I found writing my dissertation very difficult, in the beginning I struggled to narrow down my topic into a relevant question. At the beginning of my research I had rough idea of what I wanted to do and why I wanted to look at the subject of well-being. I have had mental health issues over the years and also have OCD and found that working creatively using my hands has helped me to feel better, I wanted to understand why this was the case. Also to carry out in depth academic research as this was not something I had done before. Once I had my question I found I easily got distracted whilst carrying out research and would go off topic and find myself researching a very interesting non relevant topic. I booked a tutorial with Les Bicknell to discuss the academic theory required to support my dissertation, during the tutorial I was able to understand why and what were the drivers behind my choice of title. This was also really useful as it gave me an academic framework to fit my primary research to.
I found many opportunities to carryout primary research and particularly enjoyed this part of my dissertation. .
As I have dyslexia I was able to access dyslexia tuition, this was really helpful enabling me to plan my research, and focus on the relevant point of the dissertation structure. After many hours my dissertation was complete Hurrah !!
Learning to take forward ….
I can do it .. My confidence in my academic ability has improved as a result of writing my dissertation, it has also improved my writing skills which were very rusty.
Using my USP to develop my skills. (I enjoy making contact with people and was able to develop relationships to enable me to carryout and develop my primary research)