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These workshops are aimed at postgraduate students, emerging researchers and academic staff and the focus will be on the research process. The sessions vary in length depending on the subject matter but cover a wide range of subjects related to the postgraduate research journey. | Introduction to Microsoft Power BI
The workshop will be a hands-on introduction to Power BI, available for free through SU's subscription to Microsoft 365. Participants will learn the following: - How to install the desktop application and connect to Microsoft Excel
- Start visualising data easily with an extensive library of data visualisations.
- How to build reports and dashboards
Date: 8 April Time: 11:00 – 13:00
Staff register here Students register here | How to conduct a literature review
In this webinar, participants will learn what a literature review is and the different types of literature reviews. They will learn best practices for conducting a literature review by working with their topic, structuring the literature review and how to critically analyse literature. Date: 8 April Time: 14:00 – 16:00 Register Here | EndNote for reference management
EndNote 21 offers various services, including reference management, organising and annotation of PDF documents and collaboration. In this session, we will show you how to download and install EndNote and how to set up your account.
Date: 9 April Time: 11:00 – 13:00 Staff register here Students register here | EndNote for reference management at Medicine & Health Sciences
EndNote 21 offers various services, including reference management, organising and annotation of PDF documents and collaboration. In this session, we will show you how to download and install EndNote and how to set up your account. Date: 9 April Time: 14:00 – 16:00 Staff register here Students register here | Overview of software for effective data analysis and data visualisation
An overview of tools and free software for data analysis and data visualisation will be presented. These tools are useful for statistical analysis, visualisation, mapping, data cleaning and the digital humanities. Date: 10 April Time: 11:00 – 13:00 Register Here | Introduction to Tableau Desktop and Flourish for data visualisation
This workshop will be an introductory course to visualise your data with Tableau Desktop and Flourish. Both tools are free for students and academics and are fairly user friendly. Date: 15 April Time: 11:00 – 13:00 Register Here | Increasing the visibility of your research output through self-archiving
Stellenbosch University's institutional policy on the self-archiving of research output is curated by the Library and Information Service. Complying with this policy, which asks researchers to deposit copies of their research output in SUNScholar, our institutional repository, can greatly increase the visibility and impact of research output. This workshop will teach participants more about the policy and how to comply with the policy in order to improve access to and visibility of their research outputs. Date: 16 April Time: 11:00 – 12:30 Staff register here Students register here | Enhancing your research impact through open access publishing
This workshop will introduce attendees to the principles of Open Access and how it can benefit the impact of their research. Open access publishing is a model of scholarly communication that provides unrestricted and free access to scholarly research outputs, such as articles, papers, and data. In open access publishing, the content is made available online to the public without financial, legal, or technical barriers. Date: 23 April Time: 11:00 – 12:30 Staff register here Students register here | Maximise your research impact
This workshop will show how to improve your impact as a researcher. The following two sessions will be presented: Session 1: Increase the visibility of your research Participants will learn to: - Find and navigate social research networks (ResearchGate, Academia.edu, Mendeley, etc.)
- Develop research profiles
- Understand how to increase your visibility as researcher
- Understand the role of science communication and social media
Session 2: Monitor your author impact Participants will learn about: - The different citation metrics and altmetrics and where to find them
- Awareness on methods to increase citations
- Responsible use of metrics
Date: 24 April Time: 11:00 – 13:00 Staff register here Students register here | 
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