Master’s and Doctoral Examination (HSS)

Facilitator: Prof Nonnie Botha is a Professor Emerita of the Nelson Mandela University, Faculty of Education. She served the academic community in various management positions in several South African institutions, mainly in postgraduate education. Her postgraduate research supervision, scholarly publications and examination of postgraduate work focuses on issues in higher education mergers, research trends, Africanising university curricula, interculturalism and postgraduate pedagogies, policies and practices. She also facilitates workshops on some of these topics.

Target Group: Emerging Supervisors, Master's and Doctoral Candidates in the Human and Social Sciences

Background: This is a two-day online workshop that focuses on examining dissertations and theses and writing the examiner's report in the Human and Social Sciences.

Expected Outcomes:

Improved capacity regarding the examination of Master's dissertations and Doctoral theses and writing the examiner's report in the Human and Social Sciences
Incrteased awareness of the differences between Master's and Doctoral research as presecribed in the HEQSF 2014 as well as the Nelson Mandela University guidelines, policy and prospectus rules, as relevant to examining Master's and Doctoral work

Participants are requested to:

Have available at the workshop an electronic or hard copy of the following journal article: Golding C, Sharmini S & Lazarovitch A. 2014. What examiners do: what thesis students should know. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 39(5):563-576.
Have available at the workshop, an electronic or hard copy of the Nelson Mandela University policy on Master's and Doctoral degrees (IRC number 403.01, available on the staff portal)

This workshop is funded by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) through the University Capacity Development Grant (UCDG)

Workshop Information

Date:
6 - 7 September 2022

Time:
09h00-15h30

Platform:
Online via MS Teams

Registration:
Registration for this workshop has closed.

Kindly note: The maximum capacity of this workshop is 20 participants.

Enquiries: Jadine Januarie