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About the Course

This MOOC is about demystifying research and research methods. It will outline the fundamentals of doing research, aimed primarily, but not exclusively, at the postgraduate level. It places the student experience at the centre of our endeavours by engaging learners in a range of robust and challenging exercises befitting SOAS, University of London's status as a research-intensive university and its rich research heritage. The course will appeal to those of you who require an understanding of research approaches and skills, and importantly an ability to deploy them in your studies or in your professional lives. In particular, this course will aid those of you who have to conduct research as part of your postgraduate studies but do not perhaps have access to research methods courses, or for those of you who feel you would like additional support for self-improvement. There is no expectation that you already have a research topic or project in mind when you begin the course. No prior knowledge or experience in research is required to take this course and as such, the course is for everyone. This MOOC draws on a wealth of existing course material developed to support research training across SOAS, University of London and particularly drawing from the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy (CISD). In 2015, the course was nominated for the prestigious Guardian University Award for its innovative approach to online learning. Participation in or completion of this online course will not confer academic credit for University of London programmes....

Top reviews

JV

Apr 28, 2021

The readings were excellent, and readable 0 which is a plus for a course such as this.The 1 or zero peer-review rating was 'rough' and maybe 0 to 5 to differentiate effort and results in the e-tivity.

A

Jul 26, 2017

This is wonderful course especially for research scholars, one suggestion is instead of giving articles from books, please provide a PPT which will be more effective ! thank you for wonderful session.

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Apr 5, 2025

useful course for beginners

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Dec 22, 2022

Great course for beginners.

By Cesar T T

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Nov 5, 2022

Academically recommendable!

By Christiane M

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May 19, 2022

Concise and easy to follow.

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Mar 16, 2021

Good course and very useful

By Richter A S

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Sep 18, 2020

Nice course. I learned alot

By Mary C G

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Jul 15, 2020

extremely insightful course

By Ch L

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Jun 6, 2020

Very interesting and useful

By Zarrar S K

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Jun 1, 2017

An extra-ordinary Course...

By Michael G

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Jan 23, 2017

Great course. I am so happy

By Sushma B

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Aug 9, 2025

Excellent learning content

By Subhan U H

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Nov 18, 2023

thank you so much Coursera

By Manoj M

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May 8, 2023

It was a very nice course.

By Saad M

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May 4, 2020

It was a great experience.

By Veena S

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Apr 14, 2020

Informative and inspiring.

By Hossam Y

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Aug 25, 2019

Iam happy so much for that

By Касимова Г Б

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Aug 14, 2025

очень позновательный курс

By Arpit A

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Jul 23, 2025

it was a great experience

By BOUNECHADA L

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Jan 21, 2025

I found it really helpful

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Nov 21, 2024

очень познавательный курс

By Hannia Q M

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Nov 2, 2024

Es un curso de gran ayuda

By Rossano D T

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Oct 20, 2023

Very helpful. Enroll now!

By Rabeya A

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Feb 9, 2022

good couuse for beginnner

By Abdullah M

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Mar 22, 2021

Interesting simple course

By Hasiba S

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Nov 29, 2020

Amazing learning practice