Lesson Overview
Section 1: Welcome
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Section 2: Proposal Basics
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- Section overview (1:38)
- What (exactly) is a research proposal? (2:21)
- Test your knowledge
- The key purpose of a research proposal (2:42)
- Test your knowledge
- How a research proposal is (typically) structured (3:33)
- Test your knowledge
- Let's look at an actual research proposal (14:09)
- What reviewers want in a research proposal (4:01)
- Like it?
- Practical exercise (1:09)
- Additional Resources
Section 3: Pre-Proposal Prep
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- Section overview (2:19)
- Institution-specific research requirements (8:19)
- Test your knowledge
- Proposal-specific research requirements (3:39)
- Test your knowledge
- Ethics-related requirements (6:01)
- Test your knowldege
- Let's look at some proposal templates/briefs (6:40)
- Test your knowledge
- The research topic (4:14)
- Share your feedback
- Practical exercise (0:52)
- Additional resources
Section 4: The Introduction
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- Section overview (2:00)
- Sample research topic (1:44)
- Research context or background (4:31)
- Test your knowledge
- Research problem or problem statement (3:21)
- Test your knowledge
- Research rationale (3:38)
- Test your knowledge
- Research aims, objectives and questions (golden thread) (5:38)
- Test your knowledge
- Other potential inclusions in the introduction (3:49)
- Test your knowledge
- What reviewers look for in this section (2:57)
- Test your knowledge
- Practical exercise (0:39)
- Additional resources
Section 5: The Literature Review
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- Section overview (2:23)
- Before you start the literature review (6:51)
- Test your knowledge
- The theoretical framework (6:16)
- Test your knowledge
- The empirical research (8:04)
- Test your knowledge
- The research gap (4:56)
- Test your knowledge
- Sources in your literature review (5:51)
- Test your knowledge
- Tips to optimise your approach (4:06)
- What reviewers look for in the literature review of a research proposal (2:12)
- Test your knowledge
- Practical exercise (0:37)
- Yay or nay?
- Additional resources
Section 6: The Methodology Section
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- Section overview (1:48)
- Methodology 101 (6:10)
- Test your knowledge
- The key ingredients of the methodology section (0:59)
- Data collection (4:01)
- Test your knowledge
- Sampling (5:57)
- Test your knowledge
- Data analysis (4:06)
- Test your knowledge
- Other potential inclusions (6:47)
- Test your knowledge
- Supporting and justifying your methodological choices (4:49)
- Test your knowledge
- What reviewers look for in the methodology section of a research proposal (2:19)
- Test your knowledge
- Practical exercise (1:01)
- Additional resources
Section 7: The Practicalities
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- Section overview (1:22)
- Dissertation/thesis structure or outline (5:38)
- Test your knowledge
- Project plan (9:14)
- Test your knowledge
- Timelines (10:52)
- Test your knowledge
- Budgets (5:39)
- Test your knowledge
- Other potential inclusions (8:01)
- Test your knowledge
- Check in time
- Practical exercise (0:35)
- Additional resources
Section 8: Final Considerations
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