Browse Hierarchy EAL7802: Dissertation Writing in Global Health

This module is offered to students at level 7 and responds to their linguistic and discipline specific needs of MSc in Global Health students in terms of reading, analysis and synthesis, argument structure and dissertation writing skills. Students joining this module are already at IELTS level 7 (minimum 6.0/6.5 in writing), which equates to B2/C1 on the CEFR framework. Queen Mary currently benchmarks this to level 5/6 on the NQF framework. These workshops will help students to deliver what is expected from them in their programmes in terms of their Global Health dissertation writing. After consultation with the Global Health course leader, the academic skills needed to succeed in the Dentistry dissertation modules have been itemised and will be presented in terms of the dissertation planning and writing process, the structure of a dissertation, and the accuracy of grammar, syntax and vocabulary. Students will be given the tools to manage their dissertation research and writing time efficiently and plan their work accordingly. They will be guided through the process of researching and writing their dissertations, will be encouraged and expected to reflect upon their own practice, and will be provided with formative feedback to ensure the learning outcomes are achieved.