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Constituting 90 credits, and with appropriate supervision, students pursue an independent research project.

Individual supervision sessions

Entry to MRes

Progression to the dissertation will normally be allowed on the basis of an average aggregation score of 12 (C3) for the taught components.

One formally assessed assignment: one dissertation of no less than 17,000 words and no more than 20,000 words or, where the project includes practice as research, an appropriate weighting agreed with the supervisor.

The course aims to:

develop experience in conducting a sustained piece of individual enquiry;

develop and deepen the student's personal research interest in their chosen subject area;

promote an engagement with other scholarly, critical, theoretical or applied arguments relevant to that area; and,

encourage the application of acquired research skills to a supervised independent project.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the main primary sources in their chosen field;

demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the main secondary sources in their chosen field;

demonstrate the ability to define, plan, and execute a sustained, focused and coherent research project;

demonstrate the ability to use appropriate bibliographic and information sources;

demonstrate the ability to work independently; and,

demonstrate the ability to utilise academic apparatus skilfully, including those relating to ethics and intellectual property rights, as appropriate.

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.