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Dissertation / Research project

A dissertation is a well-researched and impactful project that allows you to delve into a topic you are passionate about. It offers an opportunity to bring together various intellectual concerns and provide your own unique response to a problem. This guide provides information on the learning outcomes, teaching pattern, supervision pattern, assessment, and format of a dissertation.

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Dissertation / Research project

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  1. Dissertation / Research project Professor Cathia Jenainati

  2. Plan—session 1

  3. What are dissertations? • Research project, not a long essay • Opportunity to delve into a topic that you are passionate about • Opportunity to bring together various seemingly disparate intellectual concerns • Your own, individual, original response to a problem • A well-researched, academically conceived, impactful project

  4. Learning outcomes

  5. Teaching pattern

  6. Supervision pattern

  7. Assessment

  8. Independent Research

  9. Format • 8,000-10,000 words or equivalent • Written submission • Creative submission + Written critical reflection • Performance • Visual production • Online production

  10. Typical components

  11. Timeline

  12. Session 2

  13. Research Proposal • Title • Context • Issue-Problem-Questions • Objectives • Methodology • Scope and Limitations • Ethical Considerations

  14. Proposal : Title • Descriptive • No Abbreviations, no acronyms • Avoid being flippant, sarcastic, and using colourful language • Use subtitles to clarify

  15. Proposal : Introduce the context • what is your research area? • What is your motivation for undertaking this research? • Why is this research important? • How will your research contribute to the extant knowledge in this field? • Approx. 200 – 300 words

  16. Proposal: Issue – Problem - Questions • provide a clear and concise explication of how you see your research in relation to overall issues that you are researching; • identify 2-3 research questions that will guide you towards addressing the problem • Approx. words

  17. Proposal: Objectives • provide a list of goals that will be achieved through the proposed research; • what benefits will be achieved if the research problem is addressed? • Approx. 200 – 300 words

  18. Proposal : Methodology • explain what method(s) you will use to undertake this research; • how will you collect information? • How will you go about analysing this information? • Approx. 200 – 250 words

  19. Proposal : Scope and Limitations • Scope : breadth; what will be covered • Limitations : what will be left out, and why? • Approx. 150- 200 words

  20. Proposal : Ethical Considerations • Discuss any ethical considerations that may affect your research • Outline how you plan to deal with these considerations • Familiarise yourself with the ethical approval procedures in the department and confirm that you will abide by them • 150 – 200 words

  21. Proposal : Additional information • List of references • Mention any modules that you have already taken and which will inform your research • Mention modules that you may wish to audit or enrol on next year

  22. Reminder : Timeline • End of term 2 – Start of term 3 : find your project • weeks 1-2 : meet your personal tutor and identify a supervisor • week 3 : prepare your proposal (use the template) • week 4 : submit your proposal (online form) • week 7 : supervisor allocations published; you receive feedback on the proposal • weeks 8- 9 : Revise your proposal and re-submit by Monday week 9 • Before you leave campus: agree a plan of work for the summer

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