Description
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
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Identify why you want to do a PhD and whether your expectations are realistic
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Explore the main requirements, structures and problems with aiming to undertake a PhD
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Demonstrate how to set a realistic, manageable and impactful research question
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Compare deductive and inductive research questions
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Describe and be able to implement the steps required to writing a literature review, including: doing a literature search, planning, organising and writing the literature review
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Discuss what kind of theoretical approach would be useful for your research proposal
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Compare the differences between ontology, epistemology, different research designs and methodology.
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Summarise what you have learned from this course into a first draft of a research proposal