UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
POSTGRADUATE ORIENTATION PROGRAMME
THURSDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2015 09h00 –13h30
Beattie Lecture Theatre, Beattie Building
University Ave, Upper Campus
TIME
ACTIVITY
VENUE
09H00 – 09h15
Welcome: MC
 Dean’s Welcome
 Introduction to Postgrad office staff
Beattie Theatre, Beattie Bldg
09H15–09H30
Navigating the administrative maze of PG studies at UCT
Beattie Theatre, Beattie Bldg
09h30-10h30
Research & study services UCT offers postgrads
 Library & Research Commons
 Computer Lab – Lab Manager
 UCT Knowledge Co-op
 Writing Centre
 Bursaries and scholarships (PGFO)
 Conference and other travel funding (PGFO)
 Research funding through supervisors
 Foreign study exchange opportunities (IAPO)
 Student Representative Council’s Postgraduate
Chair of Academics
Beattie Theatre, Beattie Bldg
Refreshment Break
Basement Foyer Beattie Bldg
10h30-10H50
10h50–12h20
12h20–13h00
13h00 – 13h15
13h15 – 13h30
13h30 onwards
Doing Research:
 Getting started, research proposals, gathering data
 Ensuring one’s research is ethical
Writing with authority: a spectrum from citation to
plagiarism
 Relationships with supervisors and fellow students
Managing your time: research, coursework, tutoring and
earning money: Panel discussion
Resources, academic and professional skills development
opportunities of the Office of PG Studies
General question time
Campus Tour (including Computer Labs, Postgrad work
spaces; Library Tour, PGF Centre, etc.)
Beattie Theatre, Beattie Bldg
Beattie Theatre, Beattie Bldg
Beattie Theatre, Beattie Bldg
Sign up with Orientation
Assistants (in Beattie
basement foyer – tours begin
on the quarter hour till
15h00)