1. Full Title of Project
2. Justification of the research & Review of Literature (1500 words approx.)

• Explain the rationale for carrying out this project.
• You must include a literature review to support the research

3. Aims and Research Question

• Outline the aim(s) of the study and the research question(s) under investigation.
• If appropriate, outline the study hypotheses

4. Methodological design and other methodological features of your study

• Ensure this covers both methodology and methods
• Explain and justify your chosen methodology, design, and data collection methods.

5. Participants & Sampling / Sources (Secondary Data)

• Who will take part in your study? What will the inclusion / exclusion criteria be?
• How you will sample these participants?
• What sample size will you aim for and why?

6. Materials/Equipment

• If appropriate to your research please include the materials that you will be using
• g. Questionnaire, interview guide, etc.
• Include equipment if study uses an experimental design

7. Procedure

• Describe the procedure that will be undertaken in the study.
• How will participants be recruited?
• Once recruited, what will participants have to do and how long it will take?
• Provide enough information to ensure that study can be

8. Ethical implications

• Identify any ethical considerations related to the study
• If collecting any personal data or working with <18’ this must be made clear and discussed
• Note N/A is not an acceptable answer

9. Data Analysis methods

• Explain how you will analyse your data once collected
• Provide more detail than simply ‘qualitatively’ or ‘quantitatively’

10. References

• List all references cited using Harvard Method

11. Proposed Supervisor

• Indicate up to three supervisors who you think could supervise your project.
• Please provide the reasoning for your choice
• We try and match students to their first preference but this is not guaranteed