Hybrid Summer School 2025: 22 January - 7 February

• Course 1: ​Working with Research Data: Software and digital tools for applied research - Prof Tim Guetterman (University of Michigan, USA)

   

• Course 2: Practical Approaches to Developing Academic Writing ​- ​Dr Nereshnee Govender (Durban University of Technology, SA)

   

• Course 3: Writing Retreat: Effective academic writing for master's and doctoral students​ - Ms Selene Delport (Stellenbosch University, Writing Lab)​

• Course 4: The Good Supervisor: Developing effective supervision practices (face-to-face and remotely)​  - Prof Gina Wisker (University of Bath, UK)

• Course 5: The Quantitative PhD with SPSS: From philosophy to study design, data analysis and reporting using SPSS (Advanced)​ - Prof Catherine Comiskey (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)

• Course 6: AI and Scientific Research: How to use AI effectively in your research​​ - Dr Sonja Strydom (Stellenbosch University, SA)

   

• Course 7: Effective Scientific Communication: Presenting a poster, planning an article, and giving an oral presentation​ - Prof John Creemers (KU Leuven, Belgium) 

• Course 8: From Stories to Science: The fundamentals of qualitative research - Dr Nompilo Tshuma (Stellenbosch University, SA) 

   

• Course 9: How to A​rgue and Write an Effective Proposal for your Master’s or Doctorate - Ms Selene Delport (Writing Lab, Stellenbosch University, SA) 

• Course 10: Academic Writing for Publications: Crafting an article out of your thesis  ​- Prof Ruth Albertyn (Stellenbosch University, SA)

Hybrid Winter School 2025: 7 - 25 July

• Course 1: ​Research as a Project: Applying project management tools for successful research implementation​ - Prof René Pellissier (Cape Higher Education Consortium (CHEC) and Southern African Regional Universities Association (SARUA))

   

• Course 2: Mastering Research Grant Proposals ​- ​Ms Riana Coetsee (Research Management & Skills Training Consultant)

   

• Course 3: Statistics Revisited: All you need to know to successfully analyse and present your data ​- ​Prof Catherine Comiskey (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)

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• Course 4: How to Argue and Write an Effective Literature Review for your Master's or Doctorate​ - Ms Selene Delport (Stellenbosch University, Writing Lab)​
   

• Course 5: Academic Writing Retreat: Excellence in thesis and dissertation writing  - Ms Selene Delport (Writing Lab, Stellenbosch University, SA)

   

• Course 6: Mixed Methods in Research Design - Prof Tim Guetterman (University of Michigan, USA)

• Course 7: Qualitative Data Analysis with ATLAS.ti: Using ATLAS.ti 25 for your literature review and qualitative data analysis - Dr Lauren Wildschut (Stellenbosch University, SA)

   

• Course 8: From Stories to Science: Mastering qualitative research design​ - Dr Nompilo Tshuma (Stellenbosch University, SA) & Prof Sarah Tracy (Arizona State University, USA)

• Course 9: Academic Writing: Towards getting published - Prof Susan van Schalkwyk (Stellenbosch University, SA) 

• Course 10: The Good Supervisor: Developing effective supervision practices (face-to-face and remotely)  ​- Prof Gina Wisker (University of Bath, UK)

Pre-SASEC  Workshops: 11 November 2024

Co​​urse 1: ​Academic Writing and Publishing​

Session 1: The Art of Academic Writing - Prof René Pellissier (Southern African Regional University’s Association’s Climate Change and Sustainable Development Programme​)

Session 2: Preparing for Publication - Prof Ruth Albertyn (Stellenbosch University, SA)

Hybrid Summer School 2024: 29 January - 16 February

Course 1: ​Fundamentals of Grant Proposal Writing: The crucial role of research impact in securing funding

- Ms Riana Coetsee (Research Management & Skills Training Consultant, SA)

Course 2: Developing Transferable Skills: Personal and professional competencies beyond your doctorate

