Writing Retreat (Repeat 1)



Facilitator: Mr Solani Ngobeni is the Publishing Director at the Centre for Scholarly Publishing Services (Pty) Ltd. He was previously the Director of Publications at the Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA), an institute of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC). He holds a Master of Arts degree in Publishing Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. He is a published researcher and is the editor of a scholarly book titled Scholarly Publishing in Africa: opportunities and impediments, Africa Institute of South Africa, 2010.

 

Target Group: Masters and Doctoral Candidates, Postdoctoral Fellows and Early-Career Academics

 

Background: The Centre for Scholarly Publishing Services (Pty) Ltd has been conducting Virtual Writing Retreats popularly known as symposium on enhancing the publishing capability of early career researchers for various universities during the national lockdown. These retreats are aimed at capacitating them as far as the writing and publishing of journal articles, scholarly books, book chapters and conference proceedings are concerned. The programme is arranged in such a way that by the end of the retreat, the researchers will have completed their journal articles and submitted them to various journals for consideration for possible publication.

 

The symposium will cover the following modules:

  • Overview of publishing in South Africa
  • Overview of scholarly publishing in South Africa
  • Overview of specifications of journal articles (what journal editors want in an article)
  • A comparative analysis of theoretical journal articles vis-à-vis fieldwork based journal articles
  • Getting started and choosing a relevant journal for your article
  • The peer-review and publishing process
  • The finances of publishing
  • Overview of open access predatory journals

Requirements:

  1. Each participant is required to submit a well-considered, well-articulated research study in the form of a draft journal article to Jadine.Januarie@mandela.ac.za by Monday, 30 June 2025. If you already have a draft available, kindly upload it to the relevant question on the online registration form.
  2. Participants must provide confirmation or permission from their line managers or supervisors, ensuring that they have been granted time off for the duration of the Writing Retreat. This confirmation should be emailed to the above email address by Monday, 30 June 2025.

 

 

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

 

Workshop Information

Date:

  • 7-11 July 2025

Time:

  • 09h00-16h30

Venue:

  • In-person attendance only. Venue to be confirmed

Registration:

  • Registration for this workshop is not open.


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

 

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