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Dissertation Handbook 2023-2024
BGLP0005 - BGLP0014 – BGLP0021
Welcome to your MSc Dissertation Module! Along with the module convenor and your supervisor, this handbook will guide you through the dissertation process from inception to submission.
Your dissertation module comprises 90 credits (half of your overall degree grade). The final mark of the module is divided in two summative submissions: a) Dissertation Plan (20%) and b) Dissertation submission (80%). Details on what needs to be summitted along each of these components is described in sections 13, 14 and 16 of this handbook.
IGP Dissertation Module helps students to develop the knowledge, skills and management practices to design and develop research that pushes the boundaries of our understanding of prosperity, both intellectually and practically. Students will learn academic and real-world skills necessary to design, manage and conduct problem-solving research. Based on their areas of specialization across the different MSc degrees at IGP, students might focus on prosperity and society, prosperity and nature or prosperity and entrepreneurship and innovation.
Students will undertake a yearlong, 90 credits (one half of your degree), practical academic research module through which they will explore a topic of their choosing theoretically or empirically. This module is delivered in conjunction for all departmental master’s degrees and will run fortnightly in terms 1, 2 and 3. Full details on the dates, times and locations will appear in your program timetable. Key deadlines, forms, processes and resources can be found in the following sections of this handbook and via the dissertation Moodle page.
During the dissertation process, if you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact the module leader who will guide you through the dissertation process until your dissertation supervisor is appointed. Your dissertation is an exciting opportunity to develop and investigate a topic that captivates you – it is also an opportunity to make an original contribution to knowledge and we hope you will embrace this opportunity! Dissertations can be hard work, you will have doubts along the way, but that is normal; chat things over with your supervisor or get a different perspective from one of us. In the end it will definitely all be worth it – something you can be proud of and a calling card for the next stage of your career as a transformative leader.
Further information can be found via the BGLP005, BGLP0014 or BGLP0021 Moodle pages.
The dissertation module is a yearlong module facilitated through workshop-style. sessions that will guide you in the process of developing basic academic and research skills such as academic writing, library resources and managing information, research design, research ethics and project management. We will introduce you to several tools and software that can facilitate your MSc degree and research projects, this approach will complement the skills developed in your research methods module. The module is mainly delivered through 2hr fortnightly classes per week involving a combination of seminar discussions and practical tasks. Students are expected to complete the set key readings or tasks prior to the commencement of the session and to come ready to discuss key topics and engage in practical tasks.
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TERM 1. KICKSTARTING YOUR ACADEMIC WRITING |
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11 OCTOBER 2023 |
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Critical Thinking and Managing Academic Resources |
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25 OCTOBER |
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Elements and Good Practices of Blog Writing |
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15 NOVEMBER |
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Finding, evaluating and organising information |
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29 NOVEMBER |
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Academic Writing of Essays and Literature Reviews |
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13/14 DECEMBER |
The IGP Dissertation Process
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TERM 2. DESIGNING YOUR RESEARCH PROJECT |
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10/11 JANUARY 2024 |
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Problems, Questions and Rationale. Defining your research topic |
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24/25 JANUARY |
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Literature Reviews. The foundation of research |
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7/8 FEBRUARY |
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The IGP Dissertation Projects Fair and Networking Event |
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28/29 FEBRUARY |
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Key Elements of Dissertation Plans |
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13 MARCH |
IGP Ethics Applications and Research Dilemmas
TERM 3.
MANAGING, CONDUCTING
AND WRITING YOUR
RESEARCH PROJECT
1/2 MAY 2024
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Conducting your research. From Co-design to Data Collection. |
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15/16 MAY |
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The Research Pitch. A collective intelligence workshop |
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22/23 MAY |
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Data collection, Processing and Analysis |
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5/6 JUNE |
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Writing and Formatting your MSc Dissertation |
JULY to SEPTEMBER
Individual Research Period
4. DEVISING A TOPIC AND FINDING A SUPERVISOR
The dissertation is flexible to a variety of topics, and we place strong emphasis on students choosing and developing a dissertation topic tailored to their personal interests and career ambitions. We are happy for dissertations to be conducted in partnership with external organisations or research projects and for you to be supervised by core IGP staff or by UCL staff from other departments. Dissertations can be based on secondary data or can include elements of original fieldwork and data collection.
IGP’s own core research projects and partner initiatives offer multiple opportunities for dissertations. In midTerm 2, we will hold a Dissertation Projects Fair for you to learn about different research opportunities, identify different research approaches and network with potential supervisors. The dissertation project fair will also open a space to listen from our alumni’s’ dissertation experience and key advice on completing a successful and enjoyable dissertation.
After the dissertation fair, you will have more elements to define your dissertation topic. It might be the case that you found a researcher or partner organisation to co-develop your dissertation topic, or you might have developed a stronger independent research idea; both paths are right, and you will be supported along the way by the IGP dissertation module. You may also search for supervisors who are experts in the field elsewhere at UCL and discuss the potential of these with the dissertation module leader. UCL also offers wider opportunities for students to engage with non-profit organisations to develop dissertation projects. The Community Research Initiative (CRIS) is a way to connect with London’s voluntary sector to share knowledge and ideas. To be eligible you need to be a postgraduate taught student at UCL master’s programme, you need to be studying on a full or part-time basis and your dissertation module convenor has to agree to you working with CRIS. For more information on this scheme please visit the CRIS website and look for the CRIS programme manager in our Project Fair. Links and videos are available on your dissertation Moodle page.
The first milestone of your dissertation module will be the Dissertation Topic Form. which includes your working title, working abstract and, if you are partnering with a researcher or organisation to co-develop your project, the name of the dissertation supervisor. If you have a topic but haven’t found a supervisor at this stage, do not panic, IGP has a fantastic research community, and we will do our best to allocate you the best possible supervisor based on your topic of interest or approach.
The second milestone and the official starting point of your research project will be the submission of the Dissertation Plan by the end of term 2. If you do intend to conduct primary research, then, you will need to follow strict ethical and health and safety/risk procedures. If you intend to conduct research outside of the UK, you will also need to complete a study away request and submit it to UCL student services. These procedures are explained in the following sections of this dissertation handbook and will be complemented by the relevant forms for each step. Forms are available on the Appendix section and on the Moodle page (editable files).
From Term 3 you will also start working with your supervisor to advance your research and receive appropriate personalised feedback on your dissertation plan and in the following steps. You will focus on dissertation research and writing from Easter until submission in early September.
All dissertation related forms such as the Dissertation topic Form. (all available on Moodle) should be submitted on Moodle by the date in the table above. Your abstract should not exceed 250 words. It should indicate the main questions to be addressed, the primary and secondary sources that the student proposes to use, and the research methods. A student may formally begin the dissertation once the abstract has been approved.