FAQ's about Research Administration

Access restricted to UCT staff and students. This working document arose out of our grant-writing workshop. Contact Kate le Roux if you would like to add to it. 

Events 

An online UCT calendar that allows you to sign up for postgraduate support events. 

(Past events include: Research Data Management, Open Access, Negotiating Emotional and Psychological Barriers while writing a thesis, etc) 

Online Presence 

Tracking your Academic Footprint 

• Tracking your Academic Footprint 

Open Access 

• OpenUCT Academics Online Presence Guide 

• OpenUCT Curation for Participation 

• Guide to sharing content online: Rother, K. et al. (2014). Curation for participation: an eight-step guide to curating scholarly content.  

• OpenUCT submission guidelines 

• Sherpa/Romeo 

• Choose the right journal for your research 

• Copyright Licensor Guidelines - Creative Commons South Africa 

NRF 

• NRF rating resources 

• NRF mandatory open access requirements 

Publication Count 

• Publication Count Guidelines 

Predatory Journals 

• Read the statement on predatory journals from the Office of Research Integrity, University of Cape Town 

Research Data Management 

• Managing research data 

• DPMOnline: Developed to help you write Data Management Plans 

• FAQs about research data management (Access restricted to UCT staff and students. This working document was developed after our research data management workshop, held in July 2017. Contact Kate le Roux if you would like to add to it.) 

• Become part of the conversation around RDM on UCT's Slack Team 

• Create your own Data Management Plan on UCT Libraries' DMPonline service (Pick from a variety of funder-specific or generic (NRF) templates.) 

• Make use of the G-Suite for Education 

• Create your own profile on the UCT Open Science Framework  

Research Funding and Funder Guidelines 

• Overview of funder publication, data policies and support provided