How to Answer Part Project Proposal Questions (Complete Guide)

Understanding this question requires applying core subject principles.

What This Question Is About

This question relates to part project proposal and requires a structured academic response.

How to Approach This Question

Break the problem into smaller parts and analyze each logically.

Key Explanation

This topic involves part project proposal. A strong answer should include explanation, application, and examples.

Original Question

Part 1 Project Proposal Word limits: A mandatory maximum word limit of 400 words applies to the description of your research area in Section 1 of the template. There are no word limits for the other parts of your Project Proposal. If you exceed the mandatory word limit stated above 10% of the total marks available for the part question will be deducted from your score. Please refer to the table in the Introduction for specific details about what is and is not included in word counts. Download and complete the blank Project Proposal template for research-based projects provided on the S390 website. Follow the guidance given on the template and in your study guide. Submit your completed Project Proposal as a separate single word document (.docx or .doc format), together with the other components of TMA 01. Section 1 of the Project Proposal contains your project details and is worth 55 marks. Section 2 is your risk assessment. Section 3 is your ethical assessment. Note: Sections 2 and 3 do not gain any marks but are compulsory. If any part of your intended study is unsuitable or has insufficient detail, your tutor will ask you to amend and resubmit your proposal by a date specified by the module team. You should not start the practical or data collection and analysis components of your project until you have received feedback on your Project Proposal from your tutor. Project Name (chose only one): If you are interested in communicable diseases, you will need to choose one e.g. Chickenpox (Varicella) Chikungunya. Coronaviruses (COVID-19) Dengue. Diphtheria. Ebola. Hepatitis. Hib Disease. HIV/AIDS. HPV (Human Papillomavirus) Japanese Encephalitis. Measles. Meningococcal Disease. Mpox. Mumps. Norovirus. Polio. Rabies. Rotavirus. Rubella. Tuberculosis (TB) Whooping Cough (Pertussis) Zika. When you have chosen one, I suggest you look at the data available in one of the databases mentioned in the module guide here Project ideas for SXH390 | OU online. Look at the examples of epidemiological projects in the side bar at no 1 or the databases in no 6. E.g. if you use the Global Burden of Disease database Global Health Data Exchange | GHDx you can find data for different countries at different time points and make a comparison. _—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Research-based Project Proposal template – for submission as Part 1 of TMA 01 Complete Sections 1, 2 and 3 of this Project Proposal template. Section 4 will be completed by your tutor. There is detailed guidance to help you fill in this template in the study guide. The completed Word document should be submitted as Part 1 of TMA01. Use the following filename format: the module code, followed by the TMA number and your name (e.g. SX*390_TMA01_Initial_Surname). The submitted Project Proposal will be checked by your tutor and the module team. Your tutor will return the form to you with the feedback for TMA 01. It is essential that you check this feedback and address any concerns or requests for further information before you proceed with thepractical, data collection or data analysis components of your project. Section 1. Project details (worth 55% of the marks in TMA 01) Student name Personal Identifier Tutor name Strand code Proposed project title Research question and null hypothesis/es Research area and background information (400 words maximum) Objectives for research Methods and list of techniques and/or materials References Section 2. Risk assessment (no marks but required for TMA 01) Make sure you have read the Risk Assessment Section of the Study Guide, so you understand how to complete this part of the form. It is your responsibility to carry out this risk assessment prior to both preparatory work and for the actual investigation before starting any work. It must cover all aspects of your work and aim to mitigate risks to as low as can reasonably be possible by using control measures. Discuss your risk assessment and mitigation methods with your tutor and if relevant, your workplace/laboratory supervisor to consider any workplace-specific risk assessment and COSHH processes required. Practical projects in a laboratory or workplace environment require the written consent of your employer/supervisor. Fieldwork projects may require permission of the landowner. Permissions forms, completed by lab or workplace supervisors or landowners for fieldwork should be emailed to &..T@open.ac.uk and submitted with your TMA01. Even if you are conducting a data-based project at home, you still need to undertake a risk assessment for your working environment e.g. for cable trip hazards. Note: This risk assessment is a ‘living document’. Therefore, after you have started your project work, you may find that you need to make changes to your protocol. Any such changes should be reassessed in conjunction with your tutor and this risk assessment form should be updated, and any changes should be noted in your Project Log. You should only proceed with your study if you are confident that you have identified all hazards and assessed the risk of harm that might arise from them; that the risk level is moderate or lower, and your tutor has given you written permission to begin in Section 4 of this form. Completing this form does not