African Academic Student Development Programme

Workshop Schedule

 

Date:

Cohort / Stakeholders:

Session:

Session Links:

(The recording can also be accessed on the same link)

1.

7 April 2025

All students

MOOC: Academic Integrity Course

https://tinyurl.com/4n8v8m86

2.

2 April 2025

10:00 – 11:00

(Pretoria Time)

All students

2025 Programme Launch to all UNISA Honours, Masters and Doctoral students

https://tinyurl.com/mrnb43zf

3.

6 May 2025

18:00 – 20:00

(Pretoria Time)

All students

Using Turn-it-in as an Academic Integrity Tool

https://tinyurl.com/5fxu9a3a

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

https://tinyurl.com/mry23xn7

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

https:/tinyurl.com/2s7rn5ye

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)

https://tinyurl.com/5es2xav2

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

https://tinyurl.com/hcccp2kj

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)

https://tinyurl.com/uwd4tbbx

 

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).

https://tinyurl.com/4fy9x2pw

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)

https://tinyurl.com/y34bp5pn

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.

https://tinyurl.com/25fe2tez

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.)

 https://tinyurl.com/tsdb2p7d

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.)

 https://tinyurl.com/37hdpntx

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.) 

 https://tinyurl.com/29dvzf82

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.)

 https://tinyurl.com/3ee9ppxr

16.

24 June 2025

18:00 – 20:00

(Pretoria Time)

 Masters proposal & Doctoral proposal students

 

The Role of Theory, Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks in Scholarly Research (part 1 and 2)

 

  https://tinyurl.com/bdy7eavd

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

  https://tinyurl.com/nhfn223e

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

 https://tinyurl.com/2uvfet8z

19.

2 July 2025

18:00 – 20:00

(Pretoria Time)

 

Masters dissertation & Doctoral thesis students only

The Development and Presentation of your Master’s Dissertation and Doctoral Thesis

Understanding your Chapter Development Requirements

 https://tinyurl.com/4fx2vd88

20.

9 July 2025

18:00 – 20:00

(Pretoria Time)

Doctoral students

Preparing for Your Oral Defence (viva Voce) of your thesis

 https://tinyurl.com/ww6bduzt

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

https://tinyurl.com/3yxx83sr

22.

16 July 2025

18:00 – 20:00

(Pretoria Time)

All students

Preparing your work for examination/ responding to examiner feedback

  https://tinyurl.com/3ka5xnap

23.

17 July 2025

18:00 – 20:00

(Pretoria Time)

All students

Blast Session: Motivation during and for my studies

 https://tinyurl.com/yftuytm8

24.

22 July 2025

18:00 – 20:00

(Pretoria Time)

All students

Developing a data analysis plan

 https://tinyurl.com/mr2hv8f6

25.

23 July 2025

18:00 – 20:00

(Pretoria Time)

All students

Blast Session: Developing a sampling plan

  https://tinyurl.com/dy23tfay

26.

30 July 2025

18:00 – 20:00

(Pretoria Time)

All students

Maximising the scholarly impact of your research (part 1, 2 and 3)

 https://tinyurl.com/2p8med25

27.

6 August 2025

 18:00 – 20:00

(Pretoria Time)

All students

Open Student Support Session

 https://tinyurl.com/bds777jk

28.

13 August 2025

18:00 – 20:00

(Pretoria Time)

All students

Writing for Publication Session (part 1)

 Assessing Potential for Publication

 https://tinyurl.com/hk9rarsx

29.

14 August 2025

18:00 – 20:00

(Pretoria Time)

All students

Writing for Publication Session (part 2)

Assessing Potential for Publication

 https://tinyurl.com/3zhw72fw

30.

20 August 2025

18:00 – 20:00

(Pretoria Time)

 

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.

 https://tinyurl.com/yv73fszt

31.

27 August 2025

18:00 – 20:00

(Pretoria Time)

All students

Open Student Support Session

 https://tinyurl.com/bdcn6uks

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

https://tinyurl.com/y3fe3sk4

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

https://tinyurl.com/4pm4rmz6

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

https://tinyurl.com/2svtvax2

35.

16 September 2025

18:00 – 20:00

(Pretoria Time)

Masters Dissertation

Chapter Development in a Master’s Dissertation

https://tinyurl.com/38b28hzj

36.

17 September 2025

18:00 – 20:00

(Pretoria Time)

Doctoral Thesis

Chapter Development in a Doctoral Thesis

https://tinyurl.com/nhfyhae5

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 

https://tinyurl.com/ye24ahxy

38.

30 September 2025

18:00 – 20:00

(Pretoria Time)

All students

Open Student Support Session

https://tinyurl.com/26yd8ym4

39.

1 October 2025

18:00 – 20:00

(Pretoria Time)

All students

Scholarly argumentation revisited – Developing advanced scholarly writing within postgraduate work

https://tinyurl.com/5b8xe6du

40.

7 October 2025

18:00 – 20:00

(Pretoria Time)

All Students

Advanced Research Methods

https://tinyurl.com/4efsrjz2

41.

8 October 2025

18:00 – 20:00

(Pretoria Time)

All Students

 

Maximising the Scholarship and Academic impact of your research

https://tinyurl.com/5n84cfkv

42.

9 October 2025

18:00 – 20:00

(Pretoria Time)

All Students

Africanising Research Ethics

https://tinyurl.com/3hs7cxva

For Recordings & powerpoint presentations CLICK HERE

Last modified: Thu Apr 24 15:11:41 SAST 2025