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Initial Report

This document outlines the requirements for an initial report for a Masters dissertation at the University of Greenwich. The report should have 3 sections: 1) A summary of the completed work so far, including a literature review and bibliography. 2) Any problem areas or issues that could affect meeting deadlines. 3) A plan outlining the key work to be done in the next period, including methods, tasks, time estimates, and any deviations from the original proposal. The initial report provides an update on project status and feasibility and is meant to identify any issues requiring attention from the supervisor.

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Initial Report

This document outlines the requirements for an initial report for a Masters dissertation at the University of Greenwich. The report should have 3 sections: 1) A summary of the completed work so far, including a literature review and bibliography. 2) Any problem areas or issues that could affect meeting deadlines. 3) A plan outlining the key work to be done in the next period, including methods, tasks, time estimates, and any deviations from the original proposal. The initial report provides an update on project status and feasibility and is meant to identify any issues requiring attention from the supervisor.

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The initial report for a dissertation to be submitted in partial fulfilment

of a University of Greenwich Masters Degree

MSc Project Title


Should the same as the approved title

Name:

Student ID:

Programme of Study:

Initial Report

Date Proposal Submitted:

Project Hand In Date:

Supervisor:
The Initial Report
(1,000-1,500 words)

The aim of this report is to inform the supervisor of the current project status and to
review the feasibility of the project and objectives. It is important that this procedure
concentrates on the key issues and that it requires the minimum of effort on the student’s
part. The report should give a summary of the overall project status. It should include a
header page and three sections: current situation, problem areas and key work during the
next period.

1. Current situation

In this section, describe the completed work. This should include an account of the
literature survey to date – what books and articles have been consulted and how the
material fits in with what one is planning to do. This should be supported by a
Bibliography in Harvard Reference format (or equivalent) as described in the project
lectures and on the projects pages of TeachMat.

2. Problem Areas

The problem areas should describe the critical factors that will affect the meeting of
target dates. Now is the time to bring to your supervisor’s attention any problems that
have arisen so far. This includes problems in obtaining equipment and software – and
access to key people. This acts as an early warning system and focuses attention on the
matters requiring urgent attention.

If it is found that the project scope was too ambitious and some aspect of it needs to be
revised then there is still time to make changes so you have a chance of completing on
time. Any changes will need to be approved by your project supervisor.

3. Key work during the next period

In this section specify methods, tasks and activities plus the estimates of time to
complete them. Indicate the actual progress and identify any deviation from the original
proposal and plan.

The Initial Report should be uploaded via the link on the project pages on
TeachMat.

MSc Initial Report Page 1

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