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.
The dissertation stage of your postgraduate programme involves an extended, independent investigation of a topic of your own choosing and the preparation of a 15,000- word dissertation. You will attend 12 sessions where you will work through the different parts and components of a dissertation such as literature review and research methodology 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 15,000 word dissertation describing your work. You will be supported through supervision meetings and additional sessions where you will have an opportunity to explore or receive feedback on the different parts and components of a dissertation such as literature review, methodology, references, etc.
The dissertation stage of your Postgraduate programme involves an extended, independent investigation of a topic of your own choosing and the preparation of a 15,000 word dissertation describing your work. 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 15,000-word dissertation describing your work. You will attend 10 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 Master’s 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 15,000 word dissertation describing your work. You will attend 12 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.
You have the option of doing a dissertation by research or a professional project. Dissertation by Research: This will be a hypothesis driven research project that entails small-scale empirical research involving quantitative or qualitative research methods to produce new knowledge. Research involving human participants requires the appropriate University governance. This could also take the form of a Systematic or other Review: a literature review focused on a research question that tries to identify, appraise, select and synthesize all high quality research evidence relevant to that question Dissertation by Professional Project: This can take a variety of forms, including: • Audit: a process that seeks to improve the quality and outcomes of a service through reviewing the delivery of a service against explicit criteria in a systematic fashion. Where indicated, changes are implemented at an individual, team or service level and further monitoring is used to confirm improvements. • Service Evaluation: evaluates the effectiveness or efficiency of an existing or new service/practice that is evidence based, with the intention of generating information to inform local decision-making. This type of activity is sometimes referred to as a clinical effectiveness study, baseline audit, activity analysis, organisational audit and benchmarking. • Needs Assessment: a systematic process for determining and addressing needs, or "gaps" between current conditions and desired conditions or "wants". The discrepancy between the current condition and wanted condition must be measured to appropriately identify the need. The need can be a desire to improve current performance or to correct a deficiency. Differences between research, audit and evaluation: • Research: Generates new knowledge where there is no or limited research evidence available and which has the potential to be generalisable or transferable. • Audit: Measures existing practice against evidence-based standards. • Evaluation: Evaluates the effectiveness or efficiency of an existing or new process that is evidence based, with the intention of generating information to inform local decision making.
The dissertation stage of your Master's programme involves an extended, independent investigation of a topic of your own choosing and the preparation of a 15,000 word dissertation describing your work. 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 choice within accounting, finance and management and the preparation of a 15,000 word dissertation describing your work. Essentially, the dissertation is a test of your ability, on your own initiative, to create 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 choice within accounting, finance and management and the preparation of a 10,000 word dissertation describing your work. Essentially, the dissertation is a test of your ability, on your own initiative, to create a text which demonstrates a Masters level understanding of a particular subject issue.
The researching and writing of an 8,000-word dissertation provides you with the opportunity to integrate and hone a variety of skills acquired and extended during your studies, and to significantly deepen your knowledge of a topic of your choice. In many ways, the dissertation is the culmination of your studies in the Division of Politics & International Relations. Writing a dissertation will require you to research, compile, analyse, summarise, assess, argue, formulate, structure, and evaluate. As part of the module, students: (1) are assigned a dissertation supervisor (2) attend whole cohort lectures, group meetings with their supervisor, and individual meetings with their supervisor (those on Study Abroad may miss some meetings, but will have access to Blackboard). (3) submit 2,000 word short assignments that, following revision based on the grade and feedback received, become constitutive parts of the dissertation (4) submit the 8,000 words dissertation.
The dissertation is an extended piece of work of 10,000 words which results from independent research. The dissertation gives you the opportunity to explore a topic of particular interest to you in greater depth than is possible within the scope of a taught module. Your topic will be agreed with module tutors, and you will be allocated a supervisor.
