This subject contains a 4 day Compulsory Residential School.A residential school will be required early in February to ensure students have a recent overview of qualitative and quantitative research methods, have established an effective understanding with their supervisor (and co-workers if in a group project) and a framework for communication over the year, know what is required of them to produce a workable research project and proposal and are equipped to get ethics approval for their research. Students may arrange additional meeting times with their supervisor and the other members of their group project during the year. The first two of the four days will include an overview of qualitative and quantitative research methods, research design, data analytic techniques and ethical issues in research. The second two days will be run in small groups by supervisors who will use that time to help the students develop a workable research question and design, introduce them to relevant literature and set up timelines and an appropriate framework for communication over the year.