- Dr Kerstin Lange (Universität Hamburg, Hamburg Research Academy, Germany)​

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Course 3: Conducting a Literature Review: The key to a successful 

thesis

- Dr Alet Olivier (Freelance academic and plagiarism consultant, SA)

Course 4: AI and Scientific Research: Issues, debates & opportunities  

- Dr Sonja Strydom (Stellenbosch University, SA)
 

Course 5: The Quantitative PhD: From philosophy to study design, 

data analysis and reporting 

- Prof Catherine Comiskey (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)

Course 6: "The Ultimate Research Supervisor" (Module 1, Module 2, 

Module 3)

- Prof Gina Wisker (University of Bath, UK)

Course 7: Good Practice in Postgraduate Research Supervision: 

Developing effective supervision practices face-to-face and 

remotely (Module 1)

- Prof Gina Wisker (University of Bath, UK) 

Course 8: Demystifying Conceptual Frameworks and Theoretical Perspectives for Research and Writing (Module 2)

- Prof Gina Wisker (University of Bath, UK) 

Course 9: Feedback on Postgraduate Academic Writing: Dialogues, practices and insights for students and supervisors (Module 3)​

- Prof Gina Wisker (University of Bath, UK) 

Course 10: Project Management for Researchers

- Prof Joubert van Eeden (Stellenbosch University, SA)

Course 11: How to Argue and Write an Effective Proposal for your 

Master's or Doctorate

- Ms Selene Delport (Stellenbosch University, Writing Lab, SA)

Course 12: Mixed Methods: From research design towards practical implementation

- Prof Sarah Howie (Stellenbosch University, SA)

- Prof Tony Onwuegbuzie (University of Cambridge, UK)

- Prof Tim Guetterman (University of Michigan, USA) 

Course 13: Academic Writing for Publications: An i​ntroduction

- Prof Tony Onwuegbuzie (University of Cambridge, UK)

Course 14: Qualitative Research Design and Implementaion: Principles 

and practices

- Prof Wayne Babchuk (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)

Course 15: Preparing for the PhD: First steps towards doctoral success 

- Dr Nicoline Herman (Stellenbosch University, SA)

-​ Prof Sus​an van Schalkwyk (Stellenbosch University, SA) 

Course 16: Effective Academic Writing for Master's and Doctoral Candidates  

- Ms Selene Delport (Stellenbosch University, Writing Lab, SA​)​

Hybrid Winter School 2024: 24 June - 19 July 

Course 1: Fundamentals of Impactful Grant Proposal Writing 
- Ms Riana Coetsee (Research Management & Skills Training Consultant, SA)
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Course 2: Fondamentaux de la rédaction de propositions de subvention à impact
- Ms Riana Coetsee (Research Management & Skills Training Consultant, SA)

Course 3: Conceptualising the Doctoral Degree: The 10 important points to consider
-​ Prof René Pellissier (Southern African Regional University’s Association’s Climate Change and Sustainable Development Programme​)

Course 4: How to Argue and Write an Effective Literature Review for your Master's or Doctorate
-​ Ms Selene Delport (Writing​​​​Lab, Stellenbosch University, SA)

Course 5: Introduction to Quantitative Research Design and Methodology
​- Prof Tim Guetterman (University of Michigan, USA)

Course 6: Good Practice in Postgraduate Research Supervision: Developing Effective Supervision Practices Face-to-Face and Remotely
- Prof Gina Wisker (University of Bath, UK)​

Course 7: AI and Scientific Research: Issues, debates & opportunities
​-  Dr Sonja Strydom (Stellenbosch University, SA) ​

Course 8: Effective Academic Writing for Master's and Doctoral Students: Writing Retreat 
- Ms Selene Delport (Stellenbosch University, Writing Lab)

Course 9: Statistics Revisited: All you need to know to successfully analyse and present your data
-  Prof Catherine Comiskey (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)

Course 10: Introduction to ATLAS.ti for Data Analysis
- Dr Lauren Wildschut (Stellenbosch University, SA) 

Course 11: Crafting an Article Out of your Thesis: Writing and publishing in the final phases of the doctorate
- Prof Ruth Albertyn (Stellenbosch University, SA)

