These courses support Master’s students undertaking taught courses or independent research and PhD candidates. They provide guidance on how to conduct a literature review and cover the latest trends and developments in research practice, focusing on the practical applications of research methods in the areas of social sciences, arts and humanities and STEM.
This course aims to introduce you to the processes involved in putting together a literature review, so that you are able to undertake your own comprehensive review according to the requirements of your academic project. This course will take around 105 minutes to complete.
Literature review: An introduction
This module is designed to introduce you to different types of literature review and explain why reviewing the literature is a fundamental part of every research project.
Identifying literature for your review
This module will provide guidance on the most important approaches to searching for literature.
This module will explain how to evaluate the quality of the literature in your review.
Analysing the literature and writing up your review
This module will describe how to bring together all your literature and write up your review.
This course explores the principles and practices of research methodologies for a range of disciplines. It will help you reflect on the challenges you might face during your Master’s degree and/or PhD through contemporary case studies and multidisciplinary scenarios. This course will take around 128 minutes to complete.
Understanding and framing research
This module is designed to introduce you to the concepts of epistemology, ontology and theoretical perspective.
Developing a research question
This module is designed to introduce you to the role of research questions in the researhc process.
This module is designed to introduce you to the concept of methodology.
Knowing about data collection methods
This module is designed to introduce you to the most important methods for data collection.
Knowing about sampling methods
This module is designed to introduce you to the most important sampling methods.
Knowing about data analysis methods
This module is designed to introduce you to qualitative, quantitative and mixed data analysis methods.
Networking, collaborating and connecting disciplines
This module will look at the different types of connections that can be made between and across disciplines.
Protecting, managing and sharing research data
This module will look at how to protect, manage and share research data.
Communicating, disseminating and publishing research
This module will introduce you to the most effective methods of communicating your research.
Drawing the strands together: Producing a research proposal
This module will help you understand how to produce successful research proposals.
This course explores the practical applications of research methods in the social sciences. Through practical examples, scenarios and case studies, it will help you to reflect on the challenges you might face during your research project. This course will take around 63 minutes to complete.
This module is designed to introduce you to a variety of data collection methods, and to help you evaluate their applicability to your own research project.
This module is designed to introduce you to a variety of data analysis methods, and to help you evaluate their applicability to your own research project.
This course explores the practical applications of research methods in the arts and humanities. Through examples, scenarios and case studies, it will help you to reflect on the challenges you might face during your research project. This course till take around 58 minutes to complete.
Defining your methodology and designing your research
This module is designed to introduce you to a variety of methodological issues, and help you ensure that the research methods you choose fit together in a methodological framework and are aligned with your research question.
This module is designed to introduce you to a variety of research methods, exploring how critical thinking should be employed at all stages of the research process. It will help you evaluate the applicability of the methods to your own research project and consider the best ways to communicate your findings.
This course explores the practical applications of research methods in STEM disciplines. Through practical examples, scenarios and case studies, it will help you to reflect on the challenges you migth face during your research project. This course will take around 60 minutes to complete.
This module is designed to introduce you to a variety of data collection and sampling methods employed in STEM research, as well as issues relating to data management and to assumptions, preferences and bias. It will help you to identify and evaluate the methods and the type and quantity of data appropriate for your own research project.
This module is designed to introduce you to a variety of data analysis and presentation methods employed in STEM research. It will help you select and defend methods appropriate for your own research project and consider ethical and legal issues relevant to your research.
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