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The effect of climate unpredictability and natural disasters due to temperature rise on labor mobility in Bangladesh 

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A thesis is a published piece of written work embodying the results of original research for the award of a higher degree from an academic institution. 

Reasons for consulting a thesis include:

• For use as an information resource relevant to your research topic, i.e. you may like to refer to and cite a thesis;
• To ensure that your proposed topic of research has not already been substantially covered by somebody else;
• To become acquainted with recent trends, methodologies and approaches in your subject;
• To gain understanding about what is expected of you if you are undertaking a research degree, and to gain ideas for structure, tone, language, layout etc.

Aston University research theses have been deposited in electronic format in the University repository called Aston Publications Explorer .

Finding Thesis at Aston University

Aston University theses are indexed and discoverable on  S martSearch . Carry out a search on SmartSearch using your topic, or search for your school or department directly. Once you have generated some results, use the "Refine Results" filters in the left-hand side of the page and scroll down to "Material Type".  Select "Dissertations/Thesis" (you may need to click "Show more" to get this option).

SmartSearch will link you to British Library's  EThOS  service

Please note the following:

• Occasionally an author may place an embargo on a thesis if any of its content is commercially valuable or confidential.

Finding UK Thesis

To search for research theses across the UK, the British Library's  EThOS  service is highly recommended.  EThOS  is the British Library’s e-theses service and provides access to over 500,000 doctoral theses.  Many are available for immediate download (registration is required, but this is free and straightforward to do), and for others you can request that the printed version be digitised. If you are requesting digitisation of a thesis, a scan fee may apply depending on whether the institution is a participating Higher Education Institution (HEI) – see the list of  Participating Institutions  for details of members.

Finding International Thesis

The business journal database, Proquest , provides access to dissertations that have been published as open access sources.  You can search by topic, author or University.  Once you have results, you can use the "Refine Results" option on the left-hand side to filter by "Source Type".  Then choose "Dissertations/Thesis" you may need to select the "Show More" option.  The database includes millions of searchable citations to theses from 1861 to the present day.  Each thesis published since July 1980 includes a 350-word abstract. Simple bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1637. 24-page previews of theses are provided where possible.

Another option when searching for theses globally is to consult e-theses repositories available from other countries. The  Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations  contains a breakdown of e-theses repositories by country.

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With a photographic pass you will be able to use the Reading Rooms for personal study, use our free Wi-Fi, access items on the shelves, and order collection items to consult.

You must bring identification with you when you visit Reader Registration, even when replacing your temporary pass. You may want to consider visiting the Reader Registration in the afternoons, when it is likely to be quieter.

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All our Reading Rooms are open for personal study, and you can now search an online version of our main catalogue . Please read our FAQs for more information about how to search for and order collection items at the moment.

Are the Reading Rooms open?

All of our Reading Rooms are open during their normal opening hours , for personal study, and for accessing books and other items from our collection, subject to availability and certain restrictions. See FAQs below for more details. Digital and audio-visual collections are not currently available.

When will more services be restored?

Our teams have been working since the cyber-attack to find ways to restore access to as much of our collection as possible, while ensuring that we do so in a way that is safe and resilient.

Recent improvements

• Improved Reader Registration process. If you have renewed or got a new Reader Pass since the cyber-attack last year, you can now get a full Reader Pass. This means anyone with a Reader Pass can order collection items in the Reading Rooms
• Improved collection item access. We’ve now restarted the transfer of collection items between our two sites, which has expanded the range of collection materials available for you to order. This means Readers in St Pancras can access material stored in Boston Spa, and vice versa. This has restored access to material that can be retrieved manually from our stores in Boston Spa, but as we are currently unable to access our automated stores, not everything is available. You can use our online catalogue to identify the items you need and their location, but please check their availability before visiting the Reading Rooms by contacting our Reference Services team . If your item is being transferred from another site please allow two working days for delivery. You still need to visit in person and complete paper forms to order collection items at the moment.

Further improvements and restoration of service you’re likely to see between now and July:

• Restored access to more collection items in Boston Spa , including those held in our automated stores
• Restored on-site access to Non-Print Legal Deposit collections
• Restored access to a range of other digital content.

We’ll share more details as soon as we can

How can I find out what's currently available?

