Developing a capstone research module for multiple masters qualifications at the Open University (UK): the case of T847

Horrocks, Ivan (2014). Developing a capstone research module for multiple masters qualifications at the Open University (UK): the case of T847. In: Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management ECRM 2014, Academic Conferences and Publishing Limited pp. 177–184.

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Abstract

Historically the number of students progressing from postgraduate diplomas to MSc’s within the Faculty of Maths, Computing and Technology (MCT) at the Open University has been low. This paper discusses the rationale for a new type of research module that it was hoped would overcome some of the barriers to progression students’ identified, and a range of issues that arose during the development of that module.

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