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I am about to attend Falmouth University for the Induction for research students. At 10:30 am on the first day there is to be a group discussion including 1 minute “research pitches” from the new students. 

Whether one can project the question behind a research project in 60 seconds is questionable. It is arguable that it can be done in less time than it takes to answer the question. There is no such thing as a single question. A person can ask only one question of one person, but inevitably there are other questions. I may ask a stranger “Have you got the time?” and never speak to them again; yet how many questions had I thought of to bring myself to ask a stranger for the time? Why that particular stranger? Why the need to know? 

This research project then revolves around a primary question and a number of secondary and tertiary issues or follow on questions, all of which purport to culminate in an answer to the primary question, or not, as the case may be. 

So how do I convey the object of the research I am about to undertake for achieving Level 8 on the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED). This level is classified as “Tertiary education; doctoral level or equivalent”. 

Tertiary education comprises ISCED levels 5, 6, 7 and 8, which are labeled as short- cycle tertiary, bachelor level or equivalent, master level or equivalent and doctoral level and equivalent, respectively. Level 8 is as high as it gets. 

So, in order to attain the certification at level 8, I must find an answer to the primary question. To begin with I must explain the next three years in 60 seconds. If I can do that I’ll be on cloud 9, and that’s as high as it gets.

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