Hi All,

I’m currently filling in an online engineering PhD application and am asked to write ~500 words on the proposed area of research. As I understand it this is not a research proposal but I’m having difficulty writing it. I do have a research idea so should I focus on this or should I try keeping broader with the idea that it may match the criteria required for other research projects. I’ve looked at some other universities that have some proposed areas of research and these seem to be quite well defined and focussed but a lot briefer.

Falling at the first hurdle ;-(

Any help or advice would be great.

Tinx.