🎓 Research Support Drive | Youth Month 2025 Empowering Emerging Researchers in the Built Environment
Are you a Master's or PhD student?
An early career researcher in the Schools of CEM or SoAP?
Keen to elevate your research profile and navigate the academic landscape with confidence?
Join the Martienssen (Architecture) Library, in collaboration with the Research Visibility & Open Scholarship (RVOS) Unit and NRF SARCHI, for a dynamic Youth Month Research Support Drive designed to equip you with essential tools, platforms, and strategies to thrive in academia.
This 4-part weekly series will run throughout June 2025, featuring interactive and practical sessions covering.
📍 Click on each event title to view details and register online.
🔹 How to Get an NRF Rating
2 June | 12:00–14:00
By Prof Philip Harrison (NRF SARCHI)
Learn whether you should apply for a rating, what the NRF looks for in applications, how the evaluation process works, and how to craft a compelling submission.
🔹 Evidence Synthesis (Systematic Reviews/ Literature Reviews)
3 June | 12:00–14:00
By Winkie Siebane
Enhanced comprehension of evidence synthesis methodologies. Be able to develop research inquiries utilizing frameworks. Enhanced proficiency in doing thorough literature searches across various databases.
🔹 Open Access Publishing
4 June | 13:00–14:00
By the RVOS Team
Learn the benefits of Open Access, OA models, how to identify accredited journals, and apply for APCs via ChronosHub.
🔹 Research Visibility: ORCID & Author Profiles
11 June | 13:00–14:00
By Katlego Chiya
Maximize your academic presence by creating and optimizing your ORCID and other scholarly profiles.
🔹 Research Evaluation: Bibliometrics & Altmetrics
18 June | 13:00–14:00
By Winkie Siebane & Lethabo Letsoalo
Understand how to measure your research impact through citation metrics and alternative indicators like social media engagement.
🔹 Research Data Management (RDM) & Figshare
25 June | 13:00–14:00
By the RVOS Team
Master the management, preservation, and sharing of research data in line with funder and institutional requirements using Figshare.
Let’s celebrate Youth Month by investing in your research journey!
- From:
- 12:00pm, Monday, June 2, 2025
- To:
- 2:00pm, Wednesday, June 25, 2025
- Time Zone:
- Central Africa Time (change)
- Campus:
- East Campus
- Audience:
- Academics staff Doctoral Masters Post-Doc Researchers Postgraduates students Researchers
- Categories:
- Academic Staff Postgraduates students
- Attachments:
Hello! I'm Winkie, the Architecture Research Librarian at Wits University Library. Before booking an appointment, please keep the following in mind:
You can opt to meet either online or in person. A Microsoft Teams meeting link will be provided for both options.
For in-person meetings, my office is located on the 1st Floor of the John Moffat Building, Braamfontein, East Campus—it's the first office on the left as you enter the library.
If you need to cancel, kindly do so at your earliest convenience.
For immediate assistance, you can refer to your relevant library guide or contact me at 011 717 1929.