This orientation workshop programme runs over the entire year in the form of a series of postgraduate studies workshops. The core workshop programme on research design and academic writing will be run twice per annum, offering scholars two opportunities in the year to join the programme.

The core of the programme consists of four two-hour workshops on four Tuesday afternoons (from 16h00 – 18h00) each term. This will be supplemented with occasional one-day workshops and evening sessions on specific issues, as determined in conjunction with scholars who attend the programme.

All postgraduate scholars at Rhodes University are encouraged to complete at least the four core workshops on research design and the four core workshops on academic writing once during the course of their postgraduate studies. But they are free to rejoin programmes should they wish to revisit issues and/or continue to deepen their engagement with the topics.

Postgraduate Supervision Course

Orientation to Research Design (RD) Workshops Semester 2

RD Workshop 1: Knowledge, Research Contexts and Questions

RD Workshop 2: History and Philosophy of Science

RD Workshop 3: Research Practices: Working with data, texts, concepts and theory in research

RD Workshop 4: Research Quality: Ethics, Quality and Validity in different research designs

Orientation to Academic Writing (AW) Worskshops Semester 2

AW Workshop 1: Understanding the writing process and starting out with generative writing

AW Workshop 2: Reading and Writing – making sense of literature and how to develop your voice amidst the academic voices of others

AW Workshop 3:Developing arguments and making claims in your study

AW Workshop 4:Editing and presenting your written work for peer review 

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