Criteria for assessment: Written proposal/study
• Synthesis of literature – relevance, critique, coherence and cohesion
• Approach, design and analytic procedure in relation to aim – clarity, suitability and
quality of justification (proposal & study); feasibility (proposal); appropriateness of
findings and conclusion (study)
• Appropriate and accurate use of written academic register and citation and
referencing conventions
• Work submitted is your own independent work
Proposal
The proposal should be feasible in terms of timeline (4-6 months), data collection (e.g.
availability of participants, accessibility of research site) and analysis (e.g. researcher capacity
and resources). The proposal should demonstrate a need for the research in relation to a
thorough literature review. You can include pilot data analysis which demonstrates the
feasibility of the study/method and from which you may be able to project preliminary
findings which justify your research aim.