ADA Summer School 2024
29 January - 16 February
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The 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.
Format: It is 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 remember it is possible to apply for only one course per week/session as the classes take place at the same time. However, it is possible to apply for more than one course in one week provided the dates do not overlap.
Venue: In-person courses will take place at STIAS: Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (Address: Marais Rd, Mostertsdrift, Stellenbosch, 7600). Online courses will take place on MS Teams.
29 - 30 Jan 2024 2 days
08:30 - 16:30 GMT+2 7 contact hours per day
| 2 - Developing Transferable Skills: Personal and professional competencies beyond your doctorate (2 days, online) 'Transferable Skills' are much more than just an additional supplement to your research. They are necessary to successfully master the doctoral phase and they are indeed transferable to your further career inside or outside academia. The aim of this course is to reflect on the skills that you have already acquired and to identify those you need to develop further. We will look at how to confidently present your competencies to others, while practicing some essential communication and collaboration techniques that you will benefit from throughout your PhD. Mode: Online | Course fee: Early Bird - R1950, Standard - R2150, Late Joiner - R2300
-Dr Kerstin Lange (Universität Hamburg, Hamburg Research Academy, Germany)
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31 Jan - 2 Feb 2024 3 days
08:30 - 16:30 GMT+2 7 contact hours per day
| 3 - Conducting a Literature Review: The key to a successful thesis (3 days, in-person)
This course offers the fundamentals of the process of planning and writing a literature review of a thesis/dissertation or even at the proposal/protocol phase. This includes how to use the literature review to enter scholarly conversations and engaging with the other writers. Mode: In-person | Course fee: Early Bird - R6950, Standard - R7250, Late Joiner - R7450
-Dr Alet Olivier (Freelance academic and plagiarism consultant previously: Postgraduate School, University of the Free State) |
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29 Jan - 2 Feb 2024 5 days
08:30 - 16:30 GMT+2 7 contact hours per day | 4 - AI and Scientific Research: Issues, debates & opportunities (5 days, in-person)
This is a hands-on, active workshop where delegates will be introduced to numerous issues, debates and opportunities associated with AI in the scientific research process. A working understanding of not only the philosophical and practical implications of AI will benefit delegates, but scholarly voices from the field will also contribute to a broader understanding of this topic.
Mode: In-person | Course fee: Early Bird - R9550, Standard - R9950, Late Joiner - R10250
-Dr Sonja Strydom (Stellenbosch University)
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29 Jan - 2 Feb 2024 5 days
08:30 - 16:30 GMT+2 7 contact hours per day
| 5 - The Quantitative PhD: From philosophy to study design, data analysis and reporting (5 days, in-person)
Participants will learn of the origins of quantitative approaches, how to choose an appropriate study design and an adequate sample size. They will learn of the related data analysis from basic statistics to regression and beyond to ensuring the appropriate presentation and write up of quantitative results. You will be provided with a series of tools and checklists. There will also be an opportunity to expand your knowledge and learn of novel quantitative approaches that may be useful for your PhD or future research.
Mode: In-person | Course fee: Early Bird - R9550, Standard - R9950, Late Joiner - R10250
-Prof Catherine Comiskey (Trinity College, Dublin University, Ireland)
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Rates
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Application deadlines for courses: Early Bird - 8 Dec 2023; Standard - 15 Dec 2023; Late Joiner - 22 Jan 2024 Payment deadline 22 January 2024
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One-day courses Early Bird: R2250 Standard: R2450 Late Joiner: R2600 (In-person)
| Two-day courses
Early Bird: R1950 Standard: R2150 Late Joiner: R2300 (Online) |
Two-day courses
Early Bird: R4250 Standard: R4450 Late Joiner: R4600 (In-person)
| Three-day courses
Early Bird: R6950 Standard: R7250 Late Joiner: R7450 (In-person)
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Five-day courses
Early Bird: R9550 Standard: R9950 Late Joiner: R10250 (In-person)
| Five-day courses
Early Bird: R7250 Standard: R7950 Late Joiner: R8150 (Online)
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Additional information
- Last day for applications: Early Bird - 8 December 2023; Standard - 15 December 2023; Late Joiner - 22 January 2024
- Payment deadlines for courses: 22 January 2024
- 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 unless it is explicitly stated that the course is offered in hyflex format.
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 Summer School is 15 December 2023. Applicants will receive a 50% refund up until 15 December 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.