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It offers valuable advice as well as practical tips and techniques, incorporating useful boxed summaries and checklists to help students stay on track or regain their way. The book is the culmination of many years of work with postgraduates and academics and covers all aspects of the research, writing and editing involved in the process of successfully completing a thesis.  \nIn this book, the author moves beyond the basics of thesis writing, introducing practical writing techniques such as freewriting, generative writing and binge writing. This edition now deals with the range of different doctorates on offer and integrates more examples of thesis writing. Building on the success of the evidence-based approach used in the first edition, there is also new coverage of Masters theses and undergraduate research projects, along with outlines of useful generic structures for social science and humanities projects.  \nHow to Write a Thesis is the most grounded guide available to students on the practicalities surrounding thesis writing and should be recommended reading for, and by, all supervisors.  \nRowena Murray is a Reader in the Department of Educational and Professional Studies at the University of Strathclyde. She has developed a Thesis Writing course, runs consultancies on Writing for Publication, and has published books on many aspects of academic writing. She is also the author of How to Survive your Viva (Open University Press 2003) and Writing for Academic Journals (Open University Press 2004) .  \nPraise for this edition:  \n“This book has filled a huge gap in the market…Using wonderful examples, this book will not only help students build up a writer's‘toolbox’, but will also build confidence and empower thesis writers.”  \nPROFESSOR WILLIAM J. KERR, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, WestCHEM, University of Strathclyde  \nPraise for the previous edition:  \n“Rowena Murray's down to earth approach both recognises and relieves some of the agony of writing a PhD. The advice in this book is both practical and motivational; sometimes it's ‘PhD-saving’too.”  \nDR CHRISTINE SINCLAIR, Lecturer in the Centre for Academic Practice and Learning Enhancement atthe University of Strathclyde  \nSECOND EDITION  \nHow to  \nS E C O N D E D I T I O N  \nRowena Murray  \nCover design Hybert Design • [www.hybertdesign.com](www.hybertdesign.com)[ ](www.hybertdesign.com)[www.](www.openup.co.uk)[openup](www.openup.co.uk)[.co.uk](www.openup.co.uk)  \nHow to Wr ite a Thes is Murray  \nWrite a Thesis  \nHow to Write a Thesis  \nSECOND EDITION  \nHow to Write a Thesis  \nSECOND EDITION  \nRowena Murray  \nOpen University Press  \nOpen University Press McGraw-Hill Education  \nMcGraw-Hill House Shoppenhangers Road Maidenhead Berkshire  \nEngland SL6 2QL  \nemail: [enquiries@openup.co.uk](enquiries@openup.co.uk)  \n[world wide web: www.openup.co.uk](world wide web: www.openup.co.uk)  \nand Two Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10121-2289, USA  \nFirst published 2002  \nCopyright © Rowena Murray 2006  \nAll rights reserved. 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