HDR Workshops 2013
The HDR workshops are open and free of charge to any research candidate enrolled at UWS. The workshops are targeted to your needs at particular stages of your candidature. You should read the workshop descriptors to select workshops that are best suited to your aims this year. If unsure, please check with staff in the Office of Research Services.
To register please email HDR@uws.edu.au and provide your student number, name, school, degree and workshop you wish to attend.
Please Note: These workshops are not available to candidates enrolled in a Bachelor (Hons) degree. These workshops are designed specifically for candidates enrolled in a Masters (Hons), PhD or Professional Doctorate.
Writing your Literature Review: Parts 1 and 2
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Part 1
Dates: Tuesday, 16 July 2013
Time: 9.30 am – 12.30 pm
Campus: Penrith, Building P.1.49
Presenter: Marie Fellbaum Korpi
Part 2
Dates: Tuesday, 23 July 2013
Time: 3.30pm – 6.00pm
Campus: Parramatta, Building EA.1.29
Presenter: Marie Fellbaum Korpi
This workshop is designed to follow on from the workshop ‘Getting Ready to Write your Literature Review’ in that it builds on the ideas of conceptualizing literature as bodies of knowledge/information that contribute to the research project. A variety of examples will be examined in the workshop in order to explore different models for reviewing the literature. The focus of this workshop is on the structure, linguistic and rhetorical features of literature reviews.
Getting ready to write your literature review
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Date Wednesday 31 July 2013
Time 9.30 am – 12.00 pm
Campus Parramatta, Building EB.G.17
Presenter Claire Aitchison
This workshop provides an introduction to candidates beginning a literature review. It reviews the purpose and process of creating a review of the literature. The focus of the workshop is on the pre-writing tasks—that is, on ways of finding and collecting, reading and organising relevant information in a way that facilitates the development of ideas and ultimately the construction of the literature review itself.
Preparing for Confirmation of Candidature
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Date: Friday, 9 August 2013
Time: 10.00 am - 1.00 pm
Campus: Parramatta, Building EB.G18
Presenter: Marie Fellbaum Korpi
During this workshop, participants will consider how to meet the requirements of the “Confirmation of Candidature” document in relation to their own individual research studies. The presenters will facilitate an understanding of how sections of the document may be considered. Candidates must complete the CoC before being eligible to submit an application for ethics clearance.
Thesis Writing Circle
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(Eight week series with a break in middle to be advised)
Commencing: Every Tuesday from 6 August – 1 October
Time: 9.30 am – 1pm
Campus: Penrith, Building XB.3.05
Presenter: Marie Fellbaum Korpi
This course-length program of 8 weekly 3 hour meetings is designed for candidates who have completed their Confirmation of Candidature and are beginning to construct their doctoral thesis. In these groups participants receive direct instruction about thesis writing from the SLU facilitator, and they share their writing together for discussion and feedback.
Introduction to research writing for international candidates: Parts 1 and 2
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Part 1
Date: Friday, 13 September 2013
Time: 10.00 am – 3.00 pm
Campus: Parramatta,Building EA.2.02
Presenter: Claire Aitchison and Marie Fellbaum Korpi
Part 2
Date: Friday, 20 September 2013
Time: 10.00 am – 3.00 pm
Campus: Parramatta, Building EB.G.17
Presenter: Claire Aitchison and Marie Fellbaum Korpi
This two-part workshop over two days introduces international students to the demands and expectations of higher degree research writing, with a particular focus on the thesis and scholarly journal articles. The workshop will provide a practical review of academic writing and argumentation, attending to meta-structure, cohesion and sentence level issues. Participants are asked to bring a clean paper copy of an academic journal article that is relevant to their own research; we will refer to this text throughout the workshop as well as engage participants in their own writing tasks.
Presentation Skills Workshop
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Date: Tuesday, 24 September 2013
Time: 9.30 am – 11.00 am
Campus: Bankstown, Building 20.1.03
Presenter: Erin Helleur
Suitable for people presenting their work at conferences (eg Futures Forum) or entering the 3MT competition
Public Speaking and stress always seem to go together, but too much stress for too long is bad for your health and your performance.
This workshop will help you:
- Develop an understanding of stress and how it impacts on performance
- Learn techniques to make stress work for you in presentations
- Get an overview of basic presentation skills.
Preparing for Confirmation of Candidature
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Date: Tuesday, 24 September 2013
Time: 9.30 am - 12.30 pm
Campus: Penrith, Building P.1.49
Presenter: Marie Fellbaum Korpi
During this workshop, participants will consider how to meet the requirements of the “Confirmation of Candidature” document in relation to their own individual research studies. The presenters will facilitate an understanding of how sections of the document may be considered. Candidates must complete the CoC before being eligible to submit an application for ethics clearance.
