SE318-6-FY-CO:
Research Project
2025/26
Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences (School of)
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Thursday 02 October 2025
Friday 26 June 2026
30
06 March 2025
Requisites for this module
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BSC C603 Sports Therapy,
BSC C604 Sports Therapy (Including Placement Year),
BSC C605 Sports Therapy (Including Year Abroad)
This module offers students the opportunity to undertake an in-depth piece of work in a Sports Therapy topic of their choice.
The Research Project may take various forms of empirical research, employing different kinds of methods and methodologies such as lab-based data collection, surveys, interviewing or processing secondary data. The project provides students with an opportunity to apply the research methods covered during their course. Each student is allocated an individual supervisor from the SRES team who will offer personalised support and guidance throughout the duration of the project.
The aims of this module are:
- To provide students with practical experience in conducting academic research, applying their skills and knowledge to empirically investigate a topic of their interest.
- To foster students' ability to independently plan and manage the organisation and timing of their work, encouraging a high level of independence and self-motivation.
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Formulate a problem relevant to Sports Therapy.
- Review relevant literature (this may be theory, research studies, official statistics, policy documents etc.).
- Follow through an investigation which will involve designing a piece of empirical research (considering the key methodological issues, risks and ethical issues).
- Incorporate relevant knowledge and skills from other parts of their degree including theoretical, methodological, analytical or substantive elements.
- Use available evidence, develop an argument, and write up their material in a coherent and well-presented dissertation.
Indicative Syllabus:
- Planning a research project and formulating a research question.
- Proposal writing and ethics approval.
- Writing an introduction and literature review.
- Analysing and presenting data.
- Writing up the project.
This module will be delivered via:
- Lectures to provide students with an overview of the practicalities of undertaking research, applying for ethical approval and writing a project.
- Asynchronous recordings and directed reading to support the lecture content and general project process.
- Independent working with support and guidance from Supervisors.
This module does not appear to have any essential texts. To see non - essential items, please refer to the module's
reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Research Project |
|
70% |
| Practical |
Viva |
|
30% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Sally Waterworth, email: s.p.waterworth@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Sally Waterworth, Dr Louis Howe, Tracy Lewis, Kelly Peters, Sebastian Biggins
SRES Office, email: sres (Non essex users should add @essex.ac.uk to create the full email address)
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Mr Mark Leather
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COURSE LEADER
Available via Moodle
Of 4 hours, 4 (100%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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