaching Quality
Enhancement, Internationalisation and Marketing. This strategy along with
Estate, Financial and Human Resources strategies form a suite of enabling
strategies which underpin the implementation of the strategic objectives of the
University.