imply that your tutor (or the University) is responsible for your safety while you undertake activities that have been self-assessed; it is simply a way of ensuring that you have identified possible hazards and taken sensible precautions. Students conducting module project work are covered by the Open Universities Public Liability Insurance. If you require evidence of this cover (e.g. to share with a landowner) please contact the module team &..T@open.ac.uk If you are conducting your research in your workplace or similar, please ensure you are also covered by your workplace insurance to complete your project work. Location(s) for data collection. If several locations, list them all here and clarify which hazards/risks occur where in the first column (Hazard): Estimated dates for data collection: Hazard for each activity or task (state locations if multiple sites) Potential harm Number of persons at risk Seriousness of harm Likelihood of occurrence Initial Riskcategory before mitigation Mitigation and controls to reduce risk *Riskcategory after mitigation * If any risk remains as substantial or intolerable, then that activity must not take place. Discuss alternatives with your tutor. You cannot expose yourself or others to those levels of risk. Student’s Notes: For instance, list here more detailed explanations, or details of any workplace mentor (for laboratory-based projects), or specific local safety regulations, etc. Section 3. Ethical assessment (no marks but required for TMA 01) Please note that it is your responsibility to follow relevant academic or professional guidelines in the conduct of your study. This is an essential part of TMA 01 and you will not be allowed to progress without a satisfactory ethical assessment. All students should complete Parts A-C. If you are proposing a project that includes human participants (e.g. questionnaires, interviews, focus groups) please also submit your draft participant information sheet and participant consent form with your proposal. Part A: Permissions to use data Are you using a data set or database? Please delete as appropriate: Yes/No. If yes, please complete the rest of Part A below. If not, please move to Part B. Please provide the correct reference for your data set in Cite Them Right (Harvard) format: Yes No 1 Are the data sets you plan to use open access? 2 Do any of the data sets require permissions to use the data? 3 If the data sets do require permissions, have you obtained these? 4 For any data sets that require permissions, confirm that they will be kept safe from unauthorised access. 5 Confirm that data collection has had ethical approval fromrelevant authorities (you will be able to find this in the ethics statement of the original paper). Part B: Consideration of consequences of your actions Identify any negative consequences of your actions to others/animals/environment. Consider your actions while completing your project work, andany possible consequences of the impact of the results on the reader of your report. Note the magnitude (low, medium, severe), likelihood (low, medium, high), duration (short term or long term) and mitigation you will put in place to minimise these (add additional rows if required). Consequence Magnitude Likelihood Duration (shortterm or long term) Mitigation Part C: Ethics Risk Checklist Please assess your research using the following questions and select ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ as appropriate. If there is any possibility of harm, please tick ‘Yes’. Even if you cannot identify any ethical issues and your list contains all ‘No’s, you should still complete the checklist to ensure your proposed research is assessed and recorded. Question Yes No 1 Does your research involve human participants? If yes, complete Questions 1 (a-d) below. (a) Does your proposed research need clearance from a ‘gate-keeper’ e.g., a healthcare setting manger? If so tick ‘Yes’ to indicate that you have obtained relevant permissions and submit drafts of your participant consent form and information sheet with this Project Proposal. (b) Are your participants over the age of 18 and have capacity to give consent? (We do not allow the use of participants under 18) (c) Does your research require participants to complete questionnaires, or participate in interviews or focus groups? If so, tick ‘Yes’ to confirm you have submitted the relevant participant information and consent forms with this Project Proposal and have considered how you will ensure anonymity and data protection. Your consent letters/forms must inform participants that they have the right to withdraw from the study at any time. (d) Are there any negative consequences to your participants in taking part in your research? 2 Does your research involve the use of animals? If yes, complete Questions 2 (a-h) below. (a) Will any part of your project involve the study of animals in their natural habitat? (b) Will your project involve the recording of behaviour of animals in a non-natural setting that is outside of the control of the researcher? (c) Will your field work involve any direct intervention other than recording the behaviour of the animals available for observation? (d) Is the species you plan to research endangered, locally rare or part of sensitive ecosystem protected by legislation? (e) Is there any significant possibility that the welfare of the target species or those sharing the local environment/habitat will be detrimentally affected? (f) Is there any significant possibility that the habitat of the animals will be damaged by the project, such that their health and survival will be endangered? (g) Will project work involve intervention work or handling non-human vertebrates or Octopus vulgaris*? If ‘Yes’, then you might require a licence under the UK Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 – contact the module team: S..T@open.ac.uk (h) Will project work involve intervention work in a non-natural setting in relation to invertebrate species (not including Octopus vulgaris)? 