12 weeks
DurationIntermediate
Level12
Modules· Self-paced
A complete, project-based research training programme: from designing a rigorous study to submitting a publishable manuscript, with two hands-on team projects.
About this course
Over twelve weeks you'll move through the full research lifecycle — design, literature, ethics, quantitative and qualitative methods, academic writing, and journal submission — applying each stage in two milestone projects: a research proposal at the midpoint and a submission-ready manuscript as your capstone.
What you’ll learn
Curriculum
What good research design is, and the choices that shape it.
What is a research design?
Reading · 18 min
Internal vs external validity
Reading · 15 min
Checkpoint quiz — Design fundamentals
Exercise · 8 min
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