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Do we make the most of Masters projects/dissertations?

Do we make the most of Masters projects/dissertations?. Mike Collins Visiting Professor , UoG Studying Sports Development Brunel University 25-6 th April 2008. Masters projects/ dissertations. Hypothesis

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Do we make the most of Masters projects/dissertations?

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  1. Do we make the most of Masters projects/dissertations? Mike Collins Visiting Professor , UoG Studying Sports Development Brunel University 25-6th April 2008

  2. Masters projects/ dissertations • Hypothesis That Masters students can produce original work of publishable quality, especially when working in groups Case Study 1: Live group research projects Loughborough 197- 88 Case study 2: Masters theses working collaboratively

  3. Case Study 1 ‘Live’ group research • Groupwork for live clients 1995-2004 (Collins, 2002) including • LAs – Leicester (tourist image, leisure provision for disabled), Sefton & Aylesbury Vale (leisure Cards), Leics (readiness for Active Sport), Charnwood ( SD strategy 1 & 2) • Governing bodies - ASA (Swim 21 club audit 1 & 2, swimming for ethnic minority children), RFU (rugby union in HE) • Loughborough Sport Development Centre (service provision,Healthy campus)

  4. Live group research - process • 1 gains client (previous year) – MFC trawls for partners respond to approaches/agree aims –for semester 2 • 2 confirms aims - familiarisation visit- students organise chair/teams, do lit review/ methodology - agreed with client • 3 do fieldwork –counts/observations, on-street /site visitor and management interviews, focus groups -by Easter? • 4 do analysis and write up –before exams?!! • 5 present draft report + exec summary, powerpoint presentation to client • 6 (MFC) edits report for client, sometimes presents to members/ Directorate 200 hours; 60% group mark (75% peer, 25% tutor assessment) 40% essay 2500 words of self-reflection on performance and implication of project for policy/practice/methods

  5. Live project- Learning outcomes

  6. Masters theses: working in groups Why do sports social science tutors accept any proposals from any field? Benefits of grouping; • save tutor/marking time • learning together- shared or combined methodologies • better lit. reviews/ data • offer limited range linked to your research plan • can get live clients (start 6 months early!) • low risk way of getting known and into research • get data that can be consolidated into publishable articles

  7. Masters theses working individually or in groups • Eg 1 Mintzberg configurations in LA evolution (Collins,1997) • Eg 2 Managing LA golf courses (Collins & Mort, 2001) • Eg 3 Champion Coaching in Notts for participation (Collins and Buller, 2000) and performance (Collins and Buller, 2003)

  8. References • Collins, M.F. (1997) Does changing the philosophy change the structures? Managing Leisure: an International Journal 2.4, 204-16 • Collins, M.F. and Buller, J.R. (2000) Bridging the post-school institutional gap in sport: Evaluating Champion Coaching in Nottinghamshire Managing Leisure5 200-21 • Collins, M.F. and Mort, J. (2001) Municipal golf in England: Exploring performance indicators for local authorities Managing Leisure 6, 220-43 • Collins, M.F. (2002) Student group work as real ‘live research’: a case study of Loughborough’s MSc in Sport and Leisure Management Link Newsletter of Hospitality Sport Tourism and Leisure Network Oxford Brookes • Collins M. F.and Buller, J. R. (2003) Social exclusion from high performance sport: are all talented young people being given an equal opportunity of reaching the Olympic podium? Jnl of Sport and Social Issues (US) 27,4.1 420-42

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