This is the last blog post to do with my industrial
investigation as it has now been handed in and it has now passed after me
stupidly forgetting to write about the trade article I was going to use! But it
was a quick and easy fix so I’m glad it’s out of the way. Just getting last
minute deadlines out of the way but I’m going to use this last post to give so
advice when it comes to reports like an industrial investigation.
First of all, pick a topic you are interested in. There is
no point writing about something you don’t have some sort of passion for
because it’ll be bland and you’ll have no motivation to get it done. Also
choose something that you can find a lot of information about, sometimes a
broad subject can help because the choices of information will be endless. Do a
bit of research on it before you even choose a topic just so you know what you’re
getting yourself into because it would be a nightmare if the idea was there
with not much secondary research to back it up and then it would be back to square
one.
A really really important thing to remember is leave
yourself time to write up results. Plan ahead and give yourself deadlines to
get certain things done because doing it last minute will not get you very far
and it’s a stress that is easy to avoid if you get things done. So do not do it
last minute!
REFERENCING, always do it and make sure it is clear. This is
something that can make you down in the future if you don’t do it so get in the
habit before it’s too late because you don’t want to do an ace piece of work
and then get marked lower because you forgot to highlight which books or
websites you use. So always remember, referencing.
Also, plan ahead. Make notes and know how you are going to
lay out what you have to say. Plan headings out in advance so everything can be
organised from the get go. Something I wish I did a little bit more of!
Take advice from lecturers, they know what will make the
report a success. They’ve probably marked a million of them so they will know
what makes the best.
So basically put all of these pieces of advice together and
you have the perfect report. There are probably a lot more points that could be
made but I’m sure teaches of lecturers have repeated them a million times over
but take it from me, they don’t just say it for fun. Thank you all for reading
these posts and I have enjoyed writing them, I will most likely do another blog
on a different topic. So I hope you read that one too!