Research Well — Flourishing Through a Postgraduate Degree

The Problem

"Many postgraduates struggle less with the research than with everything around it: unspoken expectations with a supervisor, plans that take far longer than hoped, writing alone, imposter feelings, and a degree squeezed between work and family. This course helps with all of it, built on what research says protects postgraduates best."

What you'll achieve

Outcomes you can expect

Agree clear expectations with your supervisor and make every meeting count
Plan backwards from your deadline with an honest buffer, and keep moving
Build a writing rhythm that fits your life, alone and with others
Prepare for examination and the doors beyond the degree

The science behind it

What you'll learn

What protects postgraduates, and how to strengthen it in your own degree
How supervisors supervise, and how to ask for what you need
Why regular, tracked writing helps, and why every day is not the rule
How examiners read a thesis, and how to publish from yours

What's included

Everything you get

60 tools across 12 modules, 30 of them built for this course
A level guide on every tool: honours, master's, doctoral and postdoc
A reader and a one-page card for every module, and private fillable workbooks for 46 of the tools
Full research references on every tool's Learn tab

Who it's for

The right fit

Designed for For honours, master's and doctoral students doing a research project, dissertation or thesis, and for postdoctoral fellows in the modules marked for them. Designed for the many who study part-time while working.

A postgraduate degree is one of the few things you do mostly alone, over months or years, often beside a job and a family. This course follows the four crossings of the postgraduate path, starting, the proposal and confirmation, the writing-up year, and submission and after, and brings together what research says helps: support and belonging, a working partnership with your supervisor, an honest plan, a writing rhythm you choose, kindness to yourself on the long road, and a clear view of what comes next.

Common questions

FAQ

Which levels is it for?

Honours, master's and doctoral students doing research, and postdoctoral fellows in the modules marked for them. Every tool shows the levels it suits best.

I study part-time while working. Is it for me?

Yes. Most postgraduates in South Africa do, and the planners make room for work, family and rest.

Where do I start?

With What Keeps Me Well and Working With Your Supervisor, wherever you are in your degree. Then join at the crossing you are at now.

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A companion for the postgraduate road, from starting to submission and after.

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