This application form can be used for the Research Diploma, Master of Philosophy, Doctor of Philosophy,

Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) and Doctor of Business Administration in Public Service
Manaement (DBA PSM) a!ards" (#t may also be used for funded research studentships)
Please ensure that all sections are complete. Failure to do so may lead to a delay in processing your application
Personal details
Surname$%amily name&
%irst names(s)&
Date of birth&
Please , as appropriate&
Male
%emale
'ome address& (orrespondence address&
Telephone )umber&
*mail Address&
+hat is your first lanuae,
If it is not English, please attach evidence of your English language test results, if you have taken any.
-our proposed study
Do you !ish to study& %ull.time Part.time
/n !hich a!ard do you !ish to enrol,
Research Diploma
MPhil
MPhil$PhD
PhD direct0
DBA 0 0 DBA (PSM) 0 0
*Please note that it is Business School policy to enrol all potential PhD students via the MPhil (transfer) route unless you already
hold a research masters degree.
**Please note that the DBA is not available fulltime.
-our current 1ualifications (Please include all post 16 qualifications and enclose copies of certificatestranscripts!
)ame of institution Address 2ualification ained Date of
a!ard
%ull.time or
part.time
-our employment (Please include all your appointments since age 1"!
)ame of employer Address of employer 3ob title$ position held Dates
(%rom$ to)
%ull.time$
part.time
/ther relevant e4perience
-our proposed pro5ect
+hat is your proposed start date,
-our research pro5ect outline"
Please note the follo!in&
1. While you may use this space, it is recommended that you append a separate document clearly setting out
your research proposal.
2. Please refer to the guidance notes at the end of this application when writing your research proposal.
They will offer a suggested structure and word count.
3. Applicants for the DA P!" should ta#e particular note of the additional guidance relating to the focus
of your research proposal.
References
Please ive the names and addresses of t!o people !ho !ill be able to provide you !ith a reference to
support this application" #include $o% title and form of address e.g. Professor &ayne 'loggs, (ead of )chool of *ccounting etc.
Referee 6"
Referee 7"
%undin
Please state ho! you propose to fund your research proramme"
()"B" Applicants for the DBA PSM should ta8e particular notice of the details of bursaries found in the
research proposal uidance notes appended to this application")
Sinature
Please sin and date the form&
!ignature$ Date$
I declare that the information contained in this form is accurate.
#n order to assist the university, please indicate ho! you heard about 9lamoran Business School:s
Research Deree Schemes
+ebsite

Prospectus
+ord of Mouth
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+hen you have completed the form, please return it to&
Miss <ic8y 3ones, Research /ffice, the 9lamoran Business School, =niversity of 9lamoran, Pontypridd,
(%>? 6D@"
9uidelines for the (ompletion of the Research Proposal
The research proposal is an integral part of any application to conduct research at the %lamorgan usiness !chool
and should summarise your intended research as clearly as possi&le. This proposal will &e considered &y the
research applications panel ('AP(, which is comprised of senior academics within the faculty and it is they who
will decide whether your application is appro)ed. *t is possi&le for an application to e+hi&it some flaws &ut
possess sufficient merit for 'AP to recommend that the applicant ma#e certain changes, often with help from a
nominated mem&er of faculty. *n these circumstances it can &e possi&le for applicants to re,su&mit successfully.
The proposal should &e no more than 2,--- words in length. Applicants for the DA in Pu&lic !er)ice
"anagement should consult the additional notes set out at the end of these guidelines.
The suggested structure of the proposal is as follows$
#ntroduction
This should pro)ide an o)er)iew of the research in around 2-- words. This is e.ui)alent to an e+ecuti)e summary
or a&stract.
The introduction should also clearly set out the research .uestion. *n other words, what is it that you wish to find
out/ *t is possi&le to configure this as one o)er,arching .uestion supported &y a num&er of su& aims, &ut 0what
you want to find out1 should ideally &e e+pressi&le in one sentence.
Please note that at doctoral le)el the .uestion must show good potential for analysis and criti.ue. 2uestions that
see# to 0loo# at1 or 0descri&e1 a phenomenon are rarely sufficient at this le)el.
(onte4t
This is where you tell us why your research proposal is interesting and important. This can &e thought of in two
ways, and your proposal should address &oth in some detail.
3irstly, you should e+plain the organisational conte+t. Where will the study &e located, in an organisation or
across a sector for e+ample/ *s the research stimulated &y a particular pro&lem or set of issues faced in your
organisation or sector/
!econdly, you need to ma#e clear the academic field(s( that you anticipate locating your research in. Will your
study &e carried out in relation to theory from the field of leadership, or strategy, or human resource management,
or finance, for e+ample/ This is important as when you draw your conclusions, you will ha)e to say what
contri&ution your wor# has made, and &y definition, to what field of study.
Methodoloy and method
4ow will you answer the .uestion you ha)e set for yourself/ What data do you need to answer it and where will
you get the data/ Tell us where you will access data from. Are there li#ely to &e o&stacles to collecting the data
you need5 for e+ample will your organisation readily support your wor#/
*n addition you need to descri&e what kind of data you will re.uire to answer your .uestion, and this leads into
considerations of methods. 4ow will you collect and analyse the data/ This might &e through .uestionnaires and
statistical analysis, or inter)iews and su&se.uent analysis of language used for e+ample. The &asic research
.uestion you ha)e set yourself needs to inform what type of data you need.
We do not e+pect you to show yourself to &e an e+pert in research methods here, although you may ha)e pre)ious
e+perience of carrying out research, perhaps for your "asters degree. 4owe)er, a &asic awareness of the strengths
and wea#nesses of different types of data (.ualitati)e )ersus .uantitati)e for e+ample( will &e necessary.
Research Manaement
Please indicate a &road timeta&le for the stages of your research study. When will you collect data, or when do
you en)isage conducting a literature re)iew for e+ample/ *t is important that you show awareness of the
commitment implicit in underta#ing doctoral le)el study.
*t should &e noted of course that in the case of the DA awards, the timeta&le for completion of the )arious stages
is .uite closely prescri&ed.
*n this section you should also mention issues of confidentiality or ethics that are implicit in your research.
References
6ou should ha)e used some references to academic literature in your conte+tualisation of your research, and these
should &e set out here. !imilarly you may ha)e .uoted statistics or facts from industry or go)ernment studies, and
where possi&le these should also &e listed here. *t is important that sources are ac#nowledged.
Additional 9uidelines for applicants for the DBA in Public Services Manaement
*n addition to the guidelines a&o)e, applicants for the DA P!" should pro)ide two further pieces of information.
3irstly, indications should &e gi)en of the sources of funding for the DA P!". ursaries are a)aila&le to support
this programme of study from P!"W789*A4 and will contri&ute some :-; of the costs for the three year period
encompassing the taught element of the programme. All additional costs a&o)e :-; and &eyond this period will
&e &orne &y the indi)idual or sponsor. To &e clear, the &ul# of the fees fall within the three year period. *f students
ta#e &eyond this time to finish their wor# then a writing,up fee (currently <=--( may &e charged.
!econdly, to &e eligi&le to recei)e a &ursary for this programme, DA P!" applicants will need to demonstrate in
their proposals how the research will contri&ute to the Wales pu&lic ser)ices transformation7impro)ement agenda,
as featured in "a#ing the >onnections, eyond oundaries and ?ne Wales. Please see the following lin#s$
http://new.wales.gov.uk/topics/improvingservices/strategypolicy/?lang=en
http://new.wales.gov.uk/topics/improvingservices/strategypolicy/beyondboundaries/?
lang=en