Research proposal writing is an essential stage in your thesis/ dissertation journey. This video was recorded alongside one of my TikTok LIVE sessions. Let me know what you think about this format in the comments. Would you like to see more of it? Would you like me to go LIVE on YouTube as well? The Project/ Research proposal is an important piece of work that determines how your dissertation/ thesis will progress and even end. It's important to get it right because, essentially, it represents your best intellectually informed guess of what the first three sections of your dissertation will look like. The structure of your research/ project proposal is similar to that of your dissertation/ thesis. What are the different sections? What goes in each section? This video unpacks that. Also see the following resources for more proposal help: Playlist for the research proposal/ thesis process: Understanding academic writing - 4 common misconceptions: Getting started with academic writing - step by step guidance on how to get unstuck: The introduction section - PART 1 (what goes in the introduction, structure and process): The introduction section - PART 2 (what literature to cite in the introduction): Literature review - PART 1 (how to write a literature review): Literature review - PART 2 (how to identify gaps in the literature): Methodology - PART 1 (how to write your methods section - what goes in the the methods section, structure, and process): Methodology - PART 2 (how to sample for qualitative research):