In this series of videos, a group of postgraduate scholars from different fields of study reflect on graduate attributes. They use the graduate attributes in
Theory is a term with different meanings - in everyday language, it means a guess or a hunch - but in research, it means a
This series of videos emerges from the Enabling Quality Postgraduate Education project, which brings together Deputy Vice-Chancellors, Directors of Research, Directors of Postgraduate Studies, and
Research Questions guide many aspects of our work. They can help us to decide what literature to read, what data to collect and what kinds
This 23-minute video presents three academics’ comments about positionality in research. Increasingly researchers are expected to state their considerations on positionality in their research design
Besides supporting and guiding the postgraduate student to completion, a supervisor has additional roles that they need to fulfil within the institution. This video elaborates
Postgraduate students often ask How much reading they should be doing. There is no one answer but this brief audio recording offers a few ideas
Literature reviews tend to be one of the toughest parts of thesis writing, and research. This is in part because the volume of reading is
Written questionnaires can be useful ways of collecting information from a large group of people but they are often poorly designed. Xolelwa and Belinda, both
This brief tutorial defines “predatory journals” and their major characteristics. It provides information to help novice academics to avoid this trap. Developed by Mark P Snyders,