Student chosen research topic, assisted by supervisor.

None

You will be allocated an individual supervisor who will have responsibility for guiding you to completion of the Dissertation. It will be the joint responsibility of the supervisor and student to design a schedule for the undertaking of the Dissertation in relation to appropriate targets of progress. To assist you a Dissertation guidebook will be issued. This will provide information about the administrative arrangements for the Dissertation; guidance on the characteristics and objectives of the Dissertation; conventions governing the organisation of work for a dissertation and the form of its presentation; the criteria for assessment and the assessment procedures.

A computer for accessing Blackboard, websites and electronic journals.
Course texts and course leaving pack

Library resources, including books, journals data bases, cd-rom, internet, and inter-library loan.
IT facilities including word processing.

MA IPD Board of Study, Dissertation Guidance Booklet (produced annually).
L. Blaxter, How to Do Research (1996)