Student hopes she's got the X Factor - with a dissertation all about ONE DIRECTION

Most university students hope they’ve got the X Factor when it comes to their dissertation.

But Pollyanna Kehoe has taken things one step further – penning her 13,000 word sociology disseration on world-famous boy band One Direction.

Pollyanna, 20, has based her entire disseration on the “fandom” surrounding the group, which found fame through the popular TV show.

A 1D megafan herself, she has whole sections dedicated to Zayn Malik leaving the group and even the Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson “bromance”.

Pollyanna, who has seen the band six times and previously ran a One Direction fan account on Twitter, admitted that fellow students and lecturers think she’s “a bit crazy” for basing her dissertation on the band.

“I’m pretty sure my tutor thinks I’m a little bit insane,” she said. “When I announced it, there was a big group of us, some of them laughed and others looked at me like I was crazy and weird.”

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Pollyanna said she decided to focus on her favourite band after her course tutor at the University of Manchester told her to write about something she was passionate about.

She said: “Originally I wanted to write something surrounding addictions to mobile phones and music fandoms. I’m a big One Direction fan and thought there isn’t really a bigger fandom out there than that so I thought ‘why not?'”

“The remit was pretty broad as to what we could write about and the tutor said to write about something I was passionate about.

“Having seen them six times and ran a Twitter fan account I was already in a good position in terms of subject knowledge, so I just went for it.”

Pollyanna, of Solihull, West Midlands, has so far interviewed several self-confessed “Directioners” from across the globe to find out what makes them so obsessed with Niall, Liam, Louis and Harry.

She added: “I’m referencing a lot of sociological work on “virtual fandom” but I’ve taken a lot from media studies as well.

“But I’m using the whole thing as an excuse to badger on about them and listen to a load of their music again.”

She said she is trying to focus on what makes social media fandoms unique and events in the band’s history that pretty much caused meltdowns online.

“I’m not sure what my final conclusions are going to be but I’m pretty biased that the 1D fandom is the best thing ever and so social media fandoms definitely need a whole new explanation.

“But I don’t hand it in until April so we’ll see where I am a bit nearer the time.”

Pollyanna is aiming for a first class BA honours degree but is unlikely to directly apply that qualification in future as she’s just enrolled on a primary teaching course.

She added: “It’s literally got nothing to do with what I want to do but you never know, maybe I can educate the future generation about the wonder that is One Direction.”