Ethics in research and applying for ethics clearance: non-medical

Workshop for postgraduate students, presented by Prof. Jasper Knight

This workshop has two components.

PART 1 (2 hours) comprises formal training on research ethics, with a particular emphasis on social science research. This training is content based. There is a formal written assignment following this workshop. Successful completion of this assignment will allow for a Certificate of Competence in Research Ethics to be issued.

PART 2 (1hr 30 mins) describes how to apply for ethics clearance to the main university or to school ethics committees. This workshop will be relevant to Honours, Masters and PhD students dealing with human subjects in their research project. 

Time: 13.00-17.00, online via Teams

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Health Sciences Data Management Workshop

Data Management Workshop for postgraduate students in the Faculty of Health Sciences

Hosted by the Faculty of Health Sciences Research Office. Time: 12:00-15:00

Email shae.lazarus@wits.ac.za for information and booking

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Introduction to Zotero for postgraduate students

Find out more about Zotero, a free, open-source alternative to reference manager systems such as EndNote and RefWorks

Zotero allows you to easily save bibliographic details, comments, indexing terms, and direct links to webpages, word documents, and even articles that are in library subscription databases.

You will be shown how you can use Zotero to integrate your references into your research in many citation styles using Microsoft Word. 

Time: 09:30 to 100:30 on Teams

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Ethics in research and applying for ethics clearance: non-medical

Workshop for postgraduate students, presented by Prof. Jasper Knight

This workshop has two components.

PART 1 (2 hours) comprises formal training on research ethics, with a particular emphasis on social science research. This training is content based. There is a formal written assignment following this workshop. Successful completion of this assignment will allow for a Certificate of Competence in Research Ethics to be issued.

PART 2 (1hr 30 mins) describes how to apply for ethics clearance to the main university or to school ethics committees. This workshop will be relevant to Honours, Masters and PhD students dealing with human subjects in their research project. 

Time: 09:00-13:00, online via Teams

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