Title page

Your provisional title shoul be aroun ten wors in length, an clearly an accurately inicate your area of stuy an/or propose approach. It shoul be catchy, informative an interesting. The title page shoul also inclue personal information, such as your name, acaemic title, ate of birth, nationality an contact etails. 

Aims an objectives

 This is a short summary of your project. Your aims shoul be two or three broa statements that emphasise what you ultimately want to achieve, complemente by several focuse, feasible an measurable objectives - the steps that you'll take to answer each of your research questions. This involves clearly an briefly outlining:

• how your research aresses a gap in or buils upon existing knowlege
• how your research links to the epartment that you're applying to
• the acaemic, cultural, political an/or social significance of your research questions.

Literature review 

This section iscusses the most important theories, moels an texts that surroun an influence your research questions, conveying your unerstaning an awareness of the key issues an ebates. It shoul also focus on the theoretical an practical knowlege gaps that your work aims to aress, as this ultimately justifies an provies the motivation for your project. 

Methoology

Here, you'll be expecte to outline how you'll answer each of your research questions. A strong, well-written methoology is always crucial, but especially so if your project involves extensive collection an significant analysis of primary ata. The methoology ientifies the ata collection an analytical techniques available to you, before justifying the ones you'll use in greater etail. You'll also efine the population that you're intening to examine. You shoul also show that you're aware of the limitations of your research, qualifying the parameters that you plan to introuce. Remember, it's more impressive to o a fantastic job of exploring a narrower topic than a ecent job of exploring a wier one.

Timetable 

 Concluing or following on from your methoology, your timetable shoul ientify how long you'll nee to complete each step - perhaps using bi-weekly or monthly timeslots. This helps the reaer to evaluate the feasibility of your project an shows that you've consiere how you'll go about putting the PhD proposal into practice. 

 Bibliography 

Finally, you'll provie a list of the most significant texts, plus any attachments such as your acaemic CV . Demonstrate your skills in critical reflection by selecting only those resources that are most appropriate.