Summary of content

The Dissertation module is a key element of the postgraduate suite of post-registration programmes. Its purpose is to enable Masters level students to develop the ability to collect, evaluate and disseminate knowledge relevant to their area of professional practice. It will provide students with an opportunity to engage in a focused piece of research and enhance their knowledge and skills in the following: identifying gaps in the evidence generating research questions and hypotheses selecting, reviewing and summarizing relevant literature applying appropriate methods, including data collection and analysis judging evidence interpreting and discussing findings as well as thinking and writing critically, coherently and academically.

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