Introduction
• Dissertation module – Series of taught sessions (lectures & tutorials / workshops) – Dissertation based on Master’s level research
• Dissertation: piece of academic work – Must include evidence of
• Student’s awareness of key academic literature relating to area / topic of study
• How it relates to research question addressed
• Dissertation serves one or more purposes – Review existing knowledge, leading to critique, synthesis, or new understandings of existing knowledge – Critically analyse situation, problem, issue – Construct something novel (e.g., new model, approach, concept or theory)
Module aims
- Give students opportunity to study subject, business problem or research question in depth
- Research issues surrounding subject or background to problem
2 routes for dissertation
Standard research route – Traditional research-based dissertation related to topic
• Jointly agreed by student & (intended) dissertation supervisor
Organisation-based research route (Collaborative Dissertation)
• Jointly agreed by student, organisation & (intended) dissertation supervisor
A. Project-based dissertation – Research conducted remotely from partner organisation • May involve collection of primary data from organisation, based on lab / field experiments
B. Internship-based dissertation – Within partner organisation while completing additional operational internship activities