There are a few ways to explore what's in our collection and find out what's currently available:

• You can now use a searchable online version of our main catalogue . This catalogue contains records of the majority of our printed collection and some freely available online resources
• You can consult printed catalogues in the Reading Rooms
• You can work with our Reading Room staff on-site to search for items in our special collections, such as archives and manuscripts
• You can search Jisc Library Hub Discover , WorldCat , The National Archives and The Archives Hub for records of items held in our collection, and see if they are held elsewhere.

The following table can help you find the collection types you require:

We're working hard to expand access to all of our collection as soon as we can, and will update our website and social media channels with more information.

Online ordering is not currently possible, so you will need to come to the Reading Rooms to order your collection items. Please contact our Reference Services Team before you visit to check what you need will be available, by contacting us .

What's in the online catalogue?

The online catalogue is a searchable version of our main catalogue of books and other printed material. It contains records relating to the following collection item categories:

How do I order collection items in your St Pancras Reading Rooms?

To order an item you'll need to place a manual order in one of our Reading Rooms by completing a paper order form. Our staff can help you with this.

To identify the items you need, you can use our online catalogue to search for the item you require. If a record is marked ‘Not available’, this means the item is unavailable at the moment. If a record is marked ‘Should be available’, you will be able to see a shelfmark reference. You can take note of the shelfmark, because you will need it to place a manual order in the Reading Rooms by completing a paper order form.

We can’t guarantee that items marked ‘Should be available’ are available to order; they may be in use by another Reader or restricted for other reasons. To check the availability before you visit, contact our Reference Services team by contacting us .

In the Reading Rooms you can also consult our printed catalogues, which contain items not currently included in the online catalogue.

To see if items are held elsewhere, you can search Jisc Library Hub Discover , WorldCat , The National Archives and The Archives Hub .

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How can I find out if a collection item is available before I visit?

Before you visit, you can use our online catalogue to search for the items you require. If a record is marked ‘Not available’, this means the item is unavailable at the moment. If a record is marked ‘Should be available’, you will be able to see a shelfmark reference. Please take note of the shelfmark as you will need it to place a manual order in the Reading Rooms by completing a paper order form.

How quickly will my orders be delivered to the Reading Room?

We will endeavour to deliver your order within 70 minutes. However, please bear in mind that in some cases it may take longer if our staff have to do extra checks to ensure that the items you ordered are available. Orders for same-day delivery close at 16.00.

Can I order collection items to your Boston Spa Reading Room?

We’ve now restarted the transfer of collection items between our two sites, which has expanded the range of collection materials available for you to order. This means Readers in Boston Spa can access material stored in St Pancras, and vice versa. This has restored access to material that can be retrieved manually from our stores in Boston Spa, but as we are currently unable to access our automated stores, not everything is available.

If your item is being transferred from another site please allow two working days for delivery. You still need to visit in person and complete paper forms to order collection items at the moment.

We recommend contacting our Boston Spa Reading Room team before you visit to check what you need will be available, by emailing [email protected] .

We plan to restore access to more collection items stored in Boston Spa, including those held in our automated stores, over the coming months.

Can I access special collections such as archives and manuscripts?

Access to some archival and manuscript material is still restricted, but the majority of special collections held at St Pancras are now once again available. Our specialist archive and manuscripts catalogue is not online at the moment so you will need to come on-site to our Reading Rooms, where Reading Room staff will be able to help you search for what you need, and advise on its availability.

Can I access your sound and vision collection?

How up to date is the online catalogue.

The catalogue is a snapshot as of April 2023, and we will not be adding any new records to it for the time being. Please see the table above for details of the categories of collection data it includes.

Is this version of the online catalogue just an interim solution?

Yes - we will ultimately bring back a fully integrated catalogue with online ordering and other features. However, this will take some time to implement so in the meantime we will work iteratively to improve the service we can offer to Readers using this version of the main catalogue as a basis.

How many items can I order?

You can order up to six collection items per day. Please note that as usual it is possible for only four manuscripts to be in process at any one time.

Can I increase my daily order limit?

Please speak to a member of our team in the Reading Rooms for help with this.

Can I order the collection items I require in advance of coming to the Reading Rooms?

We hope to implement a system for this soon but unfortunately it's not possible at the moment.

Can I reserve my items to view again?

Yes, you can reserve your items for up to three working days. Please speak to a member of our team in the Reading Room for help with this.

