Students will prepare a research proposal including a literature review to support their work towards the Bachelor dissertation. This affords students the opportunity to complete a substantial piece of independent research, allowing them to pursue deeper knowledge and understanding of a relevant topic of their choice through their own research. The teaching and guidance aim particularly to develop students’ skills of academic reading, researching, analysing data, application of knowledge and presenting data (numeracy and quantitative data), academic writing/literacy, critical thinking and writing and digital literacy and IT skills.