THE UNIVERSITY  of the Philippines Open University offers free virtual thesis writing tips with Professor Emeritus and former UP Open University Chancellor Felix Librero.

“FICS Chat with Sir Lex” is a community service initiative of the Faculty of Information and Communication Studies that aims to enhance the skills of learners in writing theses and dissertations.

The first episode entitled the “General Practices in Thesis Writing” premiered last September 4, 2020.

It was streamed live on the UPOU Networks-Multimedia Center Facebook page, UPOU FICS Facebook page, UPOU Networks website, and the UPOU YouTube channel every Friday since.

“FICS Chat with Sir Lex has had a total of seven episodes including ‘Writing the Introductory Chapter’, streamed on September 11; ‘How to Review the Literature’, on September 18;

Writing the Methodology: The Quantitative and Qualitative Research Designs’ on September 25; ‘Survey Research Designs’ on October 2; ‘Writing the Discussion on Sampling Design’ on October 9; and ‘The Frameworks of Your Thesis’  on October 16.

Recordings of the streamed videos are accessible on the said sites and pages for those who want to view or review the episodes.