The term Oxbridge is a portmanteau or a blend of two words - ox for the University of Oxford and bridge for the University of Cambridge, which are both located in England, and the term is usually used to describe collectively the two universities. As a postgraduate student taking up a MA in English at a new university in the city of Oxford, England, I could not help in thinking that I am a part of the superior social status that the term Oxbridge carries even if our university is separate and not part of the university systems of both Oxford and Cambridge. However, the attachment that my fellow students and I would feel for the city and Oxford are strong so that we would even call our dissertation task as the Oxbridge dissertation task.

I decided to take my MA in English on a part-time basis so that take me two years to finish my course and it would take as much time as that to research, write and complete my Oxbridge dissertation task. It has been several weeks since I started with my postgraduate studies and I even though I am in the initial process of my task, I have learned some basic writing guidelines for my dissertation document. I am sharing the basis guidelines so that anyone reading this would know the hard work involved in a dissertation task even in the initial process of researching and writing the document.

I learned that the basic guidelines on writing an Oxbridge dissertation is similar to the other general guidelines for other dissertation task regardless of the topic covered by the dissertation. The first step is the dissertation proposal to be submitted to the dissertation committee. I learned that the structure of the proposal consists of the introduction, the abstract, the aims or goals of the research study, the methodology of the investigation methods to be used for the study, the expected results and findings of the study, the conclusion, and the appendices and bibliography. I also made sure that I regularly consulted with my dissertation supervisor for any concerns that need to be verified before a I would write the final version of my proposal.

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