Workshops

• Preparing for Confirmation of Candidature
• Writing a Literature Review – Part 1
• Writing a Literature Review – Part 2
• Introduction to Ethics
• Thesis Writing Circle
• Publishing From Your Thesis
• Getting Ready to Write your Literature Review
• Managing Final Stages
• Presenting Your Research Orally
• NVIVO (Intro/Intermediate/Advanced)

The 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 researchworkshops@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.

Preparing for Confirmation of Candidature  

2nd August 2011               
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Building EB,  3rd Floor, Room 36 (EB.3.36), Parramatta Campus

16th September, 2011               
9:30am – 12:30 pm
Building P, Ground Floor, Room 34 (PG.34), Penrith (Kingswood) Campus

8th November 2011           
10am – 1pm
Building 10, Ground Floor, Room 25 (10.G.25), Bankstown Campus

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.

PRESENTER DETAILS
Dr Marie Fellbaum Korpi has taught academic literacy skills in the US, Germany, Korea, Japan, and Australia for over twenty years. At UWS she has taught undergraduate and postgraduate students with a special focus on thesis writing for both honours and doctoral candidates. Her main interests are definiteness and second language learning from a linguistic, psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic perspective. Marie received her MA from the University of Minnesota and PhD in linguistics from the Australian National University.

Writing a Literature Review – Part 1              

7 July 2011
9:30am – 12:30pm
Building O, 2nd Floor, Room 02 (O.2.02),  Penrith (Kingswood) Campus             
7th November 2011
9:30am – 12:30pm
Building EB, 3rd Floor, Room 36 (EB.3.36), Parramatta Campus

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.

PRESENTER DETAILS
Dr Marie Fellbaum Korpi has taught academic literacy skills in the US, Germany, Korea, Japan, and Australia for over twenty years. At UWS she has taught undergraduate and postgraduate students with a special focus on thesis writing for both honours and doctoral candidates. Her main interests are definiteness and second language learning from a linguistic, psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic perspective. Marie received her MA from the University of Minnesota and PhD in linguistics from the Australian National University.

Writing a Literature Review – Part 2

14th July 2011
9:30am – 12:30pm
Building O, 2nd Floor, Room 02 (O.2.02), Penrith (Kingswood) Campus

14 November 2011
9:30am – 12:30pm
Building EB, 3rd Floor, Room 36 (EB.3.36), Parramatta Campus

This workshop is the second part of writing the literature review. The workshop will focus on the distinction between analysing and synthesising the literature and implementing the structural, linguistic and rhetorical features introduced in Part I. Students are encouraged to bring drafts of the structure of their own literature review plan for hands on advice and practice.

PRESENTER DETAILS
Dr Marie Fellbaum Korpi has taught academic literacy skills in the US, Germany, Korea, Japan, and Australia for over twenty years. At UWS she has taught undergraduate and postgraduate students with a special focus on thesis writing for both honours and doctoral candidates. Her main interests are definiteness and second language learning from a linguistic, psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic perspective. Marie received her MA from the University of Minnesota and PhD in linguistics from the Australian National University.

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Introduction to Ethics

27 July 2011
9am – 11am
Building P, Ground Floor, Room 26 (PG.26), Penrith (Kingswood) Campus

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.

PRESENTER DETAILS
Dr Jane Hobson, Manager, Research Quality & Planning, Office of Research Services.

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Thesis Writing Circle

Weekly for 9 weeks from Tuesday August 9th 2011                   
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Building 1, First Floor, Room 119 (BA.01.1.119), Bankstown Campus

This course-length program of 8 weekly 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.

PRESENTER DETAILS
Dr Marie Fellbaum Korpi has taught academic literacy skills in the US, Germany, Korea, Japan, and Australia for over twenty years. At UWS she has taught undergraduate and postgraduate students with a special focus on thesis writing for both honours and doctoral candidates. Her main interests are definiteness and second language learning from a linguistic, psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic perspective. Marie received her MA from the University of Minnesota and PhD in linguistics from the Australian National University.

Dr Claire Aitchison has worked at UWS since 1991 lecturing in the Student Learning Unit and with various Schools.  She has taught academic literacy skills to a diverse range of students with a special focus on postgraduates.  Her research interests include research writing during and beyond the Doctorate, and particularly the role of peer review in the development of Doctoral writing.  She has published widely in this field including editing a recent book with Alison Lee and Barbara Kamler (1010) Publishing Pedagogies for the Doctorate and Beyond (Routledge).

