Learning Outcomes:
On completion of the thesis the student will:
- Recognise the need and value of high quality research as an essential requirement which leads to improved policy and practice.
- Have generated an interesting and relevant manuscript with coherent aims and objectives.
- Have conducted a search and critical review of the academic literature on the topic, and in particular to have reviewed the peer reviewed journal literature.
- Have developed and implemented an appropriate research methodology for the topic.
- Have analysed the results using relevant techniques (Quantitative and/or qualitative).
- Have developed conclusions which reflect on their research results and how it relates to the broader academic literature, to policy and to practice.