Course 12: Introduction to Qualitative Research Design and Methodology
- Prof Wayne A. Babchuk (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)

Course 13: Mixed Methods in Research Design
​- Prof Tim Guetterman (University of Michigan, USA) 
 

Hybrid ​Spring School 2023

Week 1: 4 - 8 September​ & Week 2: 2 - 4 October

Course 1: The Productive Doctorate

- Prof Sebastian Kernbach (University of St. Gallen, Switzerland)

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Course 2: Effective Academic Writing for Master's and Doctoral Students ​

- Ms Selene Delport (Writing Lab, SU​)​

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Course 3: Grant Proposal Writing: How to Write a Successful Grant Proposal​​

- Ms Riana Coetsee (SU​)​​

Course 4: Spotlight on Supervision: How to Build a Constructive Relationship With Your Supervisor Right From the Beginning 

- Dr Kerstin Lange (Universität Hamburg, Hamburg Research Academy, Germany​)​

Summ​er School 2023: 18 January - 3 February​​ 

Course 1​: Fundamentals of research design and methods 
- Prof Tim Guetterman ​​(University of Michigan, USA & SU)
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Course 2: Conducting a Literature Review: The key to a successful thesis ​​
- Dr Alet Olivier (Freelance Academic and Plagiarism Consultant​)​

Course 3: Project Management Principles: Planning and execution for your PhD 
- Prof Joubert van Eeden (Stellenbosch University)

Course 4: Preparing for the PhD: First steps towards doctoral success​
- Dr Nicoline Herman (Stellenbosch University)
- Prof Susan van Schalkwyk (Stellenbosch University​)

Course 5: Academic Writing Skills for Doctoral Students
- Ms Selene Delport (Stellenbosch University)

Course 6: Introduction to ATLAS.ti v9.1.5 (Windows version) 
- Dr Lauren Wildschut ​(Stellenbosch University)​​​

Course 7​: The Fundamentals of​ Grant Proposal Writing   
- Ms Riana Coetsee (Research Management & Skills Training Consultant)

Course 8: ​Introduction to Data Visualization with Tableau Public​
- Ms Marie Roux (Stellenbosch University)​

Course 9: How to Argue and Write an Effective Proposal for your Master’s or Doctorate
- Ms ​Selene Delport (Stellenbosch University)​

Course 10: Advanced Qualitative Research Design and Implementation
- Prof  Wayne A. Babchuk (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)

Course 11​​: Introduction to SPSS
- Dr Cindy Steenkamp (Stellenbosch University) (SU)​

​Course 12: Good Practice in Postgraduate Research Supervision: On and off campus
- Prof Gina Wisker (University of Bath, UK)​​

Hybrid Winter School 2023: 3 - 21 July

Course 1​: Research Ethics: Understanding the ethical decision-making process in the planning and execution of research (online)​ ​​ 
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Course 2: Statistics Revisited: All you need to know to successfully analyse and present your data (in-person)​
- Prof Catherine Comiskey (Trinity College, Dublin)

Course 3: Crafting an Article Out of your Thesis: Writing and publishing in the final phases of the doctorate (in-person) 
- ​Prof Ruth Albertyn (Stellenbosch University, SA)

Course 4​: The Productive PhD: Driving insights, overcoming blocks & making progress (in-person)​   ​
- Prof Sebastian Kernbach (University of St Gallen, Switzerland)

Course 5: ​The Doctoral Writing Journey from A-Z: Becoming a postgraduate research writer (in-person)​
- Dr Alet Olivier (Freelance academic and consultant, SA)​

Course 6: Introduction to ATLAS.ti for Data Analysis (online)
- Dr Lauren Wildschut (Stellenbosch University, SA)

Course 7: Evolving as a Digital Scholar: Active blended teaching, learning and researching in a digital world (online)
- Prof Wim van Petegem (KU Leuven, Belgium), Dr Sonja Strydom (Stellenbosch University, SA), Dr Jan Petrus Bosman (Stellenbosch University, SA) & Ms Magriet de Villiers (Stellenbosch University, SA)