3 Will the research take place outside the UK? 4 Will any human or animal tissue samples be used? (includes blood, urine, faeces, saliva, sweat, etc.) If ‘Yes’, contact the module team: S..T@open.ac.uk * Note: The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 was amended in 1993. As a result, the common octopus (Octopus vulgaris), as an invertebrate species, is now covered by the Act and has legal restrictions on its use in scientific investigations. If you answered Yes to any part of the Ethics Rick Checklist Questions 1 and 2, explain the following in Part B ‘Consideration of consequences of your actions’: • the nature of the consequences to the participants or animals and/or their habitat • how you propose to assess, manage and mitigate these consequences. Section 4: Key feedback on your Project Proposal To be completed by your tutor following discussion with the module team. Project approved (Yes/No)? Any further action required before practical/data collection/data analysis work can commence? Notes: Date: 2 ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————- Part 2 Skills and Knowledge Audit Word limits: No word limit. Complete your Skills and Knowledge Audit, and submit your Skills and Knowledge Audit table for this part of the TMA. A template for your Skills and Knowledge Audit table can be found on the Assessment tab. For support, see Section 3.4 of the Module guide and ‘Completing your Skills and Knowledge Audit’. You should make clear: the skills and knowledge required to complete your project your current level of competency in each skill/knowledge area where you have gained competency in each skill/knowledge area, e.g. specific previous modules, other courses/qualifications and/or work experience the degree of priority for each skill/knowledge area that needs developing, including a specific timescale how you will develop the skill/knowledge area and when, e.g. attend a tutorial on interpreting primary literature on xx/xx/xxx. Skills and Knowledge Audit Skill or knowledge area required Estimate of current level Where acquired Priority for development and timescale How to develop ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-Part 3 Project Plan Word limits: No word limit. Complete and submit your Project Plan as described in Section 3.3 of the Module guide. A template can be found under the Assessment tab. See ‘Planning and managing your project’ for more support. You should: clearly list the activities that you will undertake to complete your project with appropriate timings include those activities separately identified in your Skills and Knowledge Audit ensure that you include and clearly identify some contingency time for any unexpected events that might impact on your progress. You could also include any time when you are unavailable to study S390 due to other commitments e.g holidays, work commitments, or exams for other modules. S390 Project Planner (OU) Note – layout is illustrative only! Substitute your own information. TMA 01 TMA 02 TMA 03 EMA Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Tasks Task Task X Task X Task X X X X X Task X Task Task X X X X Task X X Task Task Task Task x x X X X Task Task Task Task Task Task Task X X X X TMA 01 TMA 02 TMA 03 EMA ========================================-================================================ Assessment criteria TMA 01 The table below sets out the marks awarded for each part of TMA 01. Part 1 (Learning outcome(s) assessed: KU1, CS1, KS1) Maximum marks Precise and succinct title 5 Research question and hypothesis/es stated and appropriate for title and research area 5 Clearly defined objectives, covering all aspects of the project 5 There are a suitable number of objectives and appropriate breadth/depth of coverage 5 Research area described, key research relevant to project synthesised clearly and concisely, significance of research question placed in context 15 Summary of materials and methods including details of practical facilities/field site/source of secondary data, variables to be measured, statistical test to be used 15 In-text citations used and list of key papers/sources in consistent Cite Them Right (Harvard) style 5 Appropriate risk assessment completed Y/N Appropriate ethics assessment completed Y/N Total for Part 1 55 Part 2 (Learning outcome(s) assessed: PPS2) Maximum marks Skills and knowledge identified are reasonable and comprehensive for proposed project topic 10 Current level of competency in each skill/knowledge area clearly estimated, and details of where competency in each skill/knowledge was gained 5 The degree of priority for each skill/knowledge that needs developing, identified together with a suitable timescale 5 Suitable resources indicated to develop each skill /knowledge area 5 Total for Part 2 25 Part 3 (Learning outcome(s) assessed: PPS2) Maximum marks Overall list of activities appropriate and comprehensive 5 Activities that are identified in skills/knowledge audit included 5 Time of starting activities appropriate and time allowed for activities realistic with quantity of work appropriately spread in time 5 Contingency and additional time for unexpected circumstances and holidays, etc. 5 Total for Part 3 20 Total for TMA 01 100

******CLICK ORDER NOW BELOW AND OUR WRITERS WILL WRITE AN ANSWER TO THIS ASSIGNMENT OR ANY OTHER ASSIGNMENT, DISCUSSION, ESSAY, HOMEWORK OR QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE. OUR PAPERS ARE PLAGIARISM FREE*******."