Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Identify a specific research issue in the area of digital policy
2. Articulate research questions in relation to those issues
3. Evaluate alternative methods for answering specific research questions
4. Identify, retrieve and evaluate research findings in the published literature
5. Manage the results of a literature review and incorporate them in a thesis using the school's required bibliographic style (APA)
6. Design a research project with a justification for methodology/approach
7. Create a time-line and apply it to their own research
8. Use appropriate analysis and data collection tools and apply for ethics clearance if required
9. Critically discuss the findings of the thesis work
10. Create a poster presentation of their research
11. Write, edit and proof-read a thesis.