Can I extend the reservation period?

That may be possible, please speak to a member of our team in the Reading Room for help with this.

Can I consult material on the shelves in the Reading Room?

Yes, you can access collection items held on the open shelves in the Reading Rooms.

Can I access your digital collection?

Most of our digital collection and electronic resources are currently unavailable, but some freely available online resources are included in our online catalogue.

You can also access the resources below from home without a Reader Pass:

• search HathiTrust or Archive.org for older and out-of-copyright digitised material
• use Google Books to search a huge range of digitised content from our collection
• access 1 million images of items from our collection on Flickr
• search millions of newspaper articles via the British Newspaper Archives
• explore Artstor's digital library.

We plan to restore access to a range of other digital and digitised content between April and July 2024.

Can I access online services in the Reading Rooms?

• digital content including electronic resources
• online and advance ordering
• Reading Room PCs.

Why do I have to surrender my Reader Pass in the specialist Reading Rooms when collection items are issued to me?

To help us maintain collection security, we need to monitor the collection items consulted in the specialist Reading Rooms.

What time do I need to return the special collection items I'm consulting?

We would appreciate if you can return these items to the Issue Desk 45 minutes before closing time.

Will I be able to take photographs from special collection items?

Please ask our staff in the Reading Rooms who will be able to assist you.

Can I access the Print Room?

Yes, prints, drawings, photographs and related visual material held in the Visual Art collection can be consulted in the Print Room located in the Asian and African Reading Room. The Print Room is open by appointment only on Monday and Friday between 10.30 and 12.30. Please contact the Visual Arts team via email ( [email protected] ) to check the availability of required items and to book an appointment. Please note that advanced booking is required.

Can I access UK doctoral theses?

Our online catalogue now provides access to digital doctoral theses held in UK institutional repositories. To access these documents, search for a thesis and then click on a title of interest to view the full details for that work. The link can be found under the section labelled "View Online - External Resource Available" (in green) just above the "I want this" section (in red) at the bottom of the page.

Are the Eccles Centre Fellowships going ahead in 2024?

The Eccles Institute has unfortunately decided to suspend the Visiting Fellowship programme for 2024-25. We know that this will be disappointing, and this decision has not been taken lightly. We anticipate that there will be some opportunities for Eccles Institute support after key Library services have resumed.

How can I access high-res images of items from your collection?

At the moment, most of our digital collection and electronic resources are unavailable, but you can use alternate online resources including our Flickr and Images Online sites. You can also find digitised resources on a number of our blogs , and on the IDP website .

We can supply hi res images for all images that are available on Images Online, and are working on adding some additional images without captions/metadata that have been kindly given by previous users.

If you have any questions about the image you'd like to use please email [email protected] and we'll come back to you as soon as we can.

If you have previously been supplied images by the Library please get in touch as we can redistribute them to users who may need them.

British Library On Demand

We are now offering an interim manual interlibrary loan and scan from print service to business account holders. We'll be contacting account holders with more details about this service. British Library On Demand from digital collections and some of our print collections remains unavailable. We're working on restoring the whole service as soon as we can.

In the meantime:

• all requests submitted before Saturday 28 October and in our system will be cancelled, with the option for you to reapply once our service is up and running should items still be required
• renewal charges will not apply, and you can continue to return your items to us when no longer required.

I have an outstanding request, when will this be fulfilled?

All requests in our system will be cancelled, with the option for you to reapply once our service is up and running, should items still be required.

Should I still send my items back?

Yes, you can continue to return your items to us when no longer required.

Can I renew my items?

Renewal charges will not apply, so you can keep hold of your items if you need them for longer and send them back to us when no longer required.

Can I request an interlibrary loan?

We are now offering an interim, manual interlibrary loan and scan from print service to business account holders. We’ll be contacting account holders with more details about this service.

Access digitised content

Most of our digital collection and electronic resources are currently unavailable, but some freely available online resources are included in our online catalogue. See our collection item FAQs above for more information about what's included.

Out-of-copyright material

Search HathiTrust or Archive.org for older and out-of-copyright digitised material.

Google Books

Use this filtered search to access over 700,000 digitised books from our collection on Google Books.

Access 1 million images of items from our collection on Flickr . Find and buy images from our unique collections on our images online site.

