Occupational Psychology

This is a series of audio podcasts to provide Occupational Psychology students advice and guidance at each stage of their dissertation process.

Writing-Up Quality Qualitative Results

Ray Randall and Sue Harrington discuss some of the issues related to the writing-up of the results of qualitative research dissertations.

01-25
10:49

Writing-up your Quantitative Results

Ray Randall and Sue Harrington discuss some hints and tips on writing-up the results section from quantitative data. This may help create concise, interesting and relevant results from all the collected data.

01-25
07:57

Writing an Effective Executive Summary

Sue Harrington talks through things to consider when writing an executive summary.

01-25
08:44

Writing a Good Abstract

The abstract is the shortest section in a dissertation, but can often be one of the hardest to write effectively. Ray Randall explains how to write a concise and informative abstract for a research report.

01-25
13:07

Writing Incredible Introductions

Kelly Barklamb, Ray Randall and Sue Harrington deal with a number of questions about how to produce a quality introduction that does justice to a student's hard work.

01-25
04:16

What Are Markers Looking For

When planning, conducting and writing up a dissertation, it is a good idea to know what markers are looking for. Ray Randall explains how to obtain this knowledge and use it effectively.

01-25
08:27

Turning a Research Idea into a Proposal

Ray Randall and Sue Harrington examine how bright ideas can be shaped into strong dissertation proposals.

01-25
09:41

Solving the Mystery of the Reflective Review

Ray Randall discusses what needs to be included in a good reflective review and provides some handy hints and tips.

01-25
14:50

Planning Your Dissertation Process

Andrew Shepherd discusses points to consider when planning a dissertation.

01-25
33:44

Sequencing the Write-up of Your Work

Ray Randall discusses an important part of the writing up process: Sometimes it is important to take a step back before taking two leaps forward!

01-25
09:33

Making Effective Use of Supervision

Sue Harrington looks at how students can work with their supervisor to shape an excellent dissertation.

01-25
11:58

Refining the Focus of Your Dissertation

Andrew Shepherd provides some guidance on how to reduce the number of variables in a dissertation.

01-25
01:59

Getting Easy Marks

Ray Randall discusses some common presentational errors that students make in their dissertations and how to avoid them. This podcast includes a quick quiz.

01-25
15:55

If the Organisation Withdraws Participation

In the unlikely the event that the organisation withdraws participation during the dissertation process, Andrew Shepherd provides some potential solutions. Keep calm and listen to this podcast.

01-25
02:56

Gaining Access to Organizations

Andrew Shepherd provides some hints and tips on finding an organisation to work with for a dissertation

01-25
01:53

Choosing an Empirical Dissertation

Andrew Shepherd and Kelly Barklamb discuss in-depth some of the things to consider before embarking on a piece of research.

01-25
32:23

Choosing the Focus of Your Dissertation

Andrew Shepherd suggests ways to choose the focus of a dissertation.

01-25
02:27

Challenges of Conducting Research in Organisations

Organisations are not like laboratories. Andrew Shepherd provides some thoughts on how to control some of the factors involved with research in real organisations.

01-25
02:07

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