Do students have sufficient funding for their life at Staffordshire University?

Module title & number: Research Methods BLB00015-3-010909-310510

Contents
Proposal 4 Word count: 50 4
Literature review 4 ‘You do not have to take out a loan. 4 The quote above 4 In relation to the quote 4 As in the discussion, 4 Word count: 391 4
Research philosophy, strategy and methodology 5 The research 5 The strategy that will 5 The time horizon 5 As the data collection 5 Word count: 321 6
Ethical issues 6 Protection of the 6 Deception can cause 6 I have chosen to 7 Before the any questionnaire 7 As the second stage 7 Word count: 529 7
Analyse of data obtained 7 The pie chart above 8 (Chart results for question 5.a on the questionnaire, amount of loan received) 9 Word count: 376 9
Research evaluation 9 In consideration of making changes: 9 Combined together these two 9 Word count: 302 9

Proposal

In this assignment I will be exploring the research of students within Staffordshire University and discussing it. The research question is ‘Do students have sufficient funding for their life at Staffordshire University’ and the research objective is ‘To establish if students have the sufficient amount of funding that is necessary for their life at Staffordshire University’.

Word count: 50

Literature review

In line with the government policy a student has a number of loans that they are entitled to, such as the tuition fee, maintenance loan, grant and bursary. This is all based upon the student’s household income; this can change the amount a student receives.

‘You do not have to take out a loan. The latest statistics show that 55% of students used a loan last year. This compares with 28% in the first year of the student loan system. Whilst students are finding it increasingly difficult to manage without taking out a student loan, the decision not to do so is far from rare, as many make ends