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On this module you will undertake an empirical research study on a topic of your choice relevant to your programme. You will collect and analyse data and report on your findings critically reflecting on and evaluating your methods . This process will enable you to demonstrate skills and knowledge acquired throughout the taught component of your programme. You will work independently, with guidance and support provided by teaching staff and your dissertation supervisor.

This is your final module and the largest that you will complete during your MSc studies. In this module you will undertake, with guidance from an academic supervisor, a small-scale research project in an area of your interest.

The dissertation is an opportunity for you to pursue a piece of independent legal research on an issue of interest to you which may arise from one of the other units studied by you or as a result of your own curiosity concerning a particular legal problem. The dissertation also allows you to consolidate and then showcast the knowledge and skills you have acquired during the taught part of the LLM.

The Dissertation is core to the LLM Maritime Law, LLM International Commercial and Corporate Law, LLM International Law and Human Rights and the LLM Masters in Law, which means that it must be taken and passed.

On this module you will undertake an empirical research study on a topic of your choice relevant to your programme. You will collect and analyse data and report on your findings critically reflecting on and evaluating your methods. This process will enable you to demonstrate skills and knowledge acquired throughout the taught component of your programme. You will work independently, with guidance and support provided by teaching staff and your dissertation supervisor.

The Masters dissertation gives you the opportunity to undertake an extended piece of independent research in Applied Linguistics or English Language Teaching, with guidance from a supervisor.

The Masters dissertation gives you the opportunity to undertake an extended piece of independent research in Applied Linguistics or English Language Teaching, with guidance from a supervisor.

The dissertation stage of your Postgraduate programme involves an extended, independent investigation of a topic of your own choosing and the preparation of a dissertation of up to 15,000 words describing your work.
You will have synchronous and asynchronous sessions where you will work through the different parts and components of a dissertation such as literature review, methodology, references, etc., which will help you to write your dissertation.
Essentially, the dissertation is a test of your ability to create and investigate, on your own initiative, a text which demonstrates a Masters level understanding of a particular subject issue.

The dissertation stage of your Postgraduate programme involves an extended, independent investigation of a topic of your own choosing and the preparation of a dissertation of up to 105,000 words describing your work.
This can be on a topic of your own choosing, or a topic set by an academic or a company or other external organisation. Dissertations with external companies or with set topics will be allocated in a competitive process based on student interest, academic performance and performance in an interview process.

You are encouraged to undertake an applied dissertation based on a particular organisation context or related to a generic management or policy issue. Dissertations should be designed for you to demonstrate the analytical skills acquired in your MSc Programme. You need to discuss what is appropriate with your supervisor.
You will have synchronous and asynchronous sessions where you will work through the different parts and components of a dissertation such as literature review, methodology, references, etc., which will help you to write your dissertation.
Essentially, the dissertation is a test of your ability to create and investigat independently research a problem or topic and createe, on your own initiative, a text which demonstrates a Masters level understanding of a particular subject issue.

To prepare you for the dissertation you will have synchronous and asynchronous sessions during semester 2 where you will work through the different parts and components of a dissertation such as literature review, methodology, references, etc., which will help you to write your dissertation.

- to help you understand the research process and its application to educational and social environments.
- to develop your practical and analytical skills in a range of quantitative and qualitative research methods.
- to equip you with the necessary skills to present research in professional and academic contexts.

This module supports the requirement for students to carry out independent research on a topic of their choice within the field of Gerontology.