At almost all Study Options’ partner universities, you will be required to check what existing research, projects and groups are already running within a university; to start up a conversation with a potential academic supervisor and to get their provisional approval for your research proposal – all before you can start working on a formal application for admission.
As a start point, this means identifying the universities and the academics working in the area that you intend to research and making direct contact with relevant individuals to discuss your proposed ideas. When you approach academic staff it is very important to communicate your research ideas in a concise, well-thought-through manner – academics receive a large number of requests from potential research students, and (understandably) are only likely to respond positively to those that demonstrate both ability and commitment.
Your research proposal does not need to be perfect, or finalised, or even particularly detailed when you first get in touch with an academic, but it does need to provide that person with enough information to decide whether or not your research is something they and their university department have the resources and expertise to supervise. Study Options can provide support with locating relevant departments and with contacting academic staff. If you would like our help at this stage, please contact us on 0117 911 5610 or mail@studyoptions.com.
Please remember, however, that you will always, inevitably, know more than we do about your proposed field of research. It’s therefore very important that you do your own homework about which Australian or New Zealand universities could be the best fit for you and your research ideas. Try asking your current tutors or other academic staff or contacts for their opinions on possible destinations for your research work, for example, and check to see which Australia or New Zealand-based academics are publishing or researching in your field of interest, and which universities they are based at.
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