Students will be recruited following an oral interview assessing RPL in line with the Quality Framework Section 7(18), and RPL processes already in existence in other parts of the University.

You will will learn the principles and methods of social research methods in this course. There will be a strong focus on application, achieved primarily through the requirement to carry out a small-scale research project. The final summative assessment will be based around your reflections on your own research project through an oral presentation to their peers. The topics learned in this module include: research design, research ethics, the key methods of primary and secondary data collection and analysis, and evaluating and presenting findings.

LO1: Understand and explain the issues and complexities of ethical social research and the ethical responsibilities of the researcher.

LO2: Reflect on how to design, manage, and execute, a research proposal.

LO3: Communicate ideas through a verbal presentation supported by IT.