Ph.D.- Accounting Thesis Workshop (ACCT90017)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Not available in 2025
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The Thesis Workshop builds on knowledge and skills developed in the advanced theory units. It includes a series of seminars in which students further develop their selected research topic and present chapters of their thesis. The objectives of the subject are:
- To provide students with exposure to the work of other PhD candidates at various stages of their research;
- To provide students with guidance on the technology available for the presentation of research results;
- To give students a goal for completion of a stage or chapter of their thesis by requiring them to present their own research results to a seminar group made up of their peers and academic staff;
- To provide students with feedback on their work by their peers.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Identify and demonstrate the skills necessary to successfully complete a PhD thesis;
- Critically analyse and review the research of other academics and peers;
- Provide critical feedback to their peers;
- Apply relevant knowledge and skills in order to motivate research, build a literature review, develop a hypothesis and develop a PhD proposal.
Generic skills
On successful completion of this subject, students should have improved the following generic skills:
- Problem solving;
- Collaborative learning and team work;
- Critical thinking, both in regard to existing research and the students own work;
- Synthesis of data and research information;
- Evaluation of existing literature relevant to a topic/issue;
- Oral and written communication;
- Accessing data from a range of sources;
- Listen to others with tolerance.
Last updated: 4 March 2025