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The students will be required to provide an own coursework project supported by an allocated academic supervisor. The project is aimed at assessing the knowledge and skills the students have gained attending the programme and is focused on a topic relevant to the MSc and agreed with the supervisor. The outcome of the project is intended to be an original piece of work, not necessarily primary research, in which the students are supposed to prove their ability to organise and conduct a research project. Specifically, they should prove to be able to select and go through the relevant literature on the chosen topic and to gather data (if necessary) in order to critically address the issue. They should also be able to critically make their own points in a logically structured and consistent way. Typically, the student will submit the dissertation proposal in Term 2 and be allocated to an academic supervisor. Then they start working and write the dissertation over the summer.

Learning Outcomes

• The ability to select a topic in the financial literature and interpret and analyse the relevant literature on the chosen topic
• Acquired competency in gathering data (where necessary) in order to critically address chosen issue
• The ability to critically communicate one’s own points in a logically structured and consistent way Increased confidence in working independently on a topic related to banking and digital finance
• The ability to produce original work in the financial field
• The ability to contact industry or relevant organisations to gather data or information and develop professional relations