Workplace Research Project

• Credit value: 60 credits at Level 6
• Convenor: to be confirmed
• Assessment: a 1500-word research proposal (20%), 2000-word literature review (20%), 10-minute presentation (10%) and 8000-word project report (50%)

In this module you will have the opportunity to undertake a real-life, real-time project. This will be either a practitioner-based research project which looks at an aspect of your own professional practice, or an applied research project looking at a particular aspect of the industry in which you work.

Following taught sessions on research methods, you will undertake the project with regular guidance from the module's academic team, concluding with a presentation on your findings and a dissertation-length report. 

Indicative syllabus

• Practitioner research
• Qualitative methods
• Quantitative methods
• Ethics and structuring research
• Identification of a topic and development of a research proposal
• Undertaking a literature review
• Undertaking the research - factors to consider (time management and risk assessment)
• Writing up and presentation of research project

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

• autonomously undertake a piece of applied research
• select a suitable topic for investigation and set it into the appropriate academic context
• analyse and evaluate research methods appropriate for the selected topic
• identify and evaluate relevant data, providing a rationale for your selection
• critically review the evidence you produce and draw conclusions as to its reliability, validity and significance
• review, evaluate and present the findings in a systematic and coherent manner; draw conclusions
• engage with professional codes of conduct including any ethical requirements
• integrate theoretical and practical perspectives in an appropriately professional manner.