Postgraduate Orientation Week

03 February 2019 -08 February 2019 @ 16:00 - 15:30

Details

Date:
February 3, 2019
Time:
04:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Venue:
Room 4, Department of English Language and Linguistics, Rhodes University
Event Type:
Orientation

Organizer

Tracy Probert
Phone:
046 603 7422
Email:
t.probert@ru.ac.za

Postgraduate Orientation Week is an opportunity for our local and distance students to receive a basic orientation to postgraduate research in the department.  It includes topics such as:

  • Orientation to research and postgraduate study
  • Critical reading and managing sources
  • Descriptions of postgraduate modules and research groups
  • How to use the Library
  • Mentorship by fellow students 
  • How to write helpful research questions
  • The process of approval: Humanities Higher Degrees Committee and ethical clearance

The week also includes social activities designed to expose postgraduates to the department as a collegial academic community.

University Upcoming Events

5 Apr

Alumni Grand Ball

  19:30 - 22:30   The Monument
28 Jun

LLB Homecoming Reunion

  18:30 - 12:00   Rhodes University