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Publishing From Your Thesis

24th August 2011                   
12:30pm – 4:30pm
Building EB, 3rd Floor, Room 36 (EB.3.36),  Parramatta Campus

Doctoral students across all disciplines are increasingly expected to publish during their candidature. This expectation can throw up many challenges for candidates as they have to manage the competing demands of doing the research, writing the thesis and publishing en route. This 4 hour workshop explores these challenges and offers strategies for dovetailing competing tasks as it explores the ‘why’, ‘what’ and ‘how’ of publishing your Doctoral research.

PRESENTER DETAILS
Dr Claire Aitchison has worked at UWS since 1991 lecturing in the Student Learning Unit and with various Schools. She has taught academic literacy skills to a diverse range of students with a special focus on postgraduates.  Her research interests include research writing during and beyond the Doctorate, and particularly the role of peer review in the development of Doctoral writing. She has published widely in this field including editing a recent book with Alison Lee and Barbara Kamler (1010) Publishing Pedagogies for the Doctorate and Beyond (Routledge).

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Getting Ready to Write your Literature Review

7th  September 2011
9:30am – 12:30pm
Building EB, 3rd Floor, Room 36 (EB.3.36), Parramatta Campus

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.

PRESENTER DETAILS
Dr Claire Aitchison has worked at UWS since 1991 lecturing in the Student Learning Unit and with various Schools. She has taught academic literacy skills to a diverse range of students with a special focus on postgraduates.  Her research interests include research writing during and beyond the Doctorate, and particularly the role of peer review in the development of Doctoral writing. She has published widely in this field including editing a recent book with Alison Lee and Barbara Kamler (1010) Publishing Pedagogies for the Doctorate and Beyond (Routledge).

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Managing Final Stages

13 September 2011   
9:30am – 12:00pm
Building P, Ground Floor, Room 34 (PG.34), Penrith (Kingswood) Campus

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.

PRESENTER DETAILS
Ms Mary Krone, Senior Policy Officer (Research Training), Office of Research Services.

Dr Claire Aitchison has worked at UWS since 1991 lecturing in the Student Learning Unit and with various Schools. She has taught academic literacy skills to a diverse range of students with a special focus on postgraduates.  Her research interests include research writing during and beyond the Doctorate, and particularly the role of peer review in the development of Doctoral writing. She has published widely in this field including editing a recent book with Alison Lee and Barbara Kamler (1010) Publishing Pedagogies for the Doctorate and Beyond (Routledge).

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Presenting Your Research Orally

27th September 2011
10am – 1pm
Building EB, 3rd Floor, Room 36 (EB.3.36), Parramatta Campus

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.

PRESENTER DETAILS 
Dr Marie Fellbaum Korpi has taught academic literacy skills in the US, Germany, Korea, Japan, and Australia for over twenty years. At UWS she has taught undergraduate and postgraduate students with a special focus on thesis writing for both honours and doctoral candidates. Her main interests are definiteness and second language learning from a linguistic, psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic perspective. Marie received her MA from the University of Minnesota and PhD in linguistics from the Australian National University.

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NVIVO (Intro/Intermediate/Advanced)

29 & 30 September - WORKSHOP FULL
9:30am - 4:30pm
Computer Lab 2, Building 12, Ground Floor, Campbelltown Campus

This is a 2 day workshop in which you will be introduced to the research tools available in NVivo 9 to get your qualitative or mixed methods project underway and/or your literature analysis. During the 2 days we will cover all the essential NVivo tools: Formatting, creating/importing documents, linking, coding, searching, modelling, multimedia and visuals. When you return to your desk you will have a clear idea of how to proceed with your project, and you will have the skills you need to do it. It is best to do this workshop early in the design phase of your project as one of the most frequent comments made at NVivo courses is "if only I'd done this sooner…." All participants MUST bring along data they wish to analyse; if you have no interview data, literature and project notes will be adequate. There will be a session allocated to ‘own project’ work, and during this time you will set up your project in a guided environment and issues related to each person’s data can be identified and solved.

An outline of each day is as follows:

PRESENTER DETAILS
Dr Robyn Maddern has a research doctorate with 10 years experience in academic and corporate research. She has been a team leader/member on numerous research grants for qualitative and quantitative projects/evaluations, and consistently receives "excellent" evaluations from her workshops.

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