How to WRITE a Strong Research Proposal | PROVEN FORMULA for Thesis / Dissertation

Research proposal writing is an essential stage in your thesis/ dissertation journey. This video was recorded alongside one of my TikTok LIVE sessions. Let me know what you think about this format in the comments. Would you like to see more of it? Would you like me to go LIVE on YouTube as well?

The Project/ Research proposal is an important piece of work that determines how your dissertation/ thesis will progress and even end. It's important to get it right because, essentially, it represents your best intellectually informed guess of what the first three sections of your dissertation will look like.

The structure of your research/ project proposal is similar to that of your dissertation/ thesis. What are the different sections? What goes in each section? This video unpacks that.

Also see the following resources for more proposal help:
Playlist for the research proposal/ thesis process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecYJImUjN3c&list=PL5ZSiH17tMxmRwbscDJKze_1OIm4xExQn&pp=gAQB

Understanding academic writing - 4 common misconceptions: https://youtu.be/t2ZVxsVqbyA?list=PL5ZSiH17tMxmRwbscDJKze_1OIm4xExQn

Getting started with academic writing - step by step guidance on how to get unstuck: https://youtu.be/zcAR6RfmrZU?list=PL5ZSiH17tMxmRwbscDJKze_1OIm4xExQn

The introduction section - PART 1 (what goes in the introduction, structure and process): https://youtu.be/QWq8dA8hqaQ?list=PL5ZSiH17tMxmRwbscDJKze_1OIm4xExQn

The introduction section - PART 2 (what literature to cite in the introduction): https://youtu.be/7mppRVTxYjM?list=PL5ZSiH17tMxmRwbscDJKze_1OIm4xExQn

Literature review - PART 1 (how to write a literature review): https://youtu.be/ecYJImUjN3c?list=PL5ZSiH17tMxmRwbscDJKze_1OIm4xExQn

Literature review - PART 2 (how to identify gaps in the literature): https://youtu.be/J7J6RH3ELVc?list=PL5ZSiH17tMxmRwbscDJKze_1OIm4xExQn

Methodology - PART 1 (how to write your methods section - what goes in the the methods section, structure, and process): https://youtu.be/dcQKuSnnKSU?list=PL5ZSiH17tMxmRwbscDJKze_1OIm4xExQn

Methodology - PART 2 (how to sample for qualitative research): https://youtu.be/HXZB72i5Gms?list=PL5ZSiH17tMxmRwbscDJKze_1OIm4xExQn