Free Resources

Downloads and templates

University Selection decision aid

This customisable template will help you organise your thoughts around your university selection. Feel free to reorganise and add more criteria/universities. Simply add information about your shortlisted universities as you research them.

Christmas Mini Gantt Chart (2024-25)

This is a 4-week (daily) customisable Gantt chart for those who want to work through the Christmas break and need a more contained and focused chart. Set your goals for this holiday period and keep yourself on track with whatever research and writing activity that needs to be done

Micro Meso Macro Questions for research gap

This list of questions is designed to prompt you to think deeper about the literature you have read about your topic. See this video for more information about research gaps.

Gantt Chart and word count calculator

Templates and examples of Gantt charts for Masters and PhD students for different research types. See this video for more information and tips about customising this document for your research and how to use the writing speed calculator.

Literature Review Proposal Skeleton Template

This is a proposal planning tool to help you see your empirical research study as a whole. See this video for more information and this mini course will teach you how to take it further to troubleshoot and identify problems in your research design.

Empirical Research Proposal Skeleton Template

This is a proposal planning too to help you see your literature review study as a whole. It is designed for scoping review and systematic review study. See this video for more information and this mini course will teach you how to take it further to troubleshoot and identify problems in your research design.