TIMETABLE 2 - PROGRAMME OF SUPPORT FOR DISTANCE LEARNING STUDENTS STUDYING THE

DISSERTATION MODULE IN TRIMESTER 2 (February 2017)

Date Time Session Description Presenter(s)

Wednesday 8th February 2017 18:00 Introductory overview of the dissertation Marcus
GMT module. What is research? Ormerod
Thursday 9th February 2017 18:00 Aim, objectives and all that jazz Rita Newton
GMT

Wednesday 15th February 2017 18:00 Critical reading and writing Marcus
GMT Ormerod
Thursday 16th February 2017 18:00 Using Library Databases, Endnote software Tracey
GMT Breheny

Tuesday 21st February 2017 18.00 Writing the research proposal including Rita Newton
GMT mandatory structure
Wednesday 22nd February 2017 18:00 Good academic conduct Min An
GMT
Thursday 23rd February 2017 18:00 Ethical approval process Min An
GMT

Tuesday 28th February 2017 18.00 Overview of quantitative methods and Yingchun Ji
GMT applications
Wednesday 1st March 2017 18:00 Overview of qualitative methods Paul
GMT Chynoweth
Thursday 2nd March 2017 18:00 Survey research Marcus
GMT Ormerod

Tuesday 7th March 2017 18:00 Case study research Rita Newton
GMT
Wednesday 8th March 2017 18:00 Action research Paul
GMT Chynoweth
Thursday 9th March 2017 18:00 Approaches to legal research Paul
GMT Chynoweth

Tuesday 14th March 2017 18:00 What to do with data that I collect? Marcus
GMT Analysing secondary (desk based) data Ormerod
Wednesday 15th March 2017 18:00 What to do with data that I collect? Yingchun Ji
GMT Analysing quantitative (statistical) data
Thursday 16th March 2017 18:00 What to do with data that I collect? Paul
GMT Analysing qualitative (non statistical) data Chynoweth
Tuesday 21st March 2017 18:00
GMT
Wednesday 22nd March 2017
Thursday 23rd March 2017
END OF TAUGHT CLASSES. For details of assessment points please refer to the Module Handbook
Research Proposal: Student Presentations
Give a 5min presentation about your research via Collaborate
and receive constructive feedback on your research
focus. We will allocate you to a session.
You will need a microphone. The hardware that works most
effectively is a headset with integrated headphones and
microphone.
See Briefing Note below for further details of these
presentations.
Note that these presentations are to help you develop your
ideas and to receive feedback. They are not formally
assessed.