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Students will be required to select a research question, develop an appropriate methodological framework to investigate the topic and apply for full ethical approval for the project.

	SLS801 – Academic year 25-26
	Coursework Specification – Research Proposal

COURSEWORK SUMMARY

Students will be required to select a research question, develop an appropriate methodological framework to investigate the topic and apply for full ethical approval for the project.They must write a brief introduction, hypotheses, methodology, proposed analysis, and an application for ethical approval with the appropriate documentation (e.g., consent form, RG1 form etc.).

Word limit is 3000 words. 

This piece of coursework will be submitted online on Blackboard, via Turnitin

CONTRIBUTION

Research Proposal (worth 70%)

WORKING

Students will be required to select a research question and develop an appropriate methodological framework to investigate the topic.They must write a brief introduction, hypotheses, methodology and proposed analysis. A word limit of 3000 words will apply. 

Please note your ethics application, reference and appendix section do not count towards the word limit.

 You may attempt to link your Research Proposals to your proposed Research Project.   

 Please note that assessment of the proposal within this module is primarily an assessment of research methods rather than an assessment of the value of the research within the discipline.  In theory, you could achieve a good mark for your research proposal but your research supervisor (when appointed) may advise that your research proposal/project may need to be fundamentally reformed.   

 Assessments should include the Coursework Submission Sheet.  Use the template provided.

Research Proposal

Requires you to write a detailed plan of your research proposal (3000 words).  This must be structured according to the format described in report writing.

Structure:

• An introduction  - (introduce the key areas of the proposal – sell the ‘so what’, the relevance)

• A literature review  - (in depth review of key areas of the project – provide the rationale, the aim and research question)

• A methods section – (including proposed analysis – how you will address the question)

• Implications – (the relevance of your study)

• Ethics Application – RG1a – Including consent and patient information form.

• A reference section

• Appendix section (proposed tools e.g. interview questions)

 

Neither the reference nor the appendix section are included in the word count  

 Introduction

• The introduction is brief and should be approximately one to one and half pages it introduces the area under discussion indicates why it is important to your field of study e.g. Sport and Exercise Medicine.

• A general and brief review of pertinent literature is included, and the aims of the research highlighted at the end of this section.

Literature Review

• The literature review must indicate you have some understanding of the field under investigation, have an awareness of current literature and the gaps in the literature.

• Criticality is important at Masters level.

• References are essential and must be correctly employed.

Methods

• The methods should indicate your awareness of the appropriate tools to use to address your aims.

• This section is about replication, so detail is required.

• Include a brief proposed analysis of the data; how will you analyse your results?

Implications

· Explaining briefly, the problem, the methodological approach used and highlight the potential outcomes your study can reveal. It needs to rational and fit within the study

Ethics application

· Complete a draft of a school level ethics application form, including consent and patient information form.

References

Appendix Section

• This is where you will put proposed tools you’ll use and only if applicable e.g. interview questions, questionnaires etc.

FEEDBACK YOU RECEIVE

Both oral and written feedback will be provided for the assessment. Feedback will be provided within 4 weeks of submission of work.

SUBMISSION

Your proposal will be submitted via Turnitin. See the module handbook for submission dates

Note hard copies are no longer accepted via the School unless the HOS has given approval (e.g, where medical grounds require online submission). 

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