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University Dissertations
The Dissertation Programme is designed for undergraduates researching their final-year dissertations. It takes advantage of the experience and expertise of members of Teaching & Projects Abroad staff in supervising this type of work, in particular, our Director, Dr Peter Slowe, a former Geography lecturer. We can help you prepare a detailed research plan in conjunction with your academic tutor and we sort out practical requirements in the field in advance.
Researching your dissertation overseas offers academic and personal benefits. Academically, you can present an original item of study. On the personal front, you broaden your horizons by gaining insight into a new country and culture.
You will find that local people at your chosen destination are generally happy to help with questionnaires and interviews. If necessary, we can provide a translator. Teaching & Projects Abroad staff will help you with all the practicalities necessary to conduct your research, including setting up meetings, organising transportation and researching interviews. We also help you stay in contact with your UK supervisory staff throughout your placement.
Previous volunteers have carried out research in geography, biology, zoology, tourism, sociology, music, development studies and many other subjects. Contact us with your preliminary ideas and we will work with you to find a suitable area of study. You can also combine your dissertation with work on one of our other projects.
"The research I carried out and the information I obtained has been very fruitful. The period of four weeks was ideal for my fieldwork - interviews, questionnaires (with the help of an interpreter I completed eighty), government agency visits and University visits. One of my lifelong ambitions had been to go to a tropical African country and do some form of research that would enable me to experience a different culture and do some work that would benefit a rural community. Actually making it happen has been fantastic."
Madeleine Gear, Dissertation Research in Ghana.
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