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STUDY
STYLE
Final year – time to create a lasting legacy
Professional adventure project or dissertation
For many people setting out on a 4-year
Honours degree, the final year may seem a
long way off, but this pivotal year will put you attention from national organisations such
very much in the driving seat, taking
ownership of your own final year project.
Among your options you will have the choice
to follow an academic research dissertation
or a professional adventure project. The
professional adventure project is a new
approach to the idea of research that is
unique to SOAS – and brilliantly suited to
the kind of career that you may be following
– driven by innovation and creativity.
Got a great idea, or see the need for a new
product, or a new angle on the familiar? This
is your chance to roll up your sleeves and
create. With the help of our expert
supervision, you’ll be free to research your
idea, engage and lead others in it, and
create a project that is unique to you – one
that will leave a legacy for the sector.
We have even built in scope for this idea to
be a major new expedition or project abroad,
perhaps inspired from your international
expedition the previous year.
Student projects are already attracting
as the Scottish Wildlife Trust and are
emerging as real-world innovation and
developments. Project ideas have been as
diverse as:
• West Coast Snorkel Trail – bringing new
access and opportunities.
• Developing a sustainable tourism strategy
for a remote Iceland community.
• “No Frontiers” Trans-Pyrenees Ski
Touring route – an adventure tourism
product fusing adventure, history and
wellness tourism.
• Creating therapeutic adventure coaching
solutions for people with chronic illness.
• Expedition-based project ideas:
• All-female ski mountaineering expedition
to Kyrgyzstan – skiing new routes and
forming new links with local communities.
• Community empowerment project in Tsum
Valley, Nepal in partnership with
Community Action Nepal.
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