At the University of Limerick, much of the detail of a final year project or master's dissertation is set by your department and faculty. UL's published documents give three useful examples: the Faculty of Education and Health Sciences ethics committee never grants approval after data are collected, in Politics and Public Administration your supervisor comments on a draft rather than on every version, and the Regional Writing Centre teaches you to proofread instead of doing it for you. Checked 22 October 2026.
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The Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences describes the final year project in its undergraduate handbook (2024-2025) like this: "The FYP is a student-driven learning experience, providing students the opportunity to study a topic of their choice in depth under the supervision of a faculty member." The topic is yours, and so is the pace.
For master's students, the Department of Politics and Public Administration (PPA) gives an early piece of advice in its Postgraduate Handbook 2026-27: "It is important that you start thinking about possible topics for your dissertation, and approaching possible supervisors, at an early stage in your studies." The examples on this page come from PPA and from one faculty's ethics committee; your own department's handbook is the one that counts.
A fictional example of a commentYour conclusion says the measure works, but your interviews mainly show how staff experience it. Could you limit the conclusion to what your data can show?
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Try the free previewThe PPA handbook sets out expectations on both sides. Students deliver a proposal, keep in regular contact and hand in drafts on time, and the department expects evidence that you can do your own research, such as finding your own sources and making your own contacts. Supervisors judge whether the project is feasible and give constructive criticism on the drafts they receive.
On how much they read, the handbook is precise. Among what students can expect from faculty, the supervisor will "Comment on either a draft dissertation OR three draft chapters and a plan for the rest of the dissertation". Whichever option applies, there are parts of the final text your supervisor will not have seen in draft. An extension for the dissertation goes through the relevant course director.
In PPA the instruction is: "An electronic copy should be submitted to the relevant Brightspace page." Other departments may use a different route, so follow the handbook and module page for your own programme.
The guidance notes of the Faculty of Education and Health Sciences Research Ethics Committee (EHS REC) leave no room for doubt: "There are no circumstances in which the EHS REC grants retrospective approval for research after data have been collected." The consequence reaches straight into your project: "Any data collected from human participants without prior ethics approval may not be used in any reports about the study or its findings including students’ final year projects, masters theses, or dissertations".
Timing matters most in the final year, and the notes say so: "for final year project applications, applicants must allow sufficient time to collect data and complete the research." Other faculties have their own committees and forms; ask your supervisor which one reviews your project.
The Regional Writing Centre answers the proofreading question in its FAQ: "Unfortunately, we don't proofread at the Writing Centre. This is because we are a learning centre - a resource, not a service." What it offers instead: "We can teach you the skills you need to proofread your own work." When you book a peer tutoring session online, "You can also attach any necessary files such as the work you have completed so far or an assignment rubric."
Its student resources page opens with "Improving writers, not writing" and explains what a session looks at: "Peer writing tutors help examine students' unique writing process, meaning what you do from the time you get an assignment until the time you hand it in." The AHSS undergraduate handbook also sends students there: "You can also register with the Regional Writing Centre to seek individual tuition and support with any aspect of referencing as well as with more general efforts to improve your academic writing."
UL's Academic Integrity Policy (version 1.1, approved by Academic Council on 5 March 2025) treats contract cheating as a matter beyond the individual case: "UL will report the accounts of contract cheating providers to QQI." The policy has no separate clause on proofreading by others, so if someone offers to correct your dissertation, ask your supervisor first. Our page on contract cheating and the law explains the wider legal position in Ireland.
Esmond evaluates; it does not write. You upload your own draft and get comments in the margin plus a report that shows where your argument, method or use of sources is weaker, and why. It does not write or rewrite your text: it points to the weak spot and offers guidance on how to revise it. Where a comment includes an example, it illustrates a principle; the sentence you submit is one you write yourself.
The University of Limerick has no connection with Esmond and has not endorsed it. Esmond uses language models, so using it counts as AI use. Rules on AI vary by university, programme, module and assignment. Check your module or programme handbook before you upload, and if it is unclear, ask your supervisor or module coordinator and declare the use if your institution asks you to.
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Esmond evaluates your work and writes nothing for you. Each comment points to a passage, explains what a supervisor or examiner might question, and offers guidance on how to revise it. You decide what to change, and every sentence stays yours.
This page summarises published institutional guidance and links to the original sources. It is not legal advice and not a ruling on your assignment: what your programme, module or supervisor sets always comes first.
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No. The Regional Writing Centre says it does not proofread, because it is a learning centre, and it offers to teach you the skills to proofread your own work.
Not in the Faculty of Education and Health Sciences: its ethics committee grants no retrospective approval, and data collected without prior approval may not be used in a final year project. Other faculties have their own committees, so ask your supervisor.
No. The University of Limerick has no link with Esmond and has not endorsed it. Esmond is an AI tool, and at UL acceptable AI use is set by module leaders, so check your module first and declare any use.
Official pages, handbooks and policies, checked 22 October 2026. Quotations are word for word; the rest is our summary. Read the full text at the source.
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