Research theme · 48 selected briefs
The selected topics use defined texts, media samples, language practices or cultural records as evidence. Each question needs a clear corpus, context and way to interpret the material.
A close reading, content analysis, oral-history project and audience survey produce different kinds of evidence. Public text analysis does not establish audience response, and interviews require informed consent and careful anonymisation.
Advertising · Accessible promotional communication
This Advertising final year project examines disability Access Claims in Event Advertising. It develops a bounded study using public event promotions and verified organiser information, with clear criteria for selecting and interpreting the evidence.
Read the proposed briefAnthropology · Food and culture
This Anthropology final year project examines how do adult participants describe learning a selected food-preparation practice? The proposed evidence is participant-led interviews with consent and explicit limits on recipes or restricted knowledge, interpreted within a clearly bounded study scope.
Read the proposed briefArabic Studies · Arabic cultural translation
This Arabic Studies final year project examines how Arabic captions explain unfamiliar cultural objects through public bilingual museum captions and legally accessible object descriptions. The study develops a bounded analysis with clearly documented evidence and interpretation limits.
Read the proposed briefCommunication and Language Arts · Administrative communication
This Communication and Language Arts final year project investigates how notice structure helps adults identify required actions before a deadline. The proposed evidence comes from public scholarship notices and approved adult information-finding tasks, with the study limited to an agreed, feasible corpus or production setting.
Read the proposed briefCreative Arts · Literary interaction design
This Creative Arts final year project investigates how reader choices alter the order and interpretation of a poem sequence. The proposed evidence comes from original poems, paper navigation cards and approved adult walkthroughs, with the study limited to an agreed, feasible corpus or production setting.
Read the proposed briefEnglish and Literary Studies · Literary criticism
This English and Literary Studies final year project explores how narrative perspective and selected language choices represent family authority within a contemporary Nigerian novel chosen with the supervisor.
Read the proposed briefEnglish Language · Applied language studies
This English Language final year project investigates which linguistic features make administrative notices difficult to interpret, drawing on public university notices and approved comprehension tasks with consenting adults. The analysis focuses on language in its communicative context.
Read the proposed briefFilm and Multimedia Studies · Immersive media
This Film and Multimedia Studies final year project examines 360-Degree Video Orientation without Forced Viewer Attention. It develops a bounded study using original permitted panoramic footage and approved adult viewing tasks, with clear criteria for selecting and interpreting the evidence.
Read the proposed briefFine and Applied Arts · Art-market communication
This Fine and Applied Arts final year project investigates how labels distinguish factual artwork information from value claims. The proposed evidence comes from public gallery labels and consented adult gallery-worker interviews, with the study limited to an agreed, feasible corpus or production setting.
Read the proposed briefFrench · Francophone socioliterary studies
This French final year project examines how family narratives stage negotiations between French and another language through two Francophone works containing sustained multilingual family exchanges. The study develops a bounded analysis with clearly documented evidence and interpretation limits.
Read the proposed briefHausa · Hausa adult language education
This Hausa final year project examines how club activity design enables beginners to participate without compulsory performance through approved adult club observations and voluntary participant interviews. The study develops a bounded analysis with clearly documented evidence and interpretation limits.
Read the proposed briefHistory and International Studies · Heritage diplomacy
This History and International Studies final year project investigates how institutions frame ownership and restitution of Nigerian cultural objects. The proposed source base combines public museum provenance records, official statements and documented restitution agreements, subject to an initial access and provenance check.
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