Free Tools

Free tools for students, built by DDE

Every tool on this page is free forever, works on your phone, and asks for no signup. We build them because the students we serve fight the same battles every term, and some battles deserve machines. New free tools for students land here as we build them.

Dissertation Timeline Calculator

Enter your submission deadline and get your whole dissertation planned backwards with real dates: ethics, data collection, analysis, the supervisor draft, the final edit and submission day. It flags anything already late and adjusts its advice to how many days you truly have.

Harvard Reference Generator

Build correct references in the Cite Them Right style most UK universities use: journals, books, chapters, websites and reports. The list alphabetises itself, shows both in-text citation forms, and keeps italics when you copy into Word.

UK Grade Calculator

Enter your module weights and marks, leave pending work blank, and see exactly what the remaining work must average for a pass, a merit and a distinction, with honest flags when a band is secured or out of reach.

The Dissertation Checklist

The companion to our book How to Excel at a UK University: every rule from the game to the final two weeks, compressed onto one printable page. Put it beside your laptop and live by it from topic choice to submission day.

The DDE Success Kit

Our bundle of templates and guides for students and job seekers, gathered in one pack. It opens right from our services page and joins this shelf permanently.

Why free?

Because trust is built by being useful before being paid. These free tools for students carry the same thinking as our paid work, and they pair well with the general advice on sites like Prospects. When a tool cannot carry your situation alone, the DDE team can.

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