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DATE
NAME
AIM/PURPOSE OF TRAINING
FACILITATOR
TARGET AUDIENCE
21-23 Jul
Postgraduate capacitation
The workshop is offered over three days and aims to equip postgraduate students with the skills required to draft their research proposal and thesis and to assist postgraduate students to better understand the structure of a thesis, how to compile a critical literature review and understand what examiner’s look for in a well-written thesis
Dr Layla Cassim
All postgraduate students
27-29 Jul
Research methodology: introduction to qualitative and quantitative research design
The workshop introduces postgraduate students to core principles of research design with the focus of developing a coherent research design. The workshop is offered over three days
Prof. Lesley le Grange
All postgraduate students
4-6 Aug
Research writing retreat (workshop a)
The Research Writing Retreat Programme is designed
to provide support and assistance to novice researchers and aims to assist with presenting research results in a way that encourages swift and efficient publication in an accredited journal. The facilitators also assess critically the presentation of an article for publication from a reviewer’s perspective
Dr Elisabeth Lickindorf & Dr Graham Baker
• Novice researchers
• Emerging researchers • Postgraduate students • Supervisors
20-21 Aug
and 27-28 Aug
Fundamentals of grant writing
This workshop aims to increase the number of grantholders at UNIZULU. The workshop introduces participants to fundamentals of grant writing, including: • Essentials principles of current research funding
• Formulating the grant: structure of grant funding
templates
• Specific examples of research grant programmes: focus
on European Union funding • Grant writing techniques
Dr Charmaine Williamson
Academic staff
31Aug- to 2 Sep
Research methodology: introduction
to qualitative
& quantitative research design
The workshop introduces PG students to core principles of research design with the focus of developing a coherent research design. The workshop is offered over three days.
Prof. Lesley le Grange
All postgraduate students
21-23 Sep
Postgraduate capacitation
The workshop is offered over three days and aims to equip postgraduate students with the skills required to draft their research proposal and thesis and to assist postgraduate students to better understand the structure of a thesis, how to compile a critical literature review
and understand what examiners look for in a well-written thesis
Dr Layla Cassim
All postgraduate students
28 Sep- 30 Oct
Postgraduate supervision
The aim of this programme is to strengthen supervision capacity at the University. Several national studies have indicated a need for better support of novice supervisors if postgraduate graduations are to increase. In response to this need, the ‘strengthening postgraduate supervision’ programme provides an intensive and engaging 30- credit short course. The course is offered through Rhodes
by CHERTL. The course is offered over six weeks. The course provides the space for novice supervisors to come together with the focused intention of learning about postgraduate supervision. It provides opportunities for collegial support networks to be developed within your university and across the higher education sector
Prof. Sioux McKenna
• Novice supervisors • Potential supervisors
13 & 15 Oct
Qualitative data analysis using atlas.ti
Introduces participants to qualitative data analysis techniques using atlas.ti software
Prof. Brigitte Smit
• Master’s and PhD • Academic staff
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