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Target Audience: 1st and 2nd year Postgraduate Researchers

This course will enable you to learn to develop your research questions, their search strings, identify suitable repositories, and significant guidelines for planning, conducting, and reporting systematic literature reviews (SLRs).

The course would be delivered online as a set of four modules: (1) The introduction, significance, and qualities of SLRs, (2) Planning the SLR, (3) Conducting the SLR, and (4) Reporting the SLR.

Each online module will focus on one of four aspects used to develop an understanding about performing SLRs. The modules will feature hand-on activities and guidance on software interface and commands for exporting and handling data, and JabRef.

Modules also include short exercises consolidating what is taught in class, which can be carried out on your own, and then discussed online for informal feedback.

A module will be covered once a week for four weeks with take-home exercises and assignments. At the end of four weeks the RPD course would be completed. The tutor will be available for further assistance via email or one-to-one online meