Research proposal

• the title of your proposed research and the chosen research topic

• a justification for why it is worth researching
• justify its academic, practical and/or industrial importance
• it would be beneficial to explain how your proposed topic goes further than previous research in the overall area
• a list of the aim and objectives of the proposed research
• the key academic ideas (theories and concepts) within the area of your proposed topic
• provide supporting references and explain how your research relates to these ideas
• the general research approach and specific research methods that you are intending to use
• an explanation for why you are intending to use such an approach and set of research methods
• an outline of the setting or context in which you intend to base your proposed research
• an explanation of why you are using the setting or context
• detail how you will gain access to the data
• a section on how you intend to interpret or analyse the data, once collected
• a tentative timeline for undertaking the proposed research
• a full list of your references.

The proposal must not exceed 2,000 words.