DAY 1: 22 AUGUST 2024
PROGRAMME DIRECTOR: NR MOFOKENG
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TIME |
FACILITATOR |
FOCUS AREA |
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9h00-9h15 |
Prof. Mdiniso/Dr Mthembu |
– Introduction and Purpose |
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9h15-9h45 |
Prof Akpome (University of Zululand) |
– Designing your thesis/dissertation with publication in mind |
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9h45-10h45 |
Dr Palmer (University of Zululand) |
– Extracting articles from your dissertation |
|
10h45-11h00 |
BREAK |
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|
11h00-12h00 |
Dr Mlambo (University of Johannesburg) |
– Perspectives from the journal’s viewpoint: What Journal Editors look for. – Administration required in the publication process (e.g. selecting the right journal, page fees, language editing). |
|
12h00-13h00 |
LUNCH BREAK |
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|
13h00-14h00 |
Dr Mbatha (University of Fort Hare) |
– Perspectives from the journal’s viewpoint: What Journal Reviewers look for Addressing Reviewers’/Editors’ feedback. |
|
14h00-14h30 |
Dr Tembe |
– Mapping the way forward |
DAY 2: 20 SEPTEMBER 2024
- Selected 15-20 students will apply Day 1’s lessons, producing articles, submitting to their mentors on 30 August 2024.
- One-on-one feedback scheduled between Mentors and students on 20 September 2024.
- The department will coordinate timeslots where students and mentors will meet online. Each student will spend 30-45 minutes to an hour with the mentors.
- Students will format their papers using the embedded template to avoid having formats that are too different and will later format their articles according to the identified journals’ requirements.