Search millions of newspaper articles via the British Newspaper Archives .

Other available resources

Research repository.

Search our open access Research Repository for outputs from our staff, open access data sets, 3D models of collection items and content from other heritage organisations.

English Short Title Catalogue

Access a temporary search interface for the English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC), to search over 480,000 pre-1801 records, many with links to Early English Books Online (EEBO) . Created by Nikolai Vogler for the collaborative research project Print & Probability .

Open University

Freely available eresources are listed by The Open University .

Journal articles

Anyone can sign up for a free Jstor account. Creating an account gives access to 100 free articles per month from their range of journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.

Artstor digital library

Explore Artstor's digital library of images, videos, documents, and audio files.

Endangered Archive Programme

Look at digitised collections items from around the world through our Endangered Archive Programme (EAP) .

Our website content

Our full website is unavailable, but it is possible to find some of our content using the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine to search for archived copies of our website.

MARC and ISIL assignment service

Our MARC organization code and ISIL assignment service is still available for libraries and related organizations, such as archives and museums. If you are such an organization and require a MARC organization code or an ISIL, please contact [email protected] and we can assign those identifiers for you.

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Library and Information Science Theses and Dissertations

This collection contains theses and dissertations from the Department of Library and Information Science, collected from the Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Recreational nastiness or playful mischief? Contrasting perspectives on internet trolling between news media and avid internet users , Yimin Chen

Discourse, Power Dynamics, and Risk Amplification in Disaster Risk Management in Canada , Martins Oluwole Olu-Omotayo

Folk Theories, Recommender Systems, and Human-Centered Explainable Artificial Intelligence (HCXAI) , Michael Ridley

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Exploiting Semantic Similarity Between Citation Contexts For Direct Citation Weighting And Residual Citation , Toluwase Victor Asubiaro

The Use of Intimate Partner Violence Websites: Website Awareness, Visibility, Information Quality, Perceived Usefulness, and Frequency of Use , Sze Hang Lee

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

The General Artificial Intellect , Ramon S. Diab

The Public Library as Past Become Space , Greg Nightingale

Making Sense of Online Public Health Debates with Visual Analytics Systems , Anton Ninkov

Information, Employment, and Settlement of Immigrants: Exploring the Role of Information Behaviour in the Settlement of Bangladesh Immigrants in Canada , Nafiz Zaman Shuva

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Accessibility And Academic Libraries: A Comparative Case Study , Claire Burrows

The Information Practices of New Kadampa Buddhists: From "Dharma of Scripture" to "Dharma of Insight" , Roger Chabot

Narratives of Sexuality in the Lives of Young Women Readers , Davin L. Helkenberg

Strategic and Subversive: The Case of the Disappearing Diaphragm and Women’s Information Practices , Sherilyn M. Williams

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Informing care: Mapping the social organization of families’ information work in an aging in place climate , Nicole K. Dalmer

A Study of Six Nations Public Library: Rights and Access to Information , Alison Frayne

Information Freedoms and the Case for Anonymous Community , Rachel Melis

Academic Librarians and the Space/Time of Information Literacy, the Neoliberal University, and the Global Knowledge Economy , Karen P. Nicholson

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

Expertise, Mediation, and Technological Surrogacy: A Mixed Method Critical Analysis of a Point of Care Evidence Resource , Selinda Adelle Berg

The E-Writing Experiences of Literary Authors , Kathleen Schreurs

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

Understanding Collaborative Sensemaking for System Design — An Investigation of Musicians' Practice , Nadia Conroy

Laying the Foundation for Copyright Policy and Practice in Canadian Universities , Lisa Di Valentino

Towards Evidence-Informed Agriculture Policy Making: Investigating the Knowledge Translation Practices of Researchers in the National Agriculture Research Institutes in Nigeria , Isioma N. Elueze

Different Approaches for Different Folks , Alexandre Fortier

Creating Context from Curiosity: The Role of Serendipity in the Research Process of Historians in Physical and Digital Environments , Kim Martin

Alternate Academy: Investigating the Use of Open Educational Resources by Students at the University of Lagos in Nigeria , Daniel Onaifo

Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015

Contentious information: Accounts of knowledge production, circulation and consumption in transitional Egypt , Ahmad Kamal

Multilingual Information Access: Practices and Perceptions of Bi/multilingual Academic Users , Peggy I. Nzomo

