All postgraduate students and supervisors are invited to attend the following workshops, seminars and events. Come along and get to know your fellow Postgraduate Scholars.Please follow the link to book your place for those sessions where RSVP is required.
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5pm – 7pm Thursday 9 Mar |
Eden Grove Lecture Theatre - Red |
Welcome to your Postgraduate Studies VC, DVCs, and Deans welcome students. Snacks will be served Please RSVP for catering purposes using this link: https://goo.gl/forms/36xfG2M0M2a8QFpu1 |
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4pm – 6pm Tuesday 14 Mar |
4pm – 6pm Tuesday 14 Mar |
Planning your studies What is the difference between an Honours, a Masters and a PhD? How long do they take? How am I meant to spend my time? |
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4pm – 6pm Tuesday 28 Mar |
Eden Grove Lecture Theatre - Red |
From Timbuktu to Transdisciplinarity What is the nature of truth in my studies? Where do disciplines come from? Why do the Humanities and Natural Sciences seem so different from each other? |
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4pm – 6pm Tuesday 4 Apr |
Eden Grove Lecture Theatre - Red |
Ethics Principles in Practice What key principles guide our approach to undertaking ethical research? How do these principles translate into research design and ethical research practices? |
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3:30pm – 5pm Tuesday 11 Apr |
Xtrata Training Room, 2nd Floor, Library |
Using the Library for PG research My Library Record; Online Renewals; Off Campus Access; Inter Library Loans; Searching all resources; Searching Research Databases; RefWorks, Zotero & Menderley; Open Access publishing. Booking for this session is limited. Please follow this link to book: https://goo.gl/forms/x5ARPi3pM8xH2PDZ2 |
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4pm – 6pm Tuesday 25 Apr |
Eden Grove Lecture Theatre - Red |
Intro to Working with Qualitative Data Making sense of words and pictures, selecting analytical frames, addressing issues of quality |
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4pm – 6pm Tuesday 9 May |
Eden Grove Lecture Theatre - Red |
Intro to Working with Quantitative Data Introduction to data coding, how to read coefficients from papers, using different data collection and analysis techniques, using different software |
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9am – 3pm Lunch provided Tuesday 16 May |
Venue to be announced |
Academic Writing – All Day workshop Getting started, finding your own voice, disciplinary writing norms, referencing, editing. Hands-on workshop. Please RSVP for catering purposes using this link: https://goo.gl/forms/rQ1GxuGFDH8LBgwf1 |
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9am – 3pm Lunch provided Saturday 20 May |
Barrat Lecture Theatre 1 |
Academic Writing – All Day workshop (Repeat) Getting started, finding your own voice, disciplinary writing norms, referencing, editing. Hands-on workshop. Please RSVP for catering purposes using this link:: https://goo.gl/forms/rQ1GxuGFDH8LBgwf1 |
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4pm – 6pm Tuesday 23 May |
Eden Grove Lecture Theatre - Red |
Managing your supervisor How to get the most from your relationship, expectations and roles, learning agreements and MOUs |
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4pm – 6pm Tuesday 30 May |
Eden Grove Lecture Theatre - Red |
What supervisors wish you knew Experienced supervisors share their stories |
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4pm – 6pm Tuesday 30 May |
Eden Grove Lecture Theatre - Red |
Using the Library for PG research Part 2 Advanced search techniques on Scopus, Sabinet etc; Keeping up with research, creating search alerts; Citation and journal analysis; Rhodes Digital Commons; Academic networking, and more. Booking for this session is limited. Please follow this link to book: https://goo.gl/forms/Tc9K33rPeFlf72VG3 |
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4pm – 6pm Tuesday 13 June |
Eden Grove Lecture Theatre - Red |
Drafting Ethics Protocols / Applications Common expectations and interpretations |
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4pm – 6pm Tuesday 20 June |
Eden Grove Lecture Theatre - Red |
Planning Semester Two With the first half of the year gone, it is time to plot out your tasks and deadlines for Semester 2. We’ll help you to do that. |
These sessions are open to all postgraduate scholars and their supervisors. All queries to cpgs@ru.ac.za
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