Introduction to Ethics
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Date: 27 September 2013
Time: 9.30am
Campus: Werrington North, Frogmore House
Presenter: TBA
This workshop is essential for candidates whose research will involve human participants, animals or materials involving biosafety or radiation hazards. At the end of this workshop, candidates will be able to understand the principles of doing ethical research and will be introduced to the University processes of ethical review. This will include an introduction to the online software used for human ethics applicants (NEAF). The workshop will also introduce the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research which governs research carried out in Australia.
Presenting your research orally
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Date: Friday, 27 September 2013
Time: 10.00 am - 1.00 pm
Campus: Parramatta, Building EB.1.42
Presenter: Marie Fellbaum Korpi
This workshop addresses skills expected for a professional presentation of your data either at a conference, a seminar, or for your Confirmation of Candidature. It covers the structure, currently accepted formats for power points and other visual aids, and the nonverbal and oral techniques for a complete and convincing delivery.
Learning Nvivo - Theory, Practice and Project Development - 2 Day Workshop
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Date: 30 September - 1 October 2013
Time: 9.00 am – 4.00 pm
Campus: Penrith (Kingswood) Campus, Building P.1.52
Presenter: Dr Roger Vallance (External facilitator)
The training workshops are for all qualitative researchers who wish to learn the skills of analysis with Nvivo 10. The workshops are conducted as two whole day events. The workshops are problem focused –how to start, develop and fine tune a qualitative research project that may have different data types and sources. The emphasis is on hands-on-training, as such participants are strongly encouraged to bring some of their own data to the build the research project.
Writing Your Discussion Chapter
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Date: Thursday, 10 October 2013
Time: 10.30am – 1.00 pm
Campus: Penrith, Building I.1.05
Presenter: Marie Felbaum Korpi
The Discussion chapter brings together your research questions and the results that you found in your study. This workshop studies the interaction between these two critical parts of your thesis and how to maximise the findings of your thesis through the writing of this chapter.
Please bring 3 copies of your research questions and results as we build the structure of this chapter together.
Preparing for Confirmation of Candidature
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Date: Tuesday, 5 November 2013
Time: 10.30 am – 1.00 pm
Campus: Parramatta, Building EB.3.22
Presenter: Marie Fellbaum Korpi
During this workshop, participants will consider how to meet the requirements of the “Confirmation of Candidature” document in relation to their own individual research studies. The presenters will facilitate an understanding of how sections of the document may be considered. Candidates must complete the CoC before being eligible to submit an application for ethics clearance.
Titles and Headings that Work
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Date: Thursday 7 November 2013
Time: 1.30 pm – 3.30 pm
Campus: Parramatta, Building EA.G.34
Presenter: Claire Aitchison
The title of your thesis is amongst the most important set of words you write. This hands-on, interactive, two hour workshop examines what makes for a good thesis title. It also helps you determine chapter titles and chapter headings that clearly indicate your intention and signal a logical structure to your thinking. Please bring to this workshop 5 copies of your thesis Table of Contents including your thesis title.
Getting Ready to Write your Literature Review
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Date: Friday 8 November 2013
Time: 9.00 am – 12.00 pm
Campus: Werrington South, Building BB.1.06
Presenter: Claire Aitchison
This workshop provides an introduction to candidates beginning a literature review. It reviews the purpose and process of creating a review of the literature. The focus of the workshop is on the pre-writing tasks—that is, on ways of finding and collecting, reading and organising relevant information in a way that facilitates the development of ideas and ultimately the construction of the literature review itself.
Writing your Literature Review: Part 1 and 2
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Part 1
Date: Friday, 1 November 2013
Time: 9.30 am – 12.30 pm
Campus: Penrith, Building I.1.05
Presenter: Marie Fellbaum Korpi
Part 2
Date: Friday, 8 November 2013
Time: 9.30am – 12.30pm
Campus: Werrington South, Building BB.G.05
Presenter: Marie Fellbaum Korpi
This workshop is designed to follow on from the workshop ‘Getting Ready to Write your Literature Review’ in that it builds on the ideas of conceptualizing literature as bodies of knowledge/information that contribute to the research project. A variety of examples will be examined in the workshop in order to explore different models for reviewing the literature. The focus of this workshop is on the structure, linguistic and rhetorical features of literature reviews.
Final Stages
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Date: Monday, 11 November 2012
Time: 10.00 am - 12.00 pm
Campus: Bankstown Campus, Building 08.G.01
Presenter: Claire Aitchison and Mary Krone
This workshop is designed for research candidates who plan to submit their thesis for examination within the next year. Participants and presenters will discuss the processes of preparing for submission, the appointment of examiners, the rules and responsibilities of supervisors and candidates, the lodgement of the thesis, what to expect, what are the possible outcomes, who decides the outcome and what to do if things do go smoothly. The workshop will also include discussions about what examiners look for in a thesis. Presenters will have information about the latest research into the research higher degree examination processes within Australia.
