Writing Groups & Retreats

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Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aDV4XFbz-s

Workshops

Cpgs offers more than 30 workshops each year to support your research. Join the mailing list to be informed about these opportunities: cpgs@ru.ac.za

#3MinuteThesis

RU shines in the national and international three-minute thesis competition.

For 2024 RU 3MT Competition click here

For 2023 RU 3MT Competition click here

For 2022 RU 3MT Competition click here

For 2021 RU 3MT Competition click here

Watch previous 3MT Competition videos here

Read 3MT stories below:

• Rhodes University postgrads awarded for impressive three-minute thesis
• Taking knowledge from the university into the world: Postgraduates shine in #3MinuteThesis competition award ceremony
• Rhodes University wins national #3MT competition for second year in a row
• Rhodes University sweeps the board at national three-minute thesis competition

Postgraduate Conference

2025 PG & Postdoctoral Conference

Theme: Reimagining Research Futures Ten Years After #MustFall – Local and Global Shifts

The annual Rhodes University Postgraduate and Postdoctoral Conference is a premier platform for intellectual exchange, reflection, and collaboration. In 2025, we revisit the transformative #MustFall movements a decade later, reflecting on their impact on research, equity, and the future of knowledge.

Open To:

• Honours, Master's and PhD students

• Postdoctoral fellows

• Participants from Rhodes University and other Eastern Cape institutions

Submit Your Abstract by: 29 June 2025

Explore the full programme, theme, and submission portal here

Previous conferences:

• 2024 Conference - Building Bridges: Unleashing the Potential of Scholarship [https://sites.google.com/ru.ac.za/2024-pg-conference/home]
• 2023 Conference – Shaking the table [https://tinyurl.com/2023pgconference]
• 2022 Conference – Crossing the borders of knowledge [https://sites.google.com/ru.ac.za/2022pgconference/home]
• 2021 Conference –  Cancelled due to COVID-19
• 2020 Conference – Cancelled due to COVID-19
• 2019 Conference – Joining the academic conversation [https://sites.google.com/ru.ac.za/pgconference2019]
• 2018 Conference – Postgraduate Education as a Public Good [https://centreofpostgradua.wixsite.com/cpgsconference2018]
• 2017 Conference – Sustainability for Tomorrow 

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