The structuring of the project will reflect your preferences, so
there is no one best way to do it. However, there are predictable issues that
need covering and your structure should permit you to deal with them in an
orderly fashion. For example, a project will include a literature review; most
will involve the reporting of primary research; all will need to draw
conclusions and consider recommendations. Additionally, all projects will
include a section outlining, and justifying, the methodology you have adopted
and should link research methods to the objectives and literature review.
The main body of the project must take the reader logically through
a variety of linked arguments, relating theory and practice, concepts and
concrete observations, so that the reader can understand and identify with the
conclusions and recommendations of the author.
Your arguments need to be drawn demonstrably from your own observations
and grounded in an authoritative set of ideas.
They should not be anecdotal.
Although the arguments should be presented in a tight structured form –
using headings at regular intervals to achieve this – they should also have an
essential discursive character, i.e. you should fully explore the
implications and ramifications of the topic by developing the arguments in a
relevant way.
You should
ensure that you have covered all the major issues pertinent to the topic by the
end of the main body of the project.
Depending on the
nature of your project, it might be appropriate to include a summary of your
findings before embarking on your conclusions.
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