Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this assessment, you will be able to:
Knowledge and Understanding
Understand what scoping an area of research means.
Subject Specific skills
Select an appropriate approach (philosophy and methodology) to meet specific research aims and objectives at doctoral level.
Develop a proposal for an original research project in line with the requirements of the University for doctoral study including full consideration of research integrity and ethics.
Submit a 3000-word research proposal. Address a research problem that you have identified within your own organisation or another organisation to which you are able to gain access.
You will need to consider the theoretical as well as the practical implications of the research you want to carry out. You need to develop a short review of the relevant academic literature that underpins your research.
You need to justify your proposed methodology and provide some details as to how you propose to collect data and why this will answer your research question.
The following sections are examples of what the proposal should include:
Abstract
Introduction
Background and Problem Statement
Literature Review
Research Gap
Aim
Research Questions
Objectives
Outcomes
Methodology
Sampling
Limitations
Ethics
Compulsory Training
Acknowledgment
Action Research (AR) Ethics
Researcher Positionality
Project Plan and Gantt Chart
Conclusion
References
Appendix A: Copy of the Completion Certificate for the Course “Becoming an Ethical Researcher”
Appendix B: Ethical Considerations
