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Do we include the frame of analysis in the methodology?
Yes - or in the analysis chapter/s, depending on where it fits best. Ask your supervisor if you're not sure.

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Do we just turn up to the suitable workshops for our research project?
Yes, that's right. There's no point attending sessions which are irrelevant to your project. Look on the Moodle (or here) for rooms and times. We'll also send reminders through the Moodle.

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How many pieces of work minimum are we expected to include in the lit review.
There is no minimum, it depends on how much work is out there in your topic area, and what you need to support your argument. 20 as a general figure seems about right, but it could be more or less than that depending on the  quality and breadths of research on your specific topic.

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Can you show us where we can actually find the ethics form please?
Log in to My Hope, click on the 'Research' button, and then 'Ethics'.

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my circumstances have meant I can no longer do the project I planned on doing and now I don’t know what else to do, i literally don’t know where to start
Okay, don't panic. Speak to your supervisor and either start from scratch, or find a different way of looking at that topic.

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No, only references - what you actually use (i.e. cite)  in your report.

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Can you use interview questions that another researcher used in their study? The questions are great and relevant to my study but I don’t want to plagiarise?
Yes, you can. If someone is doing exactly the same thing as you, then you can use them. If they're doing something slightly different, then you can adapt them.
It's not plagiarism if you cite them!

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Is it a disadvantage to do a non-empirical study, i.e. one where we're not collecting data, but doing a narrative/systematic review, or a theoretical project?
No, it doesn't count against you at all. There are a lot of different ways of doing research, it just depends on which one fits your research question/s.

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When including data from an interview transcript, is that included in the word count?
No, it isn't. You don't even put the transcripts into the appendices. You might put section in there to show how you coded, but certainly not the whole thing.

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Has there got to be a specific number of aims you need to address?
No - it depends on what is appropriate to your project. Discuss this with your supervisor.

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Could we not get the final
check list of what's supposed to be in the dissertation/research report at the start of the course?
No, it won't make sense until you get towards the end of the project.

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If you're doing early childhood or sen and your supervisor is a early childhood tutor and if you want to ask question about dissertation; who do you speak if your supervisor does not know?
Your supervisor's main job is to make sure you do a solid project. You are free to speak to other staff who may have expertise in specific areas, too.

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Are workshops on our timetables? If not where do we find the information?
They're on the Moodle, look here.

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Can you observe children in a public place without speaking to them and without permission?
Er, no.

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Yesterday Phil said the dissertation was due 22/4/2019 so is it the 22nd or 30th?
It's on the 30th of April.

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Can you choose a topic that research has already been done on? Essentially replicating it in your own words.
Yes, as long as you actually do your own research, not just copy and rephrase someone else's!