Words to Live By: How Experience Shapes our Information World at Work, Play and in Everyday Life , Angela Pollak

Watching Storytelling: Visual Information in Oral Narratives , James Ripley

Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014

Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in Africa: Investigating Information Access and Use of Information and Communication Technologies by Women-Owned Enterprises in Zambia , Daniel Mumba

Young adults reflect on the experience of reading comics in contemporary society: Overcoming the commonplace and recognizing complexity , Lucia Cederia Serantes

Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013

Space, Power and the Public Library: A Multicase Examination of the Public Library as Organization Space , Matthew R. Griffis

Knowledge Organization Practices in Everyday Life: Divergent Constructions of Healthy Eating , Jill R. McTavish

Semantics-based Automated Quality Assessment of Depression Treatment Web Documents , Yanjun Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012

Making Sense of Document Collections with Map-Based Visualizations , Olga Buchel

A Critical Historical Analysis of the Public Performance Right , Louis J. D'Alton

Intellectual Property and Its Alternatives: Incentives, Innovation and Ideology , Michael B. McNally

Theses/Dissertations from 2010 2010

The Information Practices of People Living with Depression: Constructing Credibility and Authority , Tami Oliphant

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Study Portal - Economics and Business Administration

Bachelor's project.

The purpose of the Bachelor's project is to give students an opportunity to demonstrate their ability to independently formulate a business-related problem statement within a given topic, select relevant literature, apply methodologies, collect and process data, make critical assessments, conduct analyses and conclude on the question raised in the problem statement.

On these pages, you will find relevant information, links and dates regarding the Bachelor's project in the sixth semester for bachelor students in Economics and Business Administration.

Before the registration deadline

Introduction meeting.

In the fall , Thursday 12 October at 14.15-16.30  you are invited to an introduction meeting about the Bachelor's project. The introduction meeting will be held online via Zoom .

At the introduction meeting you will be presented to a presentation by Head of Bachelor programmes at Department of Management, Christian Waldstrøm. You will also have the chance to ask former bachelor students for advice when writing the Bachelor’s project and get inspiration for your project.

Slides from the presentations 2023

Presentation from Christian Waldstrøm

Presentation from The Student Counsellor's Office 

Writing on your own or in a group?

A bachelor's project is a comprehensive written paper, and you must decide whether you wish to write it on your own or in a group (groups of up to four persons are allowed). The most important thing to remember when choosing whether to write on your own or in a group is that you should do what is right for you. 

There are advantages of writing a bachelor's project in a group, because you will have someone to be your partner to discuss and reflect on theories and ideas with. This will usually be a great advantage, because different angles on the project   will often provide a better result. But a bachelor's project requires a lot of work and will often involve many hours spent together in the group and sometimes compromises. For this reason, it is important that the group members both work well together and are socially compatible. A good tip is therefore to know the expectations of the person(s) you are writing the project with, as it is important that everyone in the group agree on the objective of the project. You should note that it is not possible to change groups during the process. On Boost your Student Life and AU Studypedia you will find information and inspiration on how to work in study groups.

Choice of topic

The topic of the project is typically based on an existing real-life problem, that is, an issue within the academic fields of the bachelor’s programme. It may be problems in a given organisation (private or public company, interest group, etc.), an industry or the community. You choose/define the topic for your bachelor's project yourself, as long as it stays within the academic frames of your programme. When choosing the topic, you might be inspired by a problem, an observation or a phenomenon that you find interesting or by models and theories from courses you have had. It might be helpful to discuss ideas for topic(s) with a possible supervisor for your project. 

It is a good idea to search for inspiration in the links below: 

• The AU Job and Project Bank At AU Job and Project Bank , you can find both student jobs, project collaborations, internships and full-time positions
• The news/Companies' own websites: Use the news, the newspapers or the companies' own websites to find problems that may be relevant for a bachelor's project . You have access to news media and company information through  the library's databases .
• Supervisors and topics: You can also be inspired by the available supervisors and the topics on the supervisor lists (please find the lists under 'Supervisor').

Before you register a supervisor and a title for your bachelor's project you must contact a potential supervisor who will commit to give you supervision within your chosen topic. The registered title will typically be a draft for your problem statement rather than your final problem statement.

