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While we now know a bit more about the research questions that researchers at UniSA are working with, it’s important to contextualise your own research questions within the Research Project itself. University-level research and Research Projects are of course very different, and the sorts of questions you ask reflect that.
While our researchers at UniSA have whole labs, teams, and sometimes years at their disposal, you only have a short amount of time to complete your projects. This means your questions should look a little different.
So, what should Research Project questions look like?
You shouldn’t be able to answer it with a Google search, or by asking one expert what they think. It should require research using multiple sources, both primary and secondary.
You should be looking for a gap, a question that someone else hasn’t asked yet. A good rule of thumb is to think local. How does this question impact someone like you? Or year 12 students? Or people in Adelaide? These are often questions often in need of an answer, and questions that will require a suitable amount of effort on your part.