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About the Course

This MOOC is about demystifying research and research methods. It will outline the fundamentals of doing research, aimed primarily, but not exclusively, at the postgraduate level. It places the student experience at the centre of our endeavours by engaging learners in a range of robust and challenging exercises befitting SOAS, University of London's status as a research-intensive university and its rich research heritage. The course will appeal to those of you who require an understanding of research approaches and skills, and importantly an ability to deploy them in your studies or in your professional lives. In particular, this course will aid those of you who have to conduct research as part of your postgraduate studies but do not perhaps have access to research methods courses, or for those of you who feel you would like additional support for self-improvement. There is no expectation that you already have a research topic or project in mind when you begin the course. No prior knowledge or experience in research is required to take this course and as such, the course is for everyone. This MOOC draws on a wealth of existing course material developed to support research training across SOAS, University of London and particularly drawing from the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy (CISD). In 2015, the course was nominated for the prestigious Guardian University Award for its innovative approach to online learning. Participation in or completion of this online course will not confer academic credit for University of London programmes....

Top reviews

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Jul 26, 2017

This is wonderful course especially for research scholars, one suggestion is instead of giving articles from books, please provide a PPT which will be more effective ! thank you for wonderful session.

RP

Apr 30, 2020

The course was very simple and easily understandable. The assignments were very interesting. The peer review activity provided scope to learn from the others too. It was a great learning experience.

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By MD A R

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Apr 19, 2025

It is helpful for research purpose

By Tomas J M S

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Dec 3, 2024

sangat menbantu dan menaruk sekali

By Vaishnavi r k

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Nov 9, 2024

i did not received certificate yet

By Assadur J R

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Nov 13, 2021

Wonderful Course. Worth the money.

By Abubakar s

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Jan 30, 2021

Very helpful and technical course.

By Muhammad A

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Sep 27, 2020

Good but it can be more elaborate.

By Rudinë M

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Jun 1, 2020

This course was soo helpful to me.

By David H

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Apr 18, 2025

Excellent course Highly recommend

By Mateo B

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Oct 20, 2024

bastante bueno y n otan trabajoso

By Anh N Q

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Sep 12, 2023

This course is great and helpful!

By Sardar O H K

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May 15, 2023

best course for research learning

By Sunil S

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Aug 17, 2022

excellent knowlede sharing course

By Ishrat P

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Apr 21, 2022

amazing course easy to understand

By Ольга К

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Dec 4, 2021

Очень интересно. Большое спасибо!

By ENGİN

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Sep 13, 2021

It was amazing course. Thank you.

By Yunfeng L

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Jun 26, 2021

Worth time to learn this course!~

By Jhany R

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Feb 8, 2021

I learned a lot ftom this course.

By Dr. Z A

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Nov 27, 2020

Its a nice experience of learning

By Kumar S

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Oct 26, 2020

Please add more conversion videos

By MD. S I

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Sep 22, 2020

This course is really informative

By Carlos I O C

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Aug 17, 2020

Very interesting and informative.

By Hassan A R

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Aug 11, 2018

Very effective and understandable

By iris a

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Feb 12, 2025

excelente, muy bueno el material

By Aracely S M

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Jan 22, 2025

me gusto la manera de trabajar .

By Livadariu A

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Oct 25, 2022

A very good course for beginners