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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

Nov 28, 2020

A well made lesson with focus of what matters the most in research. The university of London along with Coursera did a great job at pointing out how research topics should be approached.Thank you

AB

Sep 9, 2019

very good course. The last e-activity was proposal preparation. It will be good if they add something about sampling in reading materials. Very good experience for me.....I will recommend this course

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By ROCIO H

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Dec 17, 2025

Algunos puntos fueron muy redundantes

By BIBA D

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Nov 10, 2022

Very helpful and interesting course.

By HERALD I

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Jun 7, 2020

interesting it was a good experience

By Anupam M

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Apr 3, 2018

Very much helpful for research work.

By MARITE N D A

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Jun 5, 2025

me parecio un curso muy interesante

By Stephen N L

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Jan 27, 2021

Good content! and learning platform

By Bandar S A

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May 7, 2020

It is very nice and helpful course.

By Malaz A

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Mar 13, 2019

good and nice course but not enough

By Faiza K

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Sep 7, 2023

I learnt and thats what matters...

By IUNA E A

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Apr 3, 2022

Very easy to follow and understand

By SAJAL M

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Sep 25, 2020

It could have been more elaborated

By Alawode J

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Sep 7, 2020

It was a wonderful way of learning

By NAVDEEP K

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Sep 2, 2020

Nice professor with a good content

By Bartels A A

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Jun 26, 2024

I love every part of this course.

By Saleh F A A

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May 28, 2020

Good course and a lot of benefits

By saugat g

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May 2, 2023

Very Simple and well instructed.

By Alejandro Q M

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Jun 20, 2017

concreto, claro, muy interesante

By Nafew P

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Mar 20, 2023

Could have been in more details

By Noorhan A

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Jul 13, 2021

Special and interactive course!

By RAVI K R

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Sep 9, 2020

it's approachable and relevant

By Celina A

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Nov 14, 2023

Thorough, detailed and short!

By Sulaiman N A

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Apr 12, 2020

i have learned a lot of thing

By Dr A D P

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Feb 22, 2018

Brain storming for beginners.

By Kalu E O

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Dec 29, 2022

It is a nice overview course

By shahbaan s

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Nov 24, 2021

the program was very helpful