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PRP9-Assessmentsoverview.pptx
PRP9-Assessmentsoverview.pptx
Research Proposal (60%)Employability Portfolio (40%)
Information about the assessments
Research Proposal (2000 words)
Title
Rationale (500 words)
Objectives (100 words)
Literature search and summary (1100 words)
Methodology (200 words)
Time plan (100 words)
Preliminary bibliography (not included in word count)
Deadline – Monday 4 April (13.00)
Title and Rationale
Approximately 500 words
What is your topic
What is/are your research questions(s)
What is your main argument or hypothesis going to be
Highlight any key theories or analytical framework
What motivates your interest in the topic
Why is this significant
OVERALL, opportunity for you to make a strong case for your proposal and to place it in the wider field of knowledge
Objectives
Approximately 100 words
List 3-6 of the main objectives of your research
Specify step-by-step what the research will seek to do
Objectives should begin with the infinitive verb and be action-oriented
To investigate…
To evaluate…
To design…..
Research Proposal (2000 words)
Title
Rationale (500 words)
Objectives (100 words)
Literature search and summary (1100 words)
Methodology (200 words)
Time plan (100 words)
Preliminary bibliography (not included in word count)
Literature Search and Summary
Approximately 1100 words
This is an important section
Summarize the key books, articles and reports that you will be building your research on
Minimum of 5-7 pieces of literature
Explain your literature search and summarize preliminary findings
Explain how this has fed into your research proposal
Goal is to locate your research proposal in a field of knowledge
Key thing = to make use of credible academic sources (use Google Scholar)
Methodology
Approximately 200 words
Set out your methodology – your overarching approach
Positivist/quantitative
Interpretivist/qualitative
Set out your proposed methods
Textual analysis
Comparative method
Historical method
Interviews
Surveys…etc
Research Proposal (2000 words)
Title
Rationale (500 words)
Objectives (100 words)
Literature search and summary (1100 words)
Methodology (200 words)
Time plan (100 words)
Preliminary bibliography (not included in word count)
Time Plan
Approximately 100 words
Recommendation to use a GANTT Chart
Time plan to set out how your would conduct and complete the research for a dissertation to be submitted in April 2023
Preliminary Bibliography
Not included in the word-count
Include the items used for the literature search
Include any other books/articles/reports/ web sources that you have used and that are relevant
Use proper referencing conventions.
How you will be assessed
Clarity and suitability of the proposed topic
Quality and relevance of the research rationale
Clarity of the research objectives
Quality and relevance of the literature search, including the suitability of the selected texts and the quality of the related summary provided
Suitability of the proposed methodology
Feasibility of the proposed time plan
Clarity of writing style, and adherence to academic conventions (including bibliography).
Submission deadline for research proposal
13.00 Monday 4 April