Course 8​​: Introduction to Qualitative Research Design and Methodology (in-person)
- ​Prof Wayne A. Babchuk (University of Nebrask-Lincoln, USA)

Course 9​​: Good Practice in Postgraduate Research Supervision: On and off campus (in-person)
- Prof Gina Wisker (University of Bath, UK)​​

Course 10​​: How to Argue and Write an Effective Literature Review for your Master’s or Doctorate (in-person)
- ​​Selene Delport (Stellenbosch University, SA) ​

Course 11​​: The Fundamentals of Grant Proposal Writing (online)
- Riana Coetsee (Research Managements & Skills Training Consultant​​, SA)​

Course 12​​: Project Management Principles: Planning and execution for your doctorate (online)
- ​​​​Prof Joubert Van Eeden (Setellenbosch University, SA)​

Course 13​​: Grounded Theo​ry: Methodology , principles and practices​ (in-person)
- ​​Prof Wayne A. Babchuk (University of Nebrask-Lincoln, USA)

Course 14​​: Academic Writing Skills for Doctoral Students (in-person)
- ​​Selene Delport (Stellenbosch University, SA)

Course 15​​: Grounding for Doctoral Research​ (in-person)
- Prof Sarah Howie, Dr Mmampho Gogela-Smith and Prof​​ Ruth Albertyn (Stellenbosch University, SA)​​

Online Autumn School 2022: 28 March - 5 April

Course 1: Academic writing skills for doctoral candidates
- Ms Selene Delport (Writing Lab, SU​)​
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Course 2​​: The systematic review
- Dr Lara Skelly (Loughborough University, UK) and Mr Kirchner van Deventer (SU)​

Course 3: Grant writing fundamentals
- Ms Riana Coetsee (SU​)​

Online Summ​er School 2022: 12 January - 4 February

​Course 1​: Fundamentals of research design and methods 
- Prof Tim Guetterman (University of Michigan, USA & SU)

Course 2: Creating a successful dissertation
- Dr Layla Cassim​ (ERS Consultants)

Course 3: Good research practice: Research ethics and beyond 
- Prof Catherine Comiskey (Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland​)

Course 4: Introduction to qualitative research design and methodology
- Prof Wayne Babchuk​ (University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA)
- Ms Deborah Skinstad​ (SU​)

Course 5: Scientific communication: Article writing and giving presentations
- Prof John Creemers (KU Leuven, Belgium​)
- Ms Vicky Davis (SU, TV Presenter & Producer, Media Coach​)

Course 6: The quantitative PhD: ​​​From philosophy to study design, data analysis and reporting
- Prof Catherine Comiskey (Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland​)​​

Course 7​: The systematic review   
- Dr Lara Skelly (SU)

Course 8: Conducting a literature review: A mixed methods review
- Prof Anthony (Tony) Onwuegbuzie (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, University of Johannesburg and University of South Africa)

Course 9: Advanced qualitative research design and methodology
- Prof Wayne Babchuk​ (University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA)
- Ms Deborah Skinstad​ (SU​)

Course 10: The productive PhD
- Prof Sebastian Kernbach (University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

Course 11​​: Introduction to ATLAS.ti v9 (Windows version)
- Dr Lauren Wildschut (SU)​

Course 12​​: Basic statistical analysis using Python
- Prof Kanshukan Rajaratnam (SU)​

Course 13: A​cademic writing for publications: An introduction​
- Prof Anthony (Tony) Onwuegbuzie (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, University of Johannesburg and University of South Africa)

Course 14: Writing and publishing an article in the final phases of the PhD
- Prof Ruth Albertyn (SU) 

Online Autumn School 2021: ​3 - 10 May

Course 1: Graphics with R: ​Introduction to ggplot2
- Prof An Carbonez (KU Leuven, Belgium)
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Course 2​​: Introduction to ATLAS.ti v9 (Windows version)
- Dr Lauren Wildschut (SU)​

Course 3: Academic writing skills for doctoral candidates
- Ms Selene Delport (Writing Lab, SU​)​