Date/Time

Location

Topic

Facilitated by

1

21 Feb 2009

9.30 am – 2 pm

Building 38, meeting room

End Year 1 presentations

Grace McCarthy

2

21 March 2009

9.30am - 4pm

Building 30,

Room 111

Identifying, linking and presenting the main themes in your researc

Lee Styger

3

28 March 2009

9.30 am – 12 pm

Building 38,

meeting room

What is a research proposal?

Building on TBS 997 and TBS 996

Grace McCarthy

4

18 April 2009

9.30 am – 12 pm

Library (meet at information desk)

Advanced information retrieval strategies

Allison Hill, Library

5

23 May 2009

9.30 am – 12 pm

Building 38,

meeting room

Ethical research

Writing ethics applications

Malcolm Masso

6

13 June 2009

9.30 am – 12 pm

Building 38,

meeting room

Convincing writing – integrating evidence

Ruth Walker, Learning Development

7

8 August 2009

9.30 am – 12 pm

Building 38,

meeting room

Research proposal writing workshop including justifying methodology

Grace McCarthy

8

12 Sept 2009

9 am – 12 pm

Building 38, meeting room

Students present a draft of their research proposal, justifying their choice of research questions and giving an overview of the relevant literature.

Students justify their choice of methodology in terms of validity, reliability and other relevant criteria, e.g. methods most commonly used in a particular field.

Students will also explain how they plan to analyse and present their data.

Students are expected to comment constructively on each other’s presentations.

Grace McCarthy

9

7 November 2009

9 am to 12 pm

Building 38, Meeting room

Students present their proposal to a panel of examiners and peers, explaining why it is important, the contribution they expect to make, give an overview of the relevant literature, justify and acknowledge limitations of their choice of methodology and data analysis and address ethical issues.

Grace McCarthy