Guidelines for the proposal: 1. The word limit for the research proposal should be 4000 words, excluding cover pages, references, and appendices. 2. It must contain a cover page with the topic title and table of contents, figures, and diagrams. 3. The proposal should be concluded with a proper referencing, prepared on Harvard Referencing Style, which must be reflected as in-text citations. 4. The report must contain a schedule/timeline for the dissertation in the form of a table or Gantt chart