Preliminary Programme
Session One: Planning the Journey
- Introduction to the Philosophy of Science
- The Research Question
- Experimental Design
- Project and Funding Proposals
- Where We End Up – Choosing a Career Path
Session Two: Travelling Together
- Networking, Management and Collaboration
- Supervising and Mentoring Students
Session Three: Getting There
- Data Management – Making it Easier for You
- Community-Based Research and Participatory Rural Appraisals
- Photography in the Field
- Smartphones, Tablets and Android Apps for Fieldwork
Session Four: Getting It Out There
- Ten Tips for Designing the Perfect Poster
- Presenting Platforms Effectively
- Popular Articles – Translating Science for the Public
- Overcoming the Academic Publishing Obstacle
- Reviewing and Revising Academic Manuscripts
Electronic Manual
- The Care and Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes
- Basic Introduction to R (statistics programme)
- Managing Photographs for Optimum Use
- Useful Tools for Plant Identification: Vouchers, Online Resources, Field Herbaria and Digitisation
- Plagiarism
- How SAEON and Researchers can Work Together
- Additional Resources Related to Session Topics