Full Title of the Dissertation

Student Name

Student No.

A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the

requirements of Leeds Beckett University for the degree

of BA (Hons) / MA / MSc XXXXXX

Collaborating Establishment (if any)

Month and Year of Submission

Abstract
The abstract is a very short summary of your whole dissertation. An abstract

of approximately 300 words must be bound into the dissertation on the page

immediately after the title page; and a loose copy of the abstract may be

required to be submitted with the dissertation.

Student’s Declaration
Students must declare that the dissertation is their own work.

Signature

Student’s Full

Name
Acknowledgements
Acknowledge anyone who has helped you, such as your supervisors, tutors,

participants, or external organisations.

Table of Contents

List of Tables....................................................................................................i

List of Figures..................................................................................................ii

Chapter One Introduction...............................................................................1

1.1 Background........................................................................................... 1

1.1.1 XXX.................................................................................................1

1.1.2 XXX.................................................................................................1

1.2 Rationale............................................................................................... 2

1.3 Research aim and objectives................................................................2

1.4 XXXX.....................................................................................................2

Chapter Two Literature Review......................................................................3

2.1 Introduction............................................................................................3

2.2 XXXX.....................................................................................................3

2.3 XXXX.....................................................................................................3

Chapter Three Methodology...........................................................................4

3.1 Introduction............................................................................................4

3.2 XXXX.....................................................................................................4

Chapter Four Results and Discussion............................................................5

4.1 XXXX.....................................................................................................5

4.2 XXXX.....................................................................................................5
Chapter Five Conclusion................................................................................ 6

References..................................................................................................... 7

Appendix I Title of Appendix...........................................................................8

Appendix II Title of Appendix..........................................................................9

List of Tables
Table 1.1 Title of the table...........................................................................................1

i
List of Figures
Figure 2.1 Title of figure..............................................................................................2

ii
 Chapter One Introduction
This should be an introduction to the dissertation as a whole. You should

introduce the context of your dissertation and explain your rationale for

conducting this research. You should state your research aim and objectives.

You can also include your research hypotheses and research questions if you

have any. You can describe your dissertation structure chapter by chapter.

1.1 Background

1.1.1 XXX

1.1.2 XXX

Table 1.1 Title of the table

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1.2 Rationale

1.3 Research aim and objectives

1.4 XXXX

2
 Chapter Two Literature Review
This is where you critically review previous research on the topic you chose for

your research. You should identify research themes and organise your discussion

based on these themes. You should not simply list summaries of the sources you

have read, but evaluate each source and make clear links to your own research.

2.1 Introduction

Figure 2.1 Title of figure

Chart Title
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Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4
Series 1 Series 2 Series 3

2.2 XXXX

2.3 XXXX

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 Chapter Three Methodology
You should state your choice of research approaches, strategies, and methods in

this chapter, and explain why they are appropriate for your research. You also

need to describe how you collected and analysed your data. You need to discuss

any ethical concerns relating to your dissertation research. You should also

discuss the limitations of your research here.

3.1 Introduction

3.2 XXXX

4
 Chapter Four Results and Discussion
You should present your research findings and discussion in this chapter.

Whether you separate findings and discussions or address them together

depends on the kind of research you conducted and the structure of this chapter.

4.1 XXXX

4.2 XXXX

5
 Chapter Five Conclusion
This should be the conclusion for the whole dissertation. You should summarise

your key findings. You need to highlight the contribution of your research project.

You should also acknowledge the strengths and weaknesses of your research

and identify any potential future research development.

6
 References
You should provide a full reference for all your sources.

7
 Appendix I Title of Appendix
You can consider including the following additional information in the appendix:

questionnaire, list of interviewees, interview questions, letters, maps, pictures,

charts and diagrams.

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Appendix II Title of Appendix