Help for research and writing

Research for masters or doctoral theses

• Common mistakes
• Find research appropriate to your interests and abilities.
• Get  writing done!
• How Not to Get a PhD (from Estelle M Phillips and Derek S Pugh, How to Get a PhD, Open UP)
• Overcome writer's block (from Rowena Murray, How to Write a Thesis, Open UP).
• Plan a research project.
• Understand what makes postgraduate research different and what examiners look for.
• Understand the words you use
• Writing a literature review

Other writing projects

• Know what to include in the story of a church. Get more ideas for writing the story of a church.
• Report on a period of study or study leave.
• Review a book in way which is fair both to the author and to your own ideas
• Use the world wide web to help make sure you have thought of everything that matters.
• Write a history of a church in ten steps.

Primary sources

• Rescuing the Memory of our Peoples
• Talk to people and help them tell their story

John Roxborogh