Dissertation and Thesis Festival

The Library's Dissertation and Thesis Festival brings together the support that the Library, Digital Skills and IAD provides for students undertaking their dissertations and theses.

Want to find out more about the digital library resources available to support your research question? Interested in learning how to manage the bibliographic and research date you have found? Thought about making your dissertation something special by using the fantastic Heritage Collections?

Dates for 2025/26

Semester 1: 27-31 October 2025.

Watch this space. The full list of events will be available at the start of October.   

Semester 2: 23-27 February 2026.

Semester 1 Programme

Date TimeCourse title LocationInformation and Booking 
27 Oct10:00-14:00Discovery DayOn campus, Main Library 
 10:00-11:00EndNote for managing references [Digital Skills]OnlineEvent Booking
 14:10-15:30Study resources for literature reviews [Digital Skills]On campusEvent Booking
28 Oct10:10-11:00Enhancing Your Dissertation Literature Search With GenAIOnlineComing soon 
 10:00-12:00Producing a thesis or dissertation using Word [Digital Skills]OnlineEvent Booking
 11:10-12:00Finding Academic Literature [For PGR in CMVM]OnlineEvent Booking
 11:10-12:00Introduction to SAGE Research MethodsOnlineEvent Booking 
 12:00-12:30Spotlight on: Research Planning [Digital Skills]OnlineEvent Booking
 12:30-13:00Finding ThesesOnlineEvent Booking
 15:00-16:00Data mindfulness: Managing data for your dissertationOn campus, Main Library 1.07Event Booking 
29 Oct10:00-10:50Uncovering the past with digital primary source databasesOnlineEvent Booking 
 11:00-12:30Getting started with NVivo [Digital Skills]On campusEvent Booking
 12:30-13:00Cited reference searchingOnlineEvent Booking
 13:00-14:30Shut up and Write sessionOn campus, Main Library 1.10Event Booking
 13:00-16:30Sharing Edinburgh theses openly! Wikipedia workshopOn campusEvent Booking
 14:10-15:30Finding Academic Literature. [For PGR in CSCE]OnlineEvent Booking
 14:10-15:40Introduction to Central Library and the resources of the Edinburgh & Scottish CollectionPublic Library, George IV BridgeEvent Booking
30 Oct10:00-11:00Using PowerPoint to create an academic poster [Digital Skills]OnlineEvent Booking
 12:30-13:00Searching grey literature for reviews and evidence synthesisOnlineEvent Booking
 14:00-15:30Introduction to Reference Managers [Digital Skills]OnlineEvent Booking
 15:10-16:30Finding Academic Literature [For PGR in CAHSS]OnlineEvent Booking 
31 Oct10:00-12:00National Library of Scotland presentation + tourNational Library of ScotlandEvent Booking
 12:30-13:00EndNote and writing up: beyond the basicsOnlineEvent Booking

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