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ED52034: Final project

[Page last updated: 15 August 2024]

Academic Year: 2024/25
Owning Department/School: Department of Education
Credits: 30 [equivalent to 60 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 600
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Dissertation Period
Assessment Summary: CWDI 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • Dissertation (CWDI 100%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes: By the end of this unit, you will be able to: Identify, examine, and appraise key issues related to international education and globalisation; Select and justify the focus, scope, and methodology of your final project; Critically reflect on key ethical issues in carrying out your final project and potential solutions; Review, employ, and engage critically with literature relevant to international education and globalisation; Collect, analyse, and interpret data appropriately; Evaluate the strengths and limitations of the final project; Draw appropriate conclusions from your final project and highlight its key implications, Demonstrate self-direction and originality in planning and implementing tasks, in responding to changing demands, and in tackling and solving problems.


Synopsis: Supported by your supervisor, you'll design and conduct a small-scale empirical or literature-based research project in the field of international education. The empirical project may be undertaken with an external institution or organisation (if one is available) to address a relevant challenge they face. Whichever option you choose, your project should highlight real-world implications for policy or practice.

Content: Detailed content is negotiated (and re-negotiated as necessary as the project unfolds) between student and supervisor.

Course availability:

ED52034 is Compulsory on the following courses:

Department of Education
  • THED-AFM70 : MA International Education and Globalisation 

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