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| ====== Our Main Recommendations ====== | ====== Our Main Recommendations ====== | ||
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| + | Here is a summary of our main recommendations for writing reports: | ||
| * Record all relevant information generated by the project: | * Record all relevant information generated by the project: | ||
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| * Gather further material from publications or other external resources. | * Gather further material from publications or other external resources. | ||
| * Organise the material into sections agreed with your supervisor, | * Organise the material into sections agreed with your supervisor, | ||
| - | * e.g.“Background”, and so on. | + | * e.g. "Background", and so on. |
| - | * Turn this material into written prose to form the project report’s main body. | + | * Turn this material into written prose to form the project report's main body. |
| * When writing the main body | * When writing the main body | ||
| * keep your readership in mind; | * keep your readership in mind; | ||
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| * figures and other descriptive devices. | * figures and other descriptive devices. | ||
| * Produce all required supporting structures according to convention, after completing the main body, and include this material in appendices to avoid disrupting the flow of your narrative. | * Produce all required supporting structures according to convention, after completing the main body, and include this material in appendices to avoid disrupting the flow of your narrative. | ||
| - | * For examples to follow, look at | + | * For examples to follow, look at textbooks from reputable publishers, |
| - | * textbooks from reputable publishers, | + | |
| - | * the way this guide is written. | + | |
| * Discuss an outline of the project report with your supervisor before you begin to write up; this will help you to plan your project. However, we strongly recommend that you write up your work as much as possible as you carry out your project, rather than leaving the writing to last. | * Discuss an outline of the project report with your supervisor before you begin to write up; this will help you to plan your project. However, we strongly recommend that you write up your work as much as possible as you carry out your project, rather than leaving the writing to last. | ||