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The Library: Economics, Analytics & International Business

Help with your dissertation

  • Book an appointment with your librarian who can help you find the best resources including journal articles, statistics and more. 
  • Use the Skills for Learning website for step-by-step guidance on how to plan and manage your workload, and how to structure your dissertation. You will also find a Finding Information page with lots of tips on how to search for sources.
  • Search Discover for books on writing your dissertation
  • Look at past dissertations for inspiration

Help with writing

Skills for Learning offers support on a variety of academic writing skills: report writing, writing skills for international students, literature reviews and time management advice.  See the Skills for Learning website for step by step guidance on how to plan and manage your workload, and how to structure your dissertation, and see workshops, bookable via MyHub, on topics such as:

  • Reports and dissertations
  • Word for dissertations and reports
  • Statistics - analysing your data

Collections of dissertations and theses

Within Leeds Beckett

You can search the University repository for past Leeds Beckett research and the Thesis and Research Data Repository (Figshare) contains online postgraduate research theses/dissertations from Leeds Beckett students.

The Library also has some hard copies of old dissertations and theses. You can consult these to see how previous students conducted and presented their work.

Search on Discover for dissertations and theses held in the Library:

Skills for Learning workshops and events are mixture of live sessions and on demand recordings.

Skills for Learning events

Dissertations - On Demand Workshop

Starts: 9 Sep 2024, 9:00 am
Finishes: 31 Jul 2025, 9:00 am
This workshop is particularly useful for final-year undergraduates, but is also of interest to those at other levels looking ahead to their dissertation or major independent study.

Finding information - On Demand Workshop

Starts: 9 Sep 2024, 9:00 am
Finishes: 31 Jul 2025, 9:00 am
This session helps you find the high-quality academic and professional information you need to get good marks in your assignments. It includes a briefing on key search tools available from the University, and how best to use them alongside standard search engines like Google.

How to reference LBU Harvard style - On Demand Workshop

Starts: 9 Sep 2024, 9:00 am
Finishes: 31 Jul 2025, 9:00 am
In this workshop you learn how to cite and reference using Leeds Beckett's version of Harvard for books, articles, websites and other sources you might use in your assignments. Please note: this workshop is not suitable for Law students, who use OSCOLA, or Psychology students, who use APA.

International students - understanding Academic English and Academic Integrity - On Demand Workshop

Starts: 9 Sep 2024, 9:00 am
Finishes: 31 Jul 2025, 9:00 am
This interactive workshop is designed for international students and helps you to improve your Academic English.

Literature Reviews - On Demand Workshop

Starts: 9 Sep 2024, 9:00 am
Finishes: 31 Jul 2025, 9:00 am
This workshop helps you understand the role of the literature review in academic writing. Discover strategies for collating your research and planning the structure of your work. This workshop also focuses on how to read and write critically for your literature review.

Presentations - On Demand Workshop

Starts: 9 Sep 2024, 9:00 am
Finishes: 31 Jul 2025, 9:00 am
Many students are required to deliver a presentation at some point during their studies - whether it's as part of a group or individually, assessed or unassessed. In this workshop, we look at examples of presentations and discuss what works.

Reflective writing - On Demand Workshop

Starts: 9 Sep 2024, 9:00 am
Finishes: 31 Jul 2025, 10:00 am
This interactive workshop is for students completing reflective writing assignments as part of their degree courses. Learn how to combine your experiences and ideas with your wider subject knowledge to produce reflections that demonstrate critical thinking skills.

Report writing - On Demand Workshop

Starts: 9 Sep 2024, 9:00 am
Finishes: 31 Jul 2025, 9:00 am
This interactive workshop focuses on the skills you will use to write reports at university. The workshop covers the following key areas: purpose, structure, language and critical analysis. Detailed guidance is provided on the information required to complete a report.

Essay writing - On Demand Workshop

Starts: 9 Sep 2024, 9:00 am
Finishes: 31 Jul 2025, 9:00 am
In this interactive workshop recording, you will gain an insight into what makes a successful essay. You will learn how to break down an essay question, how to develop an argument and how to present your argument clearly in your writing.

Writing academically - On Demand Workshop

Starts: 9 Sep 2024, 4:00 pm
Finishes: 31 Jul 2025, 9:00 am
This interactive workshop provides guidance on effective writing at university level. Learn how to improve your formality and style, develop methods for thinking objectively, and understand how to structure your work.