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About the Course

This MOOC is about demystifying research and research methods. It will outline the fundamentals of doing research, aimed primarily, but not exclusively, at the postgraduate level. It places the student experience at the centre of our endeavours by engaging learners in a range of robust and challenging discussions and exercises befitting SOAS, University of London's status as a research-intensive university and its rich research heritage. The course will appeal to those of you who require an understanding of research approaches and skills, and importantly an ability to deploy them in your studies or in your professional lives. In particular, this course will aid those of you who have to conduct research as part of your postgraduate studies but do not perhaps have access to research methods courses, or for those of you who feel you would like additional support for self-improvement. No prior knowledge or experience in research is required to take this course and as such, the course is for everyone. This MOOC draws on a wealth of existing course material developed to support research training across SOAS, University of London and particularly drawing from the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy (CISD). In 2015, the course was nominated for the prestigious Guardian University Award for its innovative approach to online learning. Participation in or completion of this online course will not confer academic credit for University of London programmes...

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Jul 26, 2017

This is wonderful course especially for research scholars, one suggestion is instead of giving articles from books, please provide a PPT which will be more effective ! thank you for wonderful session.

CS

May 9, 2022

Really easy to follow and great advice from all the experts! It has helped me organise from the beginning of my dissertation and I feel more comfortable getting started on what is a big project ahead.

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By Laura

Mar 9, 2017

ME PARECE UN MUY BUEN CURSO PERO ME PARECE QUE DE IGUAL FORMA SE DEBERÍAN ENFOCAR A COMO SE DEBEN CITAR LOS AUTORES QUE SE CONSULTAN PARA DISMINUIR EL PLAGIO

By Agnes P

Apr 24, 2021

The lessons were clear ant the Etivity gave practical skills that are very applicable, graddibg other learners assignment gave one different perspective

By Maria d l A O T

Jul 4, 2017

La dinamica de retroalimentación revisando la tarea de los compañeros brinda el plus a la enseñanza.

Lo que no encontre fueron mis tareas calificadas.

By Mohammad M A

May 25, 2020

the course is great in founding the basics of research methodologies. A valuable addition will be major-related cours(e.g. science, physiology, ...)

By Moises A C

Sep 6, 2017

El curso está muy bien solo que me gustaria que fuera un poco más enfocado en cuanto a la elaboración por partes de un protocolo de investigación.

By Divvya J

May 25, 2022

Namaste, The session was well planned and I enjoyed it completely. In fact, would love to recommend this course to my friends too. Thank you!

By nisha s

Dec 5, 2021

It was well explained and gave me an outline on how one should approach a research and the things to think about throughout the research process.

By Sandy A B

Nov 30, 2020

It was a very interesting course to take, very interactive and relies on personal motivation and genuine attempt from each of the participants.

By Hnin Y A

Sep 28, 2020

It's a supporting thing for me.I realize more and more about the research and can create research thoroughly.Thanks for sharing your course.

By Mohamed M E

Feb 7, 2019

Anyone with any background can improve his/her research skills through the E-tivity (Peer graded Assignments), It's a fantastic way to learn

By VIVIANA B C

Jan 26, 2022

Muy buen material. Recomiendo que las actividades lleven a un poco más de aplicación, en especial frente al tema de revisión de literatura.

By Richard R

Jun 10, 2020

Very useful course. It helped me get another view of the same thing.

The assignement has helped me a lot in developing it as my research.

By Iván N H

Sep 20, 2017

Considero que la calidad del curso es buena ya que te proporciona herramientas fundamentales para realizar un buen tema de investigación.

By Kirsten L

May 4, 2022

A nice refresher of the reasons we choose different research methods and approaches. Fairly self explanatory and not too time consuming.

By Muhammad F S N

Apr 3, 2020

It contains good quality material. Moreover, it is concise and precise.

But it must include sciences, it includes social sciences only.

By Nabila S

Oct 14, 2022

Clear explanation on the video discussions; however the course can add more audiovisual material instead of just reading materials

By Fernando G M G

Aug 14, 2020

It is a good course but kind of simple. I would have prefered more information inside the course and not as recommended literature.

By Shibani S

Jun 11, 2020

l really liked the topics touched upon in this course. However , I would appreciate it a lot more if we had a few working examples.

By Asmaa S M O

Jun 2, 2020

Well organized timetable offering me different options to comply with the course, transcript of content and reach reading topics.

By Chiara

Mar 12, 2021

The process of grading does not really make sense. However, very informative and helpful for someone pursuing academic research.

By Bafana M

Nov 7, 2022

it was really eye opening to learn about how to conduct research in a awy that is ethical and meets the standards of academics

By Armin H

Oct 31, 2022

It is great, but it is too short.I think the learning will improve by adding several additional questions at each week's end.

By Dattatraya D

Jun 13, 2022

The course content can be slightly bettter, which can include important websites and reaerch tools that one can learn to use.

By Maleeha M

Feb 27, 2018

Loved taking this course, as I'm doing a dissertation in my final year at university, it is very much applicable to my degree.

By Michael P

May 17, 2021

I enjoyed the readings and felt the writing assignments were helpful in integrating the main ideas of the reading selections.