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Mail number 1

Dear Student,

Hope you are progressing well with studies.

This is to inform you that you are required to send in your completed/ nal

research proposal by 1th!anuary, "#1$. %t is important to note that it is an

&'( requirement to obtain your research proposal. )lease be informed

that feedbac* will be pro+ided only on the research topic and obecti+es

as detailed feedbac* will be pro+ided on dissertation chapters.

Therefore, it is important that you get your research topic/ title and the

obecti+es appro+ed by your respecti+e online super+isor.

'esearch proposal is a plan that you de+elop before conducting the

research. %t should co+er information as to how you are planning to

address each section of the dissertation. -ssentially you should co+er the

following sections in your research proposal

%ntroduction including the title, research bac*ground,

rationale, aims, obecti+es and questions0

iterature re+iew and conceptual framewor*

2ethodology

Timetable and resource requirements

3ibliography

4or the proposal, &'( has specied you to use 5$#6## words. This could

go up to a ma7imum of 1### words and it should not e7ceed 1### words.

8hen ready, you need to send your research proposal along with S%D

number included in the co+er page.

9ou could send the proposal directly to your super+isor email

%D harinipeirislsm:gmail.com

mailto:harinipeirislsm@gmail.commailto:harinipeirislsm@gmail.com

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;indly ma*e sure that you adhere to the following guidelines when

submitting your research proposal

6 The le should be in 2icrosoft word format.

6 Do not copy and paste content in the body of the mail.

6 8hen naming the le, include the course name, your full

name and the S student %D.

-g< 'esearch proposal=3&=!ohn Doe=>$$5

Trust the abo+e is clear. %f you ha+e any further questions in terms of this

please do not hesitate to contact me.

Mail number 2

Dear Student,

Trust that you are *eeping well and progressing well with the research

proposal and/or dissertation.

&s % ha+e already informed, your research proposal is due on 1thof

!anuary "#1$. %t is important to note that it is an &'( requirement to

obtain your research proposal. )lease be informed that feedbac* will be

pro+ided only on the research topic and obecti+es as detailed feedbac*

will be pro+ided on dissertation chapters.

4or the proposal, &'( has specied you to use 5$#6## words. This couldgo up to a ma7imum of 1### words and it should not e7ceed 1### words.

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&fter deciding a research topic and getting it appro+ed, you need to

de+elop the research proposal by co+ering the following sections

10 Introduction (20%) - This includes 4 parts:

&. Title < %nitially this might be regarded as a wor*ing title, and

ideally should mirror closely the content of the document

3. 3ac*ground < This informs the reader of the problem or the

situation, and the conte7t you are interested in

?. 'ationale for the study sources to underpinthe study. 3rief summary of each topic can be pro+ided. %f rele+ant a

conceptual framewor* too can be produced here.

0 Research &esi'n and Methodolo': (40%):

This section gi+es a detailed rationale of how you intend to achie+e

your research obecti+es. 9ou are e7pected to