The purpose of an idea paper is twofold; firstly, to conceptualise and clarify the student’s research intent and secondly, to identify and matches appropriate supervisor for the students.
An idea paper is generally less than ten pages document. It contains a short description of the research topic, the research motives, its significance, proposed research outcome, proposed supervisor name or specialisation, and list of proposed literatures sources.
Students are encouraged to discuss the idea paper with their proposed supervisor prior submission for acceptance. In the case where there is no suitable supervisor, students are to discuss their idea paper with their lecturers and or the principal lecturers in moving forward. Once the idea paper is accepted, a research proposal can be initiated.
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