Four days of Research Method Workshops to equip students for research in order to prepare and submit a dissertation to Masters level.

The dissertation gives students the opportunity to pursue a specific interest. This substantial component of the course capitalises on students' skills as a graduate and develops in depth legal insight. The Dissertation requires the student to evaluate and synthesise relevant literature and use appropriate research methodology to produce a scholarly piece of work of 18,000 words.

The objectives of the dissertation are:

• To allow the students to carry out a self-managed piece of work that provides an in-depth investigation of business and legal issues;
• To reflects upon, apply and develop theory from analysis of data;
• To argue and critically evaluate alternative research claims with justification;
• To select and utilise appropriate research methods effectively;
• To collect data to meet academic and organisational needs;
• To reflect a substantive academic research dissertation based on recognised and justified research methods and to include description of a range of research approaches and methods