- Full Title of Project
- Justification of the research & Review of Literature (1500 words approx.)
- Explain the rationale for carrying out this project.
- You must include a literature review to support the research
- Aims and Research Question
- Outline the aim(s) of the study and the research question(s) under investigation.
- If appropriate, outline the study hypotheses
- Methodological design and other methodological features of your study
- Ensure this covers both methodology and methods
- Explain and justify your chosen methodology, design, and data collection methods.
- Participants & Sampling / Sources (Secondary Data)
- Who will take part in your study? What will the inclusion / exclusion criteria be?
- How you will sample these participants?
- What sample size will you aim for and why?
- Materials/Equipment
- If appropriate to your research please include the materials that you will be using
- g. Questionnaire, interview guide, etc.
- Include equipment if study uses an experimental design
- Procedure
- Describe the procedure that will be undertaken in the study.
- How will participants be recruited?
- Once recruited, what will participants have to do and how long it will take?
- Provide enough information to ensure that study can be
- Ethical implications
- Identify any ethical considerations related to the study
- If collecting any personal data or working with <18’ this must be made clear and discussed
- Note N/A is not an acceptable answer
- Data Analysis methods
- Explain how you will analyze your data once collected
- Provide more detail than simply ‘qualitatively’ or ‘quantitatively’
- References
- List all references cited using Harvard Method
- Proposed Supervisor
- Indicate up to three supervisors who you think could supervise your project.
- Please provide the reasoning for your choice
- We try and match students to their first preference but this is not guaranteed
