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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. | Systematic Reviews Thinking about doing a systematic review? Having its origins in health sciences, a systematic review can be a daunting challenge. Let us help you demystify it and get started with a high-level introduction to the systematic review process. Date: 4 March Time: 11:00 – 13:00 Register Here | Systematic Reviews for Medicine and Health Sciences Thinking about doing a systematic review? Having its origins in health sciences, a systematic review can be a daunting challenge. Let us help you demystify it and get started with a high-level introduction to the systematic review process. Date: 4 March Time: 11:00 – 13:00 Register Here | Library induction for postgraduate students and academic staff In this introductory session, participants will be provided with an overview of the core services on offer by Stellenbosch University Library and Information Service. Topics include navigating the Library Website, how to find their way around the Stellenbosch University Library, how to find information through the Library's numerous databases, what advanced research support services are available and many others. Date: 5 March Time: 10:00 – 13:00 Register Here | Tools and applications for research This workshop will offer a look at some of the top tools and applications for students, academic staff, and researchers. It will cover a variety of mobile apps for research, productivity, reading, writing, presenting, note-taking, file sharing and other essential tools for studying and publishing on the go. Date: 6 March Time: 11:00 – 13:00 Register Here | Finding Government Statistics This workshop focuses on the database Statistics SA which is available by means of the Library website. The session includes a demonstration on how to access publications on the database, do cross-tabulation and access time series data with variables over time. Date: 11 March Time: 11:00 – 13:00 Register Here | Managing your unique author identity with ORCID ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. This workshop will explain what ORCID is, how to register and populate your profiles. Date: 11 March Time: 14:00 – 15:00 Register Here | SunDMP (SU data management tool) for data management plan creation The workshop will help participants learn how to effectively use SunDMP, Stellenbosch University's data management planning tool. The workshop will guide participants through creating comprehensive data management plans that align with institutional policies, funding requirements, and best practices. Date: 12 March Time: 14:00 – 15:00 Register Here | Copyright issues in theses and dissertation writing This presentation provides an overview of the copyright issues which students typically encounter while working on their theses or dissertations. Date: 13 March Time: 12:00 – 13:00 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. Kindly note that a separate workshop is available for users who need assistance in migrating from Mendeley/Zotero to EndNote. Date: 18 March Time: 14:00 – 16:00 Register Here | Making important decisions about publishing your research This hands-on session covers important factors to help you decide where to publish your research. Making the right choices can increase readership and citations, diminish publication lag and ensure that your publication is eligible for government subsidy. Date: 19 March Time: 10:00 – 13:00 Register Here | Tips on how to format your thesis (MS Word) This workshop will help you work around some of the common formatting glitches most postgraduate students experience, whilst getting their document ready for submission. Date: 19 March Time: 14:00 – 16:00 Register Here | Principles of Data Visualisation This workshop will cover the key principles to keep in mind when you are planning your visualisations, from choosing the best visualisation type for your data to the effective use of colour, narrative, etc. Date: 25 March Time: 11:00 – 12:30 Register Here | An overview of SUNScholarData – the SU institutional data repository Many funders mandate that data collected in the process of conducting research funded by them is deposited in reputable repositories, this workshop will provide an overview of research data repositories and demonstrate the manner in which the SU's Institutional Research Data Repository functions. Date: 25 March Time: 14:00 – 16:00 Register Here | Introduction to Research Data Management (RDM) and Data Management Plans (DMP) This workshop introduces researchers to the fundamental ideas of research data management (RDM). The session will cover the SU RDM regulation, ethical considerations, external funding requirements, and the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) that govern good data management. Date: 26 March Time: 11:00 – 13:00 Register Here |
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