
Capstone 9 The submission
When the research, writing and editing cycles are complete, students - quite rightly - feel that it is time to relax. However the key moment is still in front of them. Preparing the document for sub...
30 Dec 20117min

Capstone 8 Drafting and editing
The relief is real when the first draft of a research project is completed. However the marks - and the high grades - are given to the best edited and drafted documents. Polish creates excellence. ...
30 Dec 20115min

Capstone 7 Writing your research
Too often the phrase 'writing up' is used as a self evident and self explanatory phrase in research projects. Yet writing, researching and thinking are tethered in complex and intricate ways. Tara e...
30 Dec 20114min

Capstone 6 Finding research materials
The online environment has opened incredible opportunities to research students. Yet how is this plurality of information and platform managed in current research projects? Tara explains - from the p...
30 Dec 20115min

Capstone 5 The specificity of creative-led research
Practice-led and creative-led theses and research projects have grown in popularity over the last twenty years. Often formed from an artefact and exegesis, they are not without controversy or challen...
30 Dec 20117min

Capstone 4 The literature review
Along with research methods, the literature review is a constant - if dull - attendant to any programme of research. Yet literature reviews are not only done poorly, but are often pointless and obliq...
30 Dec 20115min

Capstone 3 Research Methods
Teaching (and learning about) research methods is often the dullest of topics and courses. Yet methods are important, but perhaps not in the way in which they are conventionally taught. Tara talks abo...
30 Dec 20114min

Capstone 2 The stages of progress through your research
The phrase "doing research" does not capture the complex stages and milestones between finding an idea and submitting a thesis or major assignment. Tara talks through the stages of a research project...
30 Dec 20115min



















