RESEARCH, PLANNING and COMMUNICATIONS
Research Practice
You are required to write a proposal of a small-scale research project. The project should be relevant to the subject that you are studying and should be completed by one researcher (yourself, full-time). Your proposed project should start on 1/5/2023 and finish on 31/10/2023 (6 months in total).
PART ONE [30 marks]
Write an abstract of your proposed project with a project title [6].
Write an introduction to the research area [4], problems to be addressed [4] and potential benefits to industry and/or society [4].
Describe the aims [2], objectives [4] and scope (focus) of your project [2].
Describe the novel points of your research (i.e., contribution to knowledge) [4].
PART TWO [40 marks]
Obtain copies of 10 references that are of direct relevance to your project. Review the references and write your comments. For each reference, you should write one paragraph about its main contribution to knowledge [20], and one paragraph about its shortcomings [10]. You should not take the Abstracts and Conclusions directly from the
Do NOT include the actual copies of the references in your report, use the Harvard referencing system to list the references at the end of your report, and cite the references in the main text [5].
Based on your comments on the 10 references, write an overall summary of research [5]
You should follow the above instructions. Do not follow the style of the ‘Background’ section of the example proposal used during
PART THREE [30 marks]
Describe research techniques (e.g., case studies, data collection methods and equipment) that you would use to carry out the project [5]
Make a work plan by defining the tasks [4] to be Schedule the tasks into phases [3] with milestones and deliverables [3] in a Gantt Chart [5].
Describe the tasks [4], deliverables [4] and potential risks of your project [2] in your