Developing a research proposal that would shape and inform your final research project/dissertation. You will have the opportunity of meeting your supervisor at least once and receiving feedback once ahead of submitting your outline proposal.
The outline proposal have a maximum of 2,000 words, and should contain the following elements:
- Project Title: a working title that summarises your research topic should be provided. This is expected to communicate the research scope succinctly, but it could change later during your main research project next semester.
- Introductory Literature Review/Background to the Study: This should give adequate background to the study, including the research problem, current studies and their limitations, and the specific gaps that your studies aim to address. Your research aim should be seen to be addressing the research problem and the established gap in knowledge.
- Project Aim and Objectives: You should give a statement that summarises the overall of purpose of your studies, aim, and a list of three to five objectives through which the study’s aim would be fulfilled.
- Outline Research Methodology: This section should be used to describe and justify the approaches to your research. It should give information about the type of research you intend to carry out (primary or secondary), with a plan of how the research would be carried out. The outline methodology would be determined by the type of research to be carried out.
- Project Plan: A project plan, usually Gantt chart, should be included as an Appendix. It should give sufficient information to understand how you plan to carry out your research.
- References: You must use Harvard reference style for your outline research proposal. The list of references does not count towards the 2,000 words.
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