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Our previous posts on the systematic review have looked at:

Systematic Literature Review – Where do I begin? Systematic Literature Review – Selecting your sources...

Doing a research project – whether it’s a thesis, business plan, internship or consultancy project – can be a daunting task, and you might have some questions around how to get started. This post is intended to help!

Your supervisor may provide you with ideas for research topics or give you a specific question to answer. If you are doing consultancy or an internship, y...

Please note: This post is intended to provide advice to all students undertaking a thesis in engineering or applied sciences. There is separate advice for business and management students.

Choosing your thesis topic

Your cours...

Our previous posts on the systematic review have looked at getting started and selecting your sources. In this post we will look at the next fundamental stage:

Metadiscourse (or ‘metatext’) is a key feature of academic writing.

Hyland (2019) describes it as the writer’s “interpersonal communication” and it refers to the parts of your text that talk about your argument in order to assist your reader.

You use metadiscourse in two main ways:

(1) Structural cues to exp...