justify your proposed methodology and provide some details as to how you propose to collect data and why this will answer your research question.

The Assessment Task

You should submit a 3000-word research proposal. Your proposal should address a research problem that you have identified within your own organisation or another organisation to which you are able to gain access. You will need to consider the theoretical as well as the practical implications of the research you want to carry out. You need to develop a short review of the relevant academic literature that underpins your research. You need to justify your proposed methodology and provide some details as to how you propose to collect data and why this will answer your research question. The following sections are examples of what the proposal should include:

Abstract

            Introduction

Background and Problem Statement

            Literature Review

Research Gap

            Aim

            Research Questions

            Objectives

            Outcomes

            Methodology

            Sampling

Limitations

            Ethics

            Compulsory Training

            Acknowledgment

            Action Research (AR) Ethics

            Researcher Positionality

            Project Plan and Gantt Chart

            Conclusion

References

Appendix A: Copy of the Completion Certificate for the Course “Becoming an Ethical Researcher”

Appendix B: Ethical Considerations

Purpose of the Assessment

 

The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate that you can formulate academically rigorous and practically feasible research proposal, setting out the detailed parameters for the proposed independent research project.

Assessment Criteria

Your proposal should address the contents of the headings sections described above and these should fit together in a coherent way. You may wish to change the heading titles slightly, or merge some headings together, nevertheless, the proposal should provide the contents expected under such headings. Make sure that you use academic and authoritative sources of up-to-date literature and that you can show that you are familiar with different views and arguments in the literature about your topic. The methodology should be feasible as well as theoretically justified. Your proposal should show that it can be carried out to completion in realistic time frame. The specified word count excludes the reference list and appendices (if applicable).

Please ensure that you know how to use Harvard referencing. Please use the submission site to check the originality of your work; you will be able to overwrite the first submission by the due date. Please also ensure that your proposal is not a copy from previous assignments. Please also note that pre-submission feedback will be provided by your critical friend.

This assignment will be marked in accordance with level 8 criteria.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this assessment, you will be able to:

Knowledge and Understanding

  1. Understand what scoping an area of research means.

Subject Specific skills

  1. Select an appropriate approach (philosophy and methodology) to meet specific research aims and objectives at doctoral level.
  2. Develop a proposal for an original research project in line with the requirements of the University for doctoral study including full consideration of research integrity and ethics.

Key Skills

  1. The ability to work independently.
  2. Critical thinking and writing skills in presenting an academic case.

This is a pass/fail assessment. Your result will depend on the extent to which you meet these learning outcomes in the way relevant for this assessment.

Your grade will depend on the extent to which you meet these learning outcomes in the way relevant for this assessment.