Getting started

Already on a project

Explore research methods and scholar examples: evidence synthesis, causal design, modelling, qualitative analysis and reproducible experiments.

• Advance the project you already have
• Five-paper matrix: question, method, finding, limit
• Whether a method is feasible
• Lab records and raw results

What you can do next

• RA, MPhil or PhD: name the thing you are applying for

  A job, a taster and a degree are different applications. Pick one path for this round, then read that path's official rules.

• A first research try when you have no research experience

  Start from coursework and your university's official taster channels, then write down what you actually did.

• From a broad field to one research question

  Narrow an interest into a direction card: question, subject, method and resources. Leave unknowns as unknown.

• Advance a project you already have

  For someone already doing coursework, a final-year project or a task inside a group. Take one paper apart, practise one skill for two weeks, and ask for feedback on that page.