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Quick Facts

Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

This 5 weeks Discovering Your PhD. Potential: Writing a Research Proposal certification is a programme that is 100% online and is made jointly by the efforts of the University of Leicester and also FutureLearn. With this course, participants will be learning about the entire process involved in doing research to write the best postgraduate application proposal for postgraduate applications.

Discovering Your PhD. Potential: Writing a Research Proposal certification syllabus inculcates students on why a carefully curated research proposal is important for doctoral studies and can be the first step towards a postgraduate study. The course has a special focus on Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts, but the content can cater to all disciplines.

Discovering Your PhD. Potential: Writing a Research Proposal training gives you the confidence to build up the tools, and skills for writing a well-premeditated research proposal, that actually helps in the betterment of the postgraduate application. Agin this course will also provide a taste of the self-study that is a must for all participating in doctoral research.

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The Highlights

Course on PhD. potential
5 weeks course
Only online sessions
2 hours of weekly classes
A self-learning initiative
Certificate of completion

Programme Offerings

5 Weeks Course
Online Course
2 Hour Weekly Sessions
Certificate of completion
Progress Mapping
Global Classroom
self paced course

Courses and Certificate Fees

Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
yes	Futurelearn

Candidates can decide to log in to the course for free or decide to pay something for Discovering Your Ph.D. Potential: Writing a Research Proposal certification fee. The free course will only allow the candidates to learn for some 5 weeks, and after that, if the students decide on obtaining an achievement certificate, and gaining unlimited access to this programme then they have to pay either of the two fee amounts explained in the below table.

Discovering Your PhD. Potential: Writing a Research Proposal Fee Structure

Description	Amount in INR
Buy this course (one-off payment)	Rs. 1,600
Subscribe & save	Rs. 6,500
Limited access	Free

Eligibility Criteria

Educational Qualification

Though this programme is for understanding Ph.D. potentials still candidates not pursuing postgraduate research can also participate.

Work Experience

Any preliminary knowledge or experience in this field is not required.

Certification Qualifying Details

Get the course steps done, and assessments submitted to receive the Discovering Your Ph.D. Potential: Writing a Research Proposal certification by FutureLearn.

What you will learn

Writing skills

Here are some of the achievements of the participating candidates who have tried completing the course:

Candidates can understand their needs and realistic expectations of why they are interested in pursuing a PhD.
There are structures, requirements, and problems that occur alongside a PhD which can be explained by the candidates.
These candidates can display how manageable, and realistic research questions can be written.
There is a basic difference between deductive and inductive research, and candidates will be able to compare it.
A literature review requires certain steps of implementation like searching the literature, planning, writing, and organising the literature review that can be written by candidates.
A research proposal also requires some theoretical approach that can be discussed by the candidates.
There are some differences between ontology, different research designs, epistemology, and methodology which can be compared by the learners.
Candidates will be able to summarize what they have learned and start making their first draft of a research proposal.

Who it is for

Primarily this course has been developed keeping in mind the postgraduate research applicants but nevertheless, it can also be done by other people who have an interest in learning about the more challenging, and well-funded bids of research mainly for the purposes that are different from postgraduate research degrees.

Admission Details

With just simple steps, candidates can get a thorough idea of the admissions process:

Step 1: Get started by visiting the actual website of this official course.

Step 2: When the candidates see the homepage they will find the button ‘Join the course for free.

Step 3: As they find the button they must be clicking it instantly.

Step 4: Again when they click it the candidates are taken to a new redirected page that consists of registration.

Step 5: As the candidates fill up everything required for registration they are admitted.

Application Details

FutureLearn provides an easy application process as there is no application form that has to be filled. If the candidates own any of the Facebook or Gmail accounts, then they may use these account’s email addresses to register for this programme.