On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

1. Propose and investigate a topic area relevant to professional practice.
2. Critique peer-reviewed literature pertinent to the proposed topic and identify gaps in knowledge.
3. Design and implement a relevant professional project or a minor research project or industry based project.
4. Justify the results and conclusions of the project by oral and written communication.
5. Devise possible areas of inquiry for future research or development.

The design of this subject is flexible so that it can respond to the special needs of the student and their topic chosen for exploration. The learning activities and resources required will be individually negotiated between the student and their project supervisor. subject content will include:
1.Project-based learning relevant to individual professional goals and available expertise within industry, academia or other relevant body.
2.Critical literature appraisal on topics relevant to the student?fs project.
3.Experimental design and Project management skills.
4.Analysis of data, using appropriate statistical methods where required.
5.Critical evaluation of data to judge its significance and develop conclusions from these results.
6.Report writing in the form of a scoping paper or research paper or industry project report.
7.Development of poster for presentation of results and conclusions of research project.