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Murray, R (1998) Research Supervision, Centre for Academic Practice, University of Strathclyde.
Parsons, T and Knight, P (2005) How to Do Your Dissertation in Geography and Related Disciplines,
Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
Race, P and Brown, S (1998) The Lecturer’s Toolkit (3rd edn), London: Routledge.
Ryan, Y (1994) ‘Contracts and checklists: practical propositions for postgraduate supervision’,
in O Zuber-Skerritt and Y Ryan (eds), Quality in Postgraduate Education, London: Kogan
Page.
Stone, B (1994) ‘The academic management of group projects’, in L Thorley and R Gregory
(eds) Using Group-based Learning in Higher Education, London: Kogan Page.
Thorley, L and Gregory, R (1994) Using Group-based Learning in Higher Education, London:
Kogan Page.
Wilkins, M (1995) Learning to Teach in Higher Education, Warwick: Coventry Printers.
Williams, M and Horobin, R (1992) Active Learning in Fieldwork and Project Work, Sheffield:
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FURTHER READING
Barnett, R (ed.) (2005) Reshaping the University, Berkshire: SRHE and the Open University
Press. A range of useful Chapters, particularly Chapter 5 by Mick Healey (as above), which
explores the bringing together of research and teaching (i.e. the teaching–research nexus),
by engaging students as participants as opposed to as the audience.
Day, K, Grant, R and Hounsell, D (1998) See above. Chapter 7 deals specifically with
supervising projects and dissertations, and includes some examples of useful pro forma.
Henry, J (1994) Teaching Through Projects, London: Kogan Page. A comprehensive and
thorough examination of the use of project work to inform extension of this practice by the
Open University.
WEBSITE
Companion for Undergraduate Dissertations Sociology, Anthropology, Politics, Social Policy, Social
Work and Criminology – A Survival Guide for Coping with your Dissertation. Higher Education
Academy Centre for Sociology, Anthropology and Politics, Centre for Social Policy and
Social Work, and Sheffield Hallam University. Available online at http://www.
socscidiss.bham.ac.uk/ (accessed 19 December 2007). Much useful information for
students and supervisors across a wide range of disciplines.