Hi All,
We have a new Thesis writing workshop coming up in june. it would be great if you took part.
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Dr. Hector Gutierrez Rufrancos
Senior Lecturer in Economics
Stirling Business School
University of Stirling
PhD Convenor, Economics Division, Stirling Business School, University of Stirling
Director UG Programme in Economics, Stirling Business School, University of Stirling
Global Labor Organization Research Fellow
PhD Director & Summer School Coordinator, Scottish Graduate Programme in Economics
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From: Ines Branco-Illodo <ines.branco-illodo@stir.ac.uk>
Sent: 01 May 2025 10:07
To: Sharon Martin <s.e.martin@stir.ac.uk>; Oliver Mallett <oliver.mallett@stir.ac.uk>; Steve Burt <s.l.burt@stir.ac.uk>; Hector Gutierrez Rufrancos <hector.rufrancos@stir.ac.uk>; Isaac Tabner <isaac.tabner@stir.ac.uk>
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Subject: Thesis writing workshop with Rowena Murray 13th June 10 am - 4 pm
Hi Sharon,
The thesis writing course or workshop led by Rowena Murray has been booked for Friday the 13th of June from 10 to 4 pm (the day after the PhD conference). Could you please book a room for this event? Once this is booked, could you add it to the
students' Teams calendar, and circulate the email below among the students and PhD coordinators?
Thank you,
Ines B.
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Hi everyone,
The thesis writing workshop led by Rowena Murray has been booked for Friday the 13th of June from 10 to 4 pm (following the PhD conference). Rowena is an expert on doctoral research writing, writing for publications and viva preparation, so her insights
will be very helpful for your thesis writing.
This is a practical workshop, involving various writing activities and discussions that can be useful at different stages in writing a thesis. Topics we will cover in this course include writing to prompts for drafts and chapters, criteria for assessing a thesis,
analysing academic writing, strategies for generating text, outlining, revising, social writing, making time to write, constructing a ‘contribution’ argument for your thesis, writing a 750-word thesis summary and building a repertoire or ‘tool kit’ of productive
strategies for thesis writing and for other ways of writing about research for other audiences and purposes.
This course involves short writing activities, all designed to help you develop your thesis and to get into the writing habit. By signing up to this course you agree to do the writing tasks and to talk about your writing in small-group discussions, to give
and receive feedback on writing and to discuss your writing plans and goals.
Key reference:
Murray, R. (2025) How to Write a Thesis, 5th edition. Maidenhead: Open University Press-McGraw-Hill
We will circulate a Teams invite shortly, please make sure that you indicate your availability (accept/reject) so we know about numbers for Rowena to organise the day.
Best wishes,
Ines B.
See my recent submissions in the University of Stirling's research repository (STORRE):
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Heath, T., & Branco-Illodo, I. (2025). Consumer vulnerability, consumer well-being, and caring marketplaces. In A. Daskalopoulou, & N. Yannopoulou (Eds.), Marketing
Ethics and Consumer Society. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003604549-8
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