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.

Semester 2: 23-27 February 2026. Events are being added, full listing will be available w/c 02 February 2026.

Semester 2

Date TimeCourse title LocationBooking  
23 Feb  Information drop-in On campus: Main Library and Nucleus, King's Buildings Not required 
 12:30-13:00Finding thesesOnlineComing soon 
24 Feb10:00-12:00Producing a thesis or dissertation using Word [Digital Skills]OnlineComing soon 
 12:30-13:00Exploring social history: An introduction to mass observation online & mass observation project, 1981-2009OnlineComing soon
25 Feb09:00-09:50Managing your references using ZoteroOnlineComing soon
 10:00-11:30EndNote for managing references [Digital Skills]OnlineComing soon
 12:30-13:00Cited reference searchingOnlineComing Soon 
 15:30-17:00Searching the Research Literature [PGT]OnlineComing soon 
26 Feb10:00-11:20Finding Academic Literature. [For PGR in CSCE]OnlineComing soon
 12:30-13:00How to reference social media, podcasts and online contentOnlineComing soon 
 13:00-14:30Using PowerPoint to create an academic poster [Digital Skills]OnlineComing soon 
27 Feb12:30-13:00How to reference and avoid plagiarismOnlineComing soon 

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