ADA Winter School 2023
3 - 21 July 2023
Applications open!
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The three-weeks long Doctoral School aims to offer high impact research design and methodology training, as well as options in academic preparedness and career development. The Schools are open to doctoral candidates (current and prospective), their supervisors and researchers. Click here or on the course names for more information.
Format: It is very important to note that these courses are presented and planned as full day synchronous sessions at Stellenbosch University. We recommend that you take leave from your daily work and other responsibilities to attend the classes and complete the assignments as required by your presenters. Your attendance will be monitored to ensure that you meet/reach the requirements for subsequent certification. The school will be offered in hybrid mode with some courses in-person and others offered online.
Your role: You will be responsible for pacing yourself through the workshops when busy with the prescribed exercises, synchronous sessions, and/or group work, and will have to be able to keep up. The estimated contact time required per session is presented below. These exclude morning and afternoon tea and lunch breaks. Group work is mandatory.
Please note that you can only attend one course per day, as they take place at the same time.
Please note that each course below takes place from Monday to Friday each week: You can only attend one course per week, as they take place at the same time.
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3 - 7 July 2023
09:00 - 16:30 GMT+2
7 contact hours per day
| 5 - Statistics Revisited: All you need to know to successfully analyse and present your data (in-person)
Suitable for delegates undertaking quantitative research, this course will cover all of the basics from research designs to planning and conducting your data analysis to interpretation of findings and report writing. Mode: In-person | Course fee: R8950
- Prof Catherine Comiskey (Trinity College, Dublin) |
3 - 7 July 2023
09:00 - 16:30 GMT+2
7 contact hours per day
| 6 - Crafting an Article Out of your Thesis: Writing and publishing in the final phases of the doctorate (in-person)
Leaving an academic legacy by translating your research into a format appropriate for the unique article genre.
Mode: In-person | Course fee: R9950
- Prof Ruth Albertyn (Stellenbosch University, SA) |
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Please note that each course below takes place from Wednesday to Friday: You can only attend one course per week, as they take place at the same time. |
5 - 7 July 2023
09:00 - 16:30 GMT+2
7 contact hours per day
| 7 - The Productive PhD: Driving insights, overcoming blocks & making progress (in-person)
In this course, PhD students learn how to make progress in their research journey, how to get unstuck in difficult times and how to confidently pursue and finish the PhD. It is valuable for all stages of the PhD journey. Mode: In-person | Course fee: R6250 - Prof Sebastian Kernbach (University of St Gallen, Switzerland) |
5 - 7 July 2023
09:00 - 16:30 GMT+2
7 contact hours per day
| 8 - The Doctoral Writing Journey from A-Z: Becoming a postgraduate research writer (in-person)
The three-day course focuses on conceptualising and writing a research proposal/protocol, understanding the drafting process of a PhD and the main elements of the thesis from the title, introduction, theory, literature review, writing the methodology chapter, the results/findings to the conclusion, as well as essential writing elements and developing a writer identity. Mode: In-person | Course fee: R6250
- Dr Alet Olivier (Freelance academic and consultant, SA) |
Week 3: 7 - 21 July 2023 (In-person courses five-days)Please note that each course below takes place from Monday to Friday each week: You can only attend one course per week, as they take place at the same time.
17 - 21 July 2023
09:00 - 16:30 GMT+2
7 contact hours per day
| 16 - Grounded Theory: Methodology , principles and practices The course is designed to introduce and further participants’ knowledge and application of this popular contemporary research design. Mode: In-person | Course fee: R8950
- Prof Wayne A. Babchuk (University of Nebrask-Lincoln, USA) |
17 - 21 July 2023
08:30 - 16:30 GMT+2
7 contact hours per day
| 17 - Academic Writing Skills for Doctoral Students
“Academic language is a dead language … and is no-one’s mother tongue.” (Bourdieu & Passeron, 1995:8). This workshop demystifies the academic writing process and offers practical strategies to help you develop your writing skills. Mode: In-person | Course fee: R8950
- Selene Delport (Stellenbosch University, SA)
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17 - 21 July 2023
09:00 -16:30
GMT+2
7 contact hours per day
| 18 - Grounding for Doctoral Research
The course focuses on learning how to succeed and thrive during the doctoral journey.
Mode: In-person | Course fee: R8950
- Prof Sarah Howie, Dr Mmmampho Gogela-Smith and Prof Ruth Albertyn (Stellenbosch University, SA)
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Rates
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Week-long Courses 5 Days
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R8950
(In-person)
excl. course 6
Course 6: R9950 Limited space
Payment deadline 15 June 2023
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R6950
(Online)
Payment deadline 15 June 2023 |
| Preparatory Courses 3 Days
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R6250
(In-person)
Payment deadline 15 June 2023
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R5850
(Online)
Payment deadline 15 June 2023
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| Short-form Courses 1 Day
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Additional information
- Last day for applications 5 June 2023
- Last day for payment: 15 June 2023
- Course specific information is available on the Workshop Information page
Included in the cost:
- The fee per week includes the workshop fee for online courses, digital class materials and digital certification. For in-person courses the fee includes course fees, lunch, digital class materials, digital certification and refreshments at social functions hosted by the ADA.
- All workshops are taught in English
- The school will be hosted in hybrid format with fully online courses and fully in-person sessions. You will not be able to join virtually in any of the in-person courses.
Key
- Open - the course is open for booking and there are open spaces available.
- Waiting List - a waiting list is forming, but we are waiting on payment for the courses from delegates. Please register if you would like to attend and we will place your name on the list.
- Closed - the course has a long waiting list and we have closed bookings.
The ADA reserves the right to cancel a course if the minimum attendance figures are not reached. If a delegate has already paid, we will refund them fully, or offer them the opportunity to attend another course of their choice, where possible.
- The last day for withdrawal from the ADA's Winter School is 2 June 2023. Applicants will receive a 50% refund up until 2 June 2023. After this date there will be no refund unless someone else can take your place.
- The ADA reserves the right to cancel a course.
