Design Research Methods - Short Course

Program Overview

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In this course, you will develop research skills of direct relevance to design innovation practice, such as creative methods of collecting and generating data, creative sense-making of complex qualitative data, and effectively communicating the results of your research.

The course will enable you to strengthen your ideas with facts and data, and teach you the importance of collaboration and co-creation. You will acquire critical reading skills, critical thinking, ethics, and research methods with appropriate application in design.

On completion of the four week course, you will identify the appropriate network for your project, invite the right participants in your project, and make a compelling argument favouring your project.

This course is

open

to

International

students.

What's covered in this course?

You’ll learn from our team of commercially active staff, who ensure the content stays industry-relevant.

You will have the chance to work on a research proposal and get feedback. You will be working in collaboration with a diverse set of students and tutors.

On this course, we teach you the interdisciplinary issues that design managers work with, such as business, marketing, technology, and art. Immersed in practice, you acquire the skills and the confidence to manage and lead a project. You are encouraged to push the boundaries and to put forward new, improved ideas that are innovative and purposeful.

You will take charge of your learning on this course by tailoring your education focused on your career goal and design specialism.

Workshop 1

– Introduction: Research in everyday lives

Workshop 2

– Coming up with a good research question, aims and objectives

Workshop 3

– All about methodology and frameworks: primary and secondary data

Workshop 4

– Creative research & creative practice

Workshop 5

– Research considerations for data collection, data analysis

Workshop 6

– Participatory design and co-creation

Workshop 7

– Communicating research findings

Workshop 8

– Writing a research proposal

This course widens my design vision. With a deeper understanding of design and its value, I changed my mindset from operational thinking to management and strategic thinking. As a design manager in a digital product team, this course helps me to consider both design and business (and technology) in a holistic way when I start any new product or application design. This is especially important in nowadays society. BCU's experienced course leader and tutors give me a lot of support and insight when I have questions about my projects and help me to finish the course smoothly and fruitfully. I highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to jump to the next level of design.

Piano Fung, Hong Kong

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Why Choose Us?

You will work collaboratively with peers from other disciplines and industry partners.

You will co-create and design new solutions for companies in collaborative projects.

You will learn from staff who have first hand experience of conducting practice based design research. Research with local, regional and international organistions such as Philips Design, Nokia, Airbus, Highway England to name a few.

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Studying with us during the Covid-19 pandemic

The University has put in place

measures in response to Covid-19

to allow us to safely deliver our courses. Should the impact of the pandemic continue in future years, any additional or alternative arrangements put in place by the University will be in accordance with the latest government public health advice, health and safety legislation, and the terms and conditions of the

student contract

.