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This new exciting module involves a number of activities related to research methods and research ethics with particular focus on cyber security. This is arguably the most important module for successfully completing your final project!
You will learn how to undertake an independent piece of cyber security research using appropriate methodological and analytical techniques. We will also cover requirements of ethical approval process and project specification to set you up for success. As such, the module is well-aligned with the student learning journey, ensuring students readiness for applying for ethical approval and working with their supervisors moving forward.
WM9P1 will be delivered in three weekly blocks taking place in October, December and March following a workshop format to maximise the learning experience. Some flexibility in the delivery of the module should be expected to ensure there is constant support to you both for your formative and summative achievement.
Each session is designed to facilitate the learning needs of individuals in a way that is most applicable. You will be encouraged to experiment with relevant challenges posed by the tutor in order that the requisite knowledge and skills are developed.
Module Learning Outcomes
- Develop a research proposal within the field of cyber security, aligning the problem, research objectives, research questions, and research design.
- Critically investigate and analyse sources of information appropriate to a given research problem.
- Identify and evaluate specific issues and challenges for doing research in the cyber security domain and propose suitable mitigations/controls to conduct research safely and effectively.
- Report findings with clarity and an appropriate degree of confidence, referring to both wider scholarship and own proposed investigations.
- Critically understand key aspects of research methods and ethics in cyber security for generating impactful knowledge, validating theories, adding critical rigour, and promoting moral and social values.
Module Plan*
Block | Week commencing | Lesson | Activities |
1 October | 7 October 2024 | Research process | PMA release |
2 December | 9 December 2024 | Research methods |
PMA Q&A Project specification |
3 March | 31 March 2025 | Research ethics | Applying for ethical approval |
*Please note the above plan is indicative.