Dissertation Support

See the Academic Skills site for videos, podcasts and other resources to help you with your academic writing, presentation skills and other study skills. You can also book an appointment here to discuss your work with an Academic Skills Advisor.

Explore University of Manchester's Academic Phrasebank for suggestions to link your ideas together, describe common academic concepts and alternative phrases to give your writing added variety.

See our local Referencing at UWS guide for a brief introduction to adding in-text citations, creating references and using the Cite Them Right Online website.

Login to Cite Them Right Online, access the Tutorial to learn about referencing, quiz yourself on your knowledge, explore multiple referencing examples and use the 'you try' feature to generate accurate references for your sources.