The Consumer Data Research Centre has run the Masters Dissertation Scheme for over ten years. The programme offers an exciting opportunity to link students on Masters courses and their university supervisors with leading retail companies, via projects which are important to the retail industry.
The scheme provides the chance for students to work directly with industrial partners, and to link students’ research to important retail and ‘open data’ sources. The project titles are devised by the partners, and are open to students from a wide range of disciplines.
How to Apply
The next round of projects will be listed on this webpage from January 2024. If you are interested in applying for a project, please complete the application form, and send it as an attachment to projects@cdrc.ac.uk, along with a copy of your CV. Both documents should be in PDF format. Applications will be forwarded to the industry partners for consideration until all the projects are filled successfully. Any questions about the process or the Scheme can be sent to Richard Arnold.
2023 Projects
Project 2023A: To what extent are current societal events likely to affect future household or commercial financial vulnerability? Using County Court Judgements as
a proxy for indebtedness
Partner: The Registry Trust
Status: CLOSED
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Project 2023B: An exploratory study on delineating perceptual neighbourhoods for housing markets
Partner: Zoopla
Status: CLOSED
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Project 2023C: The impact of events on traffic demand and performance in the West Midlands, and what factors influence the time taken to
return to normal traffic demand and performance levels
Partner: Transport for the West Midlands
Status: CLOSED
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Project 2023D: Location data intelligence story-telling about marine transport and port(s) in England.
Partner: HERE Technologies
Status: CLOSED
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Project 2023E: A classification of British town and city centre success
Partner: Beauclair
Status: CLOSED
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Project 2023F: Evaluating the economic impact of Business Improvement Districts
Partner: Institute of Place Management
Status: CLOSED
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Project 2023G: Levelling Up The United Kingdom – Is it Working?
Partner: Barbour Abi
Status: CLOSED
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Project 2023H: Predicting Gym Memberships
Partner: Greenwich Leisure Ltd
Status: CLOSED
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Project 2023I: Understanding the potential for a fully utilised Blended Fleet
Partner: West Midlands Fire Service
Status: CLOSED
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Project 2023J: Investigating the nexus of community space, emergency fire vehicles, network infrastructure, season and effective response.
Partner: West Midlands Fire Service
Status: CLOSED
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Project 2023K: Impacts of full fleet electrification in the West Midlands Fire Service
Partner: West Midlands Fire Service
Status: CLOSED
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Project 2023L: Developing an evidence-led multi-agency tool for improving initial intelligence and communications at large incidents
Partner: West Midlands Fire Service
Status: CLOSED
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Project 2023M: Quantifying the parameters of the “Golden Hour” in terms of large emergency incident response
Partner: West Midlands Fire Service
Status: CLOSED
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Project 2023N: Developing an evidence-led multi-agency tool for improving initial intelligence and communications at large incidents
Partner: Barbour Abi
Status: CLOSED
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Project 2023O: Toward an understanding of cross-market consumer behaviour: An investigation into behavioural differences in players
internationally
Partner: Entain
Status: CLOSED
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Project 2023P: Habitat Classification and Ecoystem Services
Partner: Temple Group
Status: CLOSED
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Project 2023Q: Verifying UK Company Structure through Shareholder and Persons with Significant Control (PSC) Analysis
Partner: The Data City
Status: CLOSED
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Project 2023R: Utilising future housing data to model future store requirements
Partner: The Local Data Company
Status: CLOSED
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Project 2023S: Using mobile device GPS-level locational data to derive retail centre visitation insights
Partner: CBRE
Status: CLOSED
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Project 2023T: Examining the ‘real’ impact of vacancy rates on the high street: A scenario-based approach
Partner: Institute of Place Management
Status: CLOSED
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