Dissertation deadline changed!

My dissertation deadline date has been moved forward to the 20th December.. instead of the end of the uni year!
I’ve got the faintest idea of what I want to write but I am struggling massively to actually be able to write anything decent with a structure etc etc
Does anyone have any tips?!??

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username2998742

Moved to Postgrad for you buddy :h:

just write

Original post by Dgriff99

Is this for an undergraduate or postgraduate dissertation?

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Dgriff99

Original post by PhoenixFortune

Is this for an undergraduate or postgraduate dissertation?

Under!

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Scotney

Have you not got a tutor to discuss this with? What subject and what sort of area are we talking?

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PhoenixFortune

Original post by Dgriff99

Under!

Are you sure it's not the deadline for maybe the proposal or initial work (e.g. the lit review)? It seems incredibly early for a university to expect a complete dissertation.

If you aren't sure, clarify the deadline with your supervisor.

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Dgriff99

Original post by Scotney

Have you not got a tutor to discuss this with? What subject and what sort of area are we talking?

I’ve got a supervisor but the tutors and basically the other staff at my uni are hopeless, nothing has been organised and they don’t help etc, we haven’t been told anything about the dissertation apart from the deadline and that the topic can be anything, no structure plans or anything. But I’m doing Contemporary art, so we need to do both practical and a dissertation- finding it hard to actually find a topic that I can write enough about that is both intellectual and interesting; I was thinking of writing about the timeline of art through history to present and how women have been represented and influenced etc but I’m finding it hard to find enough research to speak about it enough!

Original post by PhoenixFortune

That’s what I thought! Originally we got told that it was a preference that it was due in for Christmas- due to being on an art course so that we had the rest of the year to complete the practical stuff but in our last lecture we got told it’s submission deadline
And my supervisor is absolutely hopeless so everyone on the course is feeling abit lost and on a loose end

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PhoenixFortune

Original post by Dgriff99

You should talk to your student rep in that case, to make sure that the faculty are aware of how vague they are being. You may want to talk to yoru student union too. Do you know if previous cohorts have had to submit so early?

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Dgriff99

Original post by PhoenixFortune

Yeah, I wil! And everyone I’ve known to do their dissertation, or just people that I’ve seen on social media have always handed it in at the end of the year

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Scotney

Original post by Dgriff99

Yeah, I wil! And everyone I’ve known to do their dissertation, or just people that I’ve seen on social media have always handed it in at the end of the year

Just remember before you go in too hard these people will be marking your work.The flaw in all Art courses!Be careful how you approach this and how you speak to them.The fact is these places can set their own rules.You might be better off trying to ascertain how to structure the dissertationWhat uni is it?