All supervisors are specialised in each their different field. Below you will find a complete list of supervisors in the individual departments and their individual fields of expertise.   

All supervisors may be contacted through the links below:

• Department of Economics and Business Economics - Supervisor list
• Department of Management - Supervisor list  

Please only contact ONE supervisor at a time and await this supervisor's reply before you contact any others.

Registration

You must register the working title of the project and the name of the supervisor no later than  1 December.

The registration must be done via an online registration form that will be accessible on this page (below) after the introduction meeting.  

If you plan to write a group project, only one of the members should register the project in the registration form and state the names and email addresses of the other members. 

If you are unable to find a supervisor as the deadline approaches, you must register your project with a working title and description of the project before the deadline. You will then get a supervisor appointed to you by the department after the deadline.

If you are enrolled at Economics and Business Administration, BSc  and wish to write your bachelor's project with a student from Economics and Business Administration, HA,  notice that your project must be written in English. In addition, you must both do the following:

1) In the registration form under 'Comments', you must write that your group is interdisciplinary.

2) Send an email to  [email protected]  in which you write that you wish to write an interdisciplinary bachelor's project. Please remember to state both your names and student numbers in the email.

Registration for reexamination in September/December

You will find information about reexamination in September/December and a link to the reexamination registration form in the section ' Reexamination '.

The writing process

Formal requirements and guidelines for written assignments.

In the course descriptions you will find the specific requirements for the Bachelor's project including types of theses and formal demands of the thesis such as summary, word count, front page, language and layout. 

Your bachelor's project must adhere to the specific requirements (formal demands) specified in the course description in order to be accepted for assessment.

The course description for the Bachelor's project in the spring semester 2024 can be found below:  

• Course description for Bachelor's Project spring 2024

The guidelines for written assignments include: referencing tools, how to refer to your sources and make a reference list, and how to avoid plagiarism.

You can enclose appendices where you find it necessary to include extra material such as (but not limited to): 

• Supplementary information about the empirical setting
• Interview guides, transcriptions of interviews, questionnaires, etc.
• Reports used as secondary data sources 

The project is evaluated solely on the basis of the contents of the main project and therefore the main project must be a complete and meaningful document independent of the appendices.

If you use interviews as data collection, there are no formal requirements that you transcribe interviews. However, transcribing interviews will often lead to significantly better analyses of the data.

Processing personal data

If you gain access to or collect personal data to be used in your assignment, you are responsible for taking care of that data.  

Learn about the the rules for collecting and processing personal data (GDPR) .

Confidentiality

When you contact external parties (organisations or individuals) about a possible cooperation in connection with your project, you might need to use a confidentiality agreement between you and the company, which can be found here:

Confidentiality agreement

Note that your supervisor and the external examiner (censor) both have implicit confidentiality through their jobs. However, some companies might still ask for a confidentiality agreement between AU and the company.

Note: When handing in your project, you can choose whether it should be ‘open shelf’ (i.e. accessible to others in the future). Choosing ‘closed shelf’ will ensure that only your supervisor and the external examiner will ever see your project.    

From the summer 2024 the use of generative artificial intelligence tools will be permitted for this exam. The general rules on plagiarism apply if generative artificial intelligence is used. You must specify how generative artificial intelligence has been used in an appendix to the assignment.

Special situations

If you have any problems, such as personal or health problems which will affect your ability to complete your project, or you have unsolvable problems with fellow students in your group, contact the Student Counsellor’s Office to get information on how to handle this.

For any major changes affecting your project, please inform your supervisor. In the rare instances of problems between you and your supervisor, first try to sort it out with the supervisor by mentioning your concerns or issues to the supervisor. If this is not possible or the problem persists, you should contact the Programme Coordinator at the department where your project is registered:

• Christian Waldstrøm at Department of Management (MGMT), [email protected]  
• Charlotte Christiansen at Department of Economics and Business Economics (ECON), [email protected]

It is important that you do not wait until you have handed in your project or until after the defence to address these issues, as misunderstandings or issues about the supervision process are not grounds for a subsequent complaint about the final grade.

Handing in the Bachelor's project

Handing in the project in wiseflow.

The bachelor's project must be submitted on 1 May at 12:00.

The bachelor’s project must only be uploaded in respectively WISEflow. You are not allowed to hand in a paper copy of the project, as it is the uploaded version that is legally binding. When you have handed in the project in WISEflow it will automatically be send to supervisor and external examiner.

