Success at Master's Level

This hands-on guide to advanced critical analysis and argumentation will help readers to communicate in a way that is rigorous, persuasive and clear. It explores how narrative styles and rhetorical devices can be used to boost the persuasiveness of an argument. Chapters blend theory with practice and contain a wealth of activities. This is an essential resource for postgraduates looking to hone skills in critical analysis and communicate ideas with precision and clarity.

This work demystifies the dissertation writing process. Taking a step-by-step approach to the dissertation life cycle, it provides clear guidance on how to gain marks, as well as how to avoid losing them.

This engaging guide will equip students who are non-native speakers of English with the tools and confidence to respond effectively and appropriately to written assignments at university. It supports students to develop essential writing skills, such as structuring paragraphs and building an argument, and provides practical guidance on the conventions of academic writing. It guides students systematically through a series of text analyses which bring out key linguistic and rhetorical features, to make complex textual issues manageable and understandable. This is an ideal self-study aid for non-native English speakers who need to get to grips with the conventions of academic writing.

Designing and writing a qualitative dissertation methodology chapter can be challenging, but this book provides advice to help students construct and write a qualitative methodological framework for their research. Drawing from Nathan's experience of supervising students, the book goes through each portion of the methodology process.with a warm and supportive tone to provide help for this most challenging chapter of a qualitative dissertation.

This best-selling textbook, written by an award-winning educator and past president of the American Psychological Association, applies theory and research to teach students thinking skills to succeed in today's world. A rigorous academic grounding based in cognitive psychology is presented in a clear writing style with a humorous tone and supported by numerous practical examples and anecdotes. The text helps students learn more efficiently, research more productively, and present logical, informed arguments.

A research article reporting on a Scotland-wide project. The research found that new taught Post-graduate (PG), and staff teaching them, can be unclear about what is expected at Master’s level, and proposed a framework of seven facets that indicate how students are expected to engage with Master’s study.