Embarking on an UG research project can be both exciting and daunting. However, with access to the right resources you can build your skill set, confidence and resilience – and maybe even enjoy the process.
Sage Campus has been designed to help by offering structured learning that helps you with every step of the research process – from deciding on a topic through to writing up your results. While our courses are used by students at UG, Graduate, and Doctoral level, we’ve picked out the five courses we recommend to Undergraduate students who are tackling research for the first time.
Research Question: Starting your project with a meaningful, answerable, and interesting question is fundamental. Our Research Question course will help you narrow down your topic, draft and refine your research question, guiding you through the key questions to ask yourself in the pursuit of a solid research question. Already have a question? Then this course can help you sense check that the question is answerable and determine if it’s even a question you are interested in answering!
Plan Your Project: You may have planning experience in abundance, but handling a research project can bring extra challenges. You may have to work with other people, consider new complexities or just have a lot at stake. Making time to plan your project makes the whole process less stressful – our course teaches you how to identify your preferred planning style, set milestones and deploy simple tactics to stay motivated.
Develop Your Search Strategy: Searching for literature is a fundamental skill for any research project, no matter the scope. Before you dive in though, step back and strategize a little. Which search tools do you want to use? How long will you spend searching? How will you keep track of what you read? This course can support you to plan and execute a search strategy that works for you.
Conduct a Literature Review: One of our most popular topics, this course is a real start-to-finish guide on how to approach the literature review, how to execute it and how to write it up effectively. Our instructor breaks it down into manageable stages, gives great examples of good and bad practice and demystifies the process so you can succeed first time around with this crucial research output.
Present Your Research: You’re likely going to have to talk about your research project at some point, whether it’s a formal presentation or a more casual interaction. This highly practical course helps you figure out what to focus on when talking about your research, by understanding your audience, your key messages and the best way to deliver them.
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