SAGE Campus is proud and honored to announce that our Research Proposal course by Zina O’Leary has won a 2022 APEX Grand Award for outstanding work in the Electronic Media category.
This is SAGE Campus’s second APEX Award! The Critical Thinking course, by Dr. Tom Chatfield, won a 2019 APEX Award of Excellence for the category Electronic Media—Education & Training.
2022 apex awards for publication excellence
APEX 2022 was the thirty-fourth annual award program recognizing excellence in publishing by professional communicators. The APEX Awards are based on excellence in graphic design, editorial content, and the ability to achieve overall communications excellence.
APEX Grand Awards honor the outstanding works in each main category, which the Research Proposal course has achieved in the Electronic Media category.
‘Zina O’Leary’s Research Proposal course is one of our flagship courses, and we’re thrilled to have been recognised in this way. Not only does Zina truly understand the challenges and questions that researchers face when compiling a research proposal, it is her passionate and engaging way of supporting learners through these challenges that sets this course apart.’ Rachel Crookes, Head of SAGE Campus
The research proposal ONLINE course
This course helps learners better understand the different elements and purposes of a research proposal. It offers strategies to avoid common pitfalls and provides a step-by-step plan to craft a winning proposal. This 5 module course covers the purpose of a proposal, the steps researchers need to take both before and during the writing process, and how to overcome typical obstacles.
This course is appropriate for all levels, from undergraduate to postgraduate and even early career researchers. Examples are drawn from across the social, health, and applied sciences.
MEet dr. zina o’leary
Zina is an internationally recognized leader in research methodologies and has a keen interest in the application of research to evidence-based decision-making. She is a Senior Fellow at the Australia and New Zealand School of Government, where she coordinates research and project units for their Executive Masters and Executive Education Programs. She has authored three courses for SAGE Campus to date.
Watch a short interview with Zina about the launch of her three courses on research methods: Research Proposal, Research Question, and Present Your Research.
TRY FREE MODULES
As a digital library product, SAGE Campus provides university-wide access to the full suite of 34 self-paced online courses worth over 280 hours of online learning for skills and research methods. Librarians can find out more about how SAGE Campus works for institutions and get a 30-day free institutional trial. Faculty members, students and researchers who would like to use SAGE Campus for their teaching or own learning can recommend SAGE Campus to their library.
