Overview and key dates|COP3

It's been over a week since we got back to college and dissertation writing is a priority module for this year. Yesterday we had a briefing and presentations, today we had to fill up proposal forms. To stay on top with my work I've decided to compile all the key dates into this post. Correct time management for this 40 credit module is extremly important, it would be extremly stressful (not to say pretty much imposible) to catch up on the huge amount of work we have to do few weeks before the deadline.

• 15.10 - first tutorial, discussion on dissertation title, literature search and bibliography;
• 22.10 - research cluster, were we will be split into small group to talk about our projects and what we found so far;
• 29.10 - tutorial #2, discussion on practical element. Since I've already talked quite a bit about my Practical Artefact in the previous blog post, I'm hoping to have a clear idea of which classes/races/guilds I'm working on and have at least few character thumbnails created by this date;
• 30.10 - research cluster;
• 3.11 - milestone: one chapter written and uploaded to the dropbox by this date (or really, by 2.11, which is Sunday, as I work on Monday mornings and wont have the access to the computer until 12-ish); one chapter is around 2000 words;
• 5.11 - progress crit - synthesis; 15minute presentation slot in a research cluster, on the development of the written and practical element;
• 6.11 - research seminar - synthesis; discussion and feedback session within the small group;
• 12.11 - tutorial #3, discussion based on the uploaded chapter;
• 26.11 - tutorial #4, discussion on the progress of the practical element and it's relationship with the dissertation;
• 27.11 - workshop on how to make an academic poster (part of the submission criteria);
• 3.12 - presentation of the academic poster, possibility of guests from outside the college, so make it good ;) ;
• 8.12 - milestone - have a full draft written by this date and use dropbox to upload it;
• 10.12 - tutorial #5, discussion based on the draft that's been uploaded earlier;
• 11.12 - progress crit - practice presentation; in a research cluster presentation of the finished practical element;
• 7.01 - tutorial #6, disscusion based on the overall portfolio;
• 15.01 - deadline.

So this is the basic breakdown, it may seem quite scary, but with following all dates, deadline is achivable. Moreover, due to the fact that my due date is 8.01, I'm aiming to submit my work before the Christmas break.