Masters Programmes in Economics, UWE

Bristol Business School,
University of the West of England, Bristol



Dissertation Module

Module Leader: Paul Dunne

This page contains links to information in Adobe pdf format. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer, download it from here


Module handbook in pdf format is here

A presentation on doing a dissertation is available here. It covers what is in the handbook but is more generic and concise.


Word versions of proposal form and supervision log:
  • Initial Proposal form (Appendix E in Handbook)
  • Proposal form(Appendix D in Handbook)
  • Supervision log(Appendix B-C in Handbook)



  • Deadlines:

  • Initial Proposal to module leader 22nd February 2011
  • Proposal submitted to BBS reception 16th March 2011
  • Allocation of supervisors w/c 28th March 2011
  • First submission deadline 8th August 2011
  • Second submission deadline tbc January 2012

  • Resources:

  • Instructions on using FAME to get company data here
  • A valuable resource on plagiarism and how to avoid it is here
  • Department of Economics, UWE Discussion papers here
  • RepEc: working paper listing here
  • Help with Maths here


  • Other useful links: and of course:


    Updated by JPD 21 Feb 2011