The module enables you to conduct an extensive individual research project that tests creative practice issues through primary and secondary research. Defining and managing your own research portfolio, you will build a body of research through applied methods for creative theory and practice. The portfolio is structured according to four formative submissions (Proposal, Method, Critical Review of Context and Findings) and one final summative assessment of the completed portfolio. Issues of applicability, credibility, ethics and a wider research influence develop an understanding of research in practice and guide your management of the research project. The format of your portfolio may make use of a number of media, from film, website, exhibition, booklet or the more standard bound text. The suitability of format and research content will be agreed between you and your tutor early in the module. Typically, the portfolio will be submitted in the form of an 10,000 word critical debate with a supporting portfolio of creative practice evidencing research. Alternatively, you may choose to take a purely theoretical approach to the module and submit a 15,000 word critically structured dissertation as a stand-alone written artefact.