WISEflow You will receive an e-mail from WISEflow when it is possible to upload your project. Deadline for handing in the project in WISEflow is 1 May at 12:00. This means that you should begin uploading well in advance before deadline, since the flow closes exactly at 12:00. Uploading a big project like the bachelor's project can take up to 30 minutes.  If the submission date is a Saturday, Sunday or a holiday, the deadline is the first working day after the deadline.

If you experience problems with uploading your project, please contact the technical and/or administrative support . 

If you have not previously tried to upload an assignment in WISEflow as a group, please read and follow the  instructions on how to submit as a group .

The project including appendixes must be saved as one PDF-file and uploaded under “Paper”. You will receive information regarding upload via Brightspace.

Under the category “Extra material” you can upload material like movies, sound, programs (Excel, SAS mv.). The extra material does not have to be a pdf-file and you can hand in more than one file up to a maximum size of 1 GB. If you need to hand in more than 1 GB as extra material you can send this directly to your supervisor on a USB-stick. 

Confidential projects You are not required to attach your confidentiality agreement when you upload and submit your bachelor's project.

When you upload your bachelor's project in WISEflow, you must indicate (in the 'Cover') whether the project contains confidential material.  

The oral defence

The department will contact you by e-mail or by Brightspace with information about when your defence will take place (at the latest 6 weeks after it is handed in). 

The total duration of the oral examination (incl. deliberating, grading and feedback) depends on the number of students: 

1 student = 45 minutes

2 students = 60 minutes

3 students = 75 minutes

4 students = 90 minutes

Presentation The oral exam starts with a presentation of the project (approx. 5 min. per project regardless the number of group members). There are no formal requirements for the initial presentation, but it can profitably be a quick presentation of the purpose and results of the project, but it can also be beneficial to use the time for selecting one or two areas in the project which you want to emphasise, e.g.:

• A discussion of some of the selections and delimitations which have been made
• Considerations concerning how the topic could be examined further
• Correction of essential mistakes, clarifications of unclear parts or pointing out defects in the project
• Relevant additions which have become available after the project was handed in (e.g., from the media, literature, feedback from the case company, etc.).

There are no requirements concerning how to make the presentation (poster, cue cards, presentation on your laptop, etc.). It is not recommended to use a projector for the presentation as this always ends up taking time away from the presentation.

If you are part of a group, there are no requirements concerning the division of content in the first 5 minutes.

Discussion After your presentation, the supervisor and the external examiner will take over with questions and comments as the basis of a discussion with you about the project.

Deliberation Afterwards you will be asked to leave the examination room, while your supervisor and co-examiner are deliberating. Please note that you must bring your personal belongings with you when you leave the examination room.

Grading and feed back After the deliberation you (or your group) will receive your overall feedback, including your respective grades. 

Reexamination

If you do not hand in or fail the Bachelor's project in May/June, you can register for the reexamination in September or December. Registration for the reexamination in September or December must take place no later than 15 June.

The deadline for submission of the Bachelor's project at reexamination is 1 September or 1 December. If the submission date is a Saturday, Sunday or a holiday, the deadline is the first working day after the deadline.

The  re-exam  is similar to the ordinary exam. There is no formal requirement that students change their problem statement before beginning their second or third attempt. However, students are encouraged to contact their supervisor in order to identify relevant sections of the project, which may be in need of revision, before the project is resubmitted.

You register for the reexamination of the Bachelor's project online in the registration form  before 15 June .

The registration form opens on 1 June.

It is possible to attend the reexamination only if you have been  registered for and thereby used an attempt  at   the ordinary exam.

Victor Mukhin

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Victor M. Mukhin was born in 1946 in the town of Orsk, Russia. In 1970 he graduated the Technological Institute in Leningrad. Victor M. Mukhin was directed to work to the scientific-industrial organization "Neorganika" (Elektrostal, Moscow region) where he is working during 47 years, at present as the head of the laboratory of carbon sorbents.     Victor M. Mukhin defended a Ph. D. thesis and a doctoral thesis at the Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia (in 1979 and 1997 accordingly). Professor of Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia. Scientific interests: production, investigation and application of active carbons, technological and ecological carbon-adsorptive processes, environmental protection, production of ecologically clean food.   

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