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Session Links: (The recording can also be accessed on the same link) |
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1. |
7 April 2025 |
All students |
MOOC: Academic Integrity Course |
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2. |
2 April 2025 10:00 – 11:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All students |
2025 Programme Launch to all UNISA Honours, Masters and Doctoral students |
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| 3. |
6 May 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All students |
Using Turn-it-in as an Academic Integrity Tool |
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| 4. |
7 May 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All students |
Topic and Focus of Your Study (part 1) Part I: Problematising your research focus area, Formulating Focus, Research aims, Contextualisation and Demarcation Introduction to UNISA’s 10 Catalytic Niche Areas Maximising the scholarship and academic impact of your research |
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| 5. |
8 May 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All students |
Topic and Focus of Your Study (part 2) Prioritising UNISA’s 10 Catalytic Niche Areas within your research. Defining your research problems- articulating Africa research problems Research objectives, Research Questions and Operationalisation Maximising the Scholarship and Academic impact of your research |
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| 6. |
14 May 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All students |
Your Literature Review -exploring different review variants for use with varying literary sources (part 1) |
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| 7. |
15 May 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All students |
Your Literature Review – conducting a critical review (part 2) Exploring alternatives to mainstream review methodologies |
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| 8. |
22 May 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All students |
Your Theoretical Framework and conceptual frameworks (part 1) Your Theoretical Framework and Contribution of your Study (part 2) From theoretical frameworks to conceptual framework and to data collection tools (the golden theoretical thread explained) |
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| 9. |
27 May 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All students |
Selecting a Methodology and Research Design: Quantitative Research (part 1) (Sessions deals with different methodological orientations and how to select the best one for your study. Students are encouraged to attend all sessions, not just those on their chosen methodology). |
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| 10. |
29 May 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All students |
Selecting a Methodology and Research Design: Quantitative Research (part 2) (Sessions deal with different methodological orientations and how to select the best one for your study. Students are encouraged to attend all sessions, not just those on their chosen methodology) |
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| 11. |
4 June 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All Students |
Optimisation of African epistemologies within research Developing afro-centric research Centering decolonisation in the research journey Identifying opportunities for Indigenisation, Africanisation, and Decolonisation of your study focus. |
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| 12. |
10 June 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All students |
Selecting a Methodology and Research Design: Qualitative Research (part 1) (Sessions deal with different methodological orientations and how to select the best one for your study. Students are encouraged to attend all sessions, not just those on their chosen methodology.) |
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| 13. |
11 June 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All students |
Selecting a Methodology and Research Design: Qualitative Research (part 2) (Sessions deal with different methodological orientations and how to select the best one for your study. Students are encouraged to attend all sessions, not just those on their chosen methodology.) |
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| 14. |
12 July 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All students |
Selecting a Methodology and Research Design: Qualitative Research (part 3) (Sessions deal with different methodological orientations and how to select the best one for your study. Students are encouraged to attend all sessions, not just those on their chosen methodology.) |
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| 15. |
18 June 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All students |
Selecting a Methodology and Research Design: Mixed Method Research (Sessions deal with different methodological orientations and how to select the best one for your study. Students are encouraged to attend all sessions, not just those on their chosen methodology.) |
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| 16. |
24 June 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
Masters proposal & Doctoral proposal students
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The Role of Theory, Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks in Scholarly Research (part 1 and 2) |
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| 17. |
25 June 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
Masters & Doctoral proposal students |
Proposal Development: A guided tour of your proposal – Clarifying student Expectations for Master’s and Doctoral proposal students (part 1) Maximising the Scholarship and Academic impact of your research |
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| 18. |
26 June 2025 18:00 (Pretoria Time) |
Masters & Doctoral proposal students |
Proposal Development and defending your proposal: A guided tour of your proposal – Clarifying student Expectations for Master’s and Doctoral proposal students (part 2) Approaches and skill-development in preparation for defending your proposal and defending your dissertation / thesis |
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| 19. |
2 July 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time)
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Masters dissertation & Doctoral thesis students only |
The Development and Presentation of your Master’s Dissertation and Doctoral Thesis Understanding your Chapter Development Requirements |
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| 20. |
9 July 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
Doctoral students |
Preparing for Your Oral Defence (viva Voce) of your thesis |
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| 21. |
15 July 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
Doctoral students only |
Developing the Doctorateness of your work Maximising the Scholarship and Academic impact of your research Doctorate by monograph versus PhD by publication: Introductory insights into different doctoral study options. PhD by publication: Walking the student through the structure and option-expectations. Skills for orally defending your proposal and/or your thesis |
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| 22. |
16 July 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All students |
Preparing your work for examination/ responding to examiner feedback |
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| 23. |
17 July 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All students |
Blast Session: Motivation during and for my studies |
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| 24. |
22 July 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All students |
Developing a data analysis plan |
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| 25. |
23 July 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All students |
Blast Session: Developing a sampling plan |
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| 26. |
30 July 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All students |
Maximising the scholarly impact of your research (part 1, 2 and 3) |
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| 27. |
6 August 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All students |
Open Student Support Session |
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| 28. |
13 August 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All students |
Writing for Publication Session (part 1) Assessing Potential for Publication |
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| 29. |
14 August 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All students |
Writing for Publication Session (part 2) Assessing Potential for Publication |
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| 30. |
20 August 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time)
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All students & Interested Unisa Academics/ Emerging Scholars |
Blast Session: Writing for Publication – Topic will be determined by examining the aspects that students struggled with most related to publication. If no such aspects emerge, the session will be replaced by self-assessed take-home exercises for students. |
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| 31. |
27 August 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All students |
Open Student Support Session |
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| 32. |
2 September 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All students & Interested Unisa Academics/ Emerging Scholars |
Grant Writing Session: Introduction to the world of grant writing and applying the logic model to support grant- proposal development |
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| 33. |
3 September 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All students & Interested Unisa Academics/ Emerging Scholars |
Grant writing session: Steps and processes in Proposal Developments for Grants Sustainability considerations, Budget development and justifications |
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| 34. |
11 September 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All students |
Writing a Scientifically Rigorous Introductory Overview, Background to the Problem and Problem Statement for your Proposal, Dissertation and Doctoral Thesis |
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| 35. |
16 September 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
Masters Dissertation |
Chapter Development in a Master’s Dissertation |
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| 36. |
17 September 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
Doctoral Thesis |
Chapter Development in a Doctoral Thesis |
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| 37. |
18 September 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All students |
Trouble shooting – Question and Answer guidance session – all issues /challenges related to the development of your research |
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| 38. |
30 September 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All students |
Open Student Support Session |
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| 39. |
1 October 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All students |
Scholarly argumentation revisited – Developing advanced scholarly writing within postgraduate work |
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| 40. |
7 October 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All Students |
Advanced Research Methods |
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| 41. |
8 October 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All Students |
Maximising the Scholarship and Academic impact of your research |
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42. |
9 October 2025 18:00 – 20:00 (Pretoria Time) |
All Students |
Africanising Research Ethics |
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