SuperDiss learning resources
SuperDiss does not write the dissertation. It helps students make, connect and defend the academic decisions that create one. No sign-up, no email wall.
Idea · problem · gap · question · objectives
Literature · Research DNA · methods · analysis
Argument · golden thread · viva defence
Every methodological decision should make sense when traced back to the research question. When one strand changes, check every other strand.
Interactive workbook
Start with fascination, not a title.
Write a 50-word description of the problem without trying to sound academic.
Move from a broad topic to something research can examine.
Complete: “We know ___, but we do not yet understand ___.”
Find what your study can add.
Name the gap in one sentence and explain why it matters.
Create one question that can hold the whole dissertation together.
Draft three versions of the question, then select and justify the strongest.
Translate the question into a manageable route.
Write your aim and no more than five objectives.
Use literature to map a debate, not collect quotations.
Choose five core sources and write the argument connecting them.
Organise literature around themes, tensions and schools of thought.
Create three to five literature themes and explain how they relate to one another.
Make every methodological decision fit the question.
Complete the Research DNA chain and identify any weak link.
Explain why this is the right way to find out.
Write a 150-word methodology justification without hiding behind jargon.
Make the study feasible, ethical and credible.
Create a data collection plan and an ethics risk list.
Move from raw material to defensible findings.
Write the three most important patterns you can see and one exception.
Turn chapters into one connected answer.
Take one paragraph and label its claim, evidence, interpretation and implication.
Check that every major decision still fits.
Identify the weakest connection in your dissertation and repair it.
Prepare to explain and defend every important choice.
Write the viva question you least want to be asked — then answer it.
University regulations always take precedence.
Students remain responsible for claims, citations, data and interpretation.
Never trust an AI-generated reference without checking the original source.
Use AI to question, challenge, rehearse and provide feedback where permitted — not to replace intellectual ownership.
Write it down. Write it out. Write it up. Then defend it.
What these free resources cover, how long each stage takes, and how to use them without breaching academic-integrity rules.
A downloadable dissertation workbook, stage-by-stage planning templates, a golden-thread checker and a viva question bank. Everything on this page is free to download without an account.
Yes. The workbook is organised by research decisions — topic, question, literature, method, analysis, discussion — so you can map each stage onto whatever chapter structure your handbook specifies.
As a rough guide over a 12-week project: two weeks to settle the question, three weeks on literature, two on methodology and ethics, three on data and analysis, two on writing and revision. Your own deadline and word count should adjust this.
Planning templates and checklists are study aids, like a supervisor's handout. What must be your own is the research, the argument and the writing. Check your institution's academic-integrity policy if you are unsure.
Map the debate, build a matrix and evidence the gap your study fills.
How to move from a list of summaries to a synthesised, argued literature review that sets up your research question.
A literature matrix turns scattered reading into a synthesis engine. Here is what to put in each column and how to read patterns out of it.
The difference between primary and secondary research, when to use each, and how to combine them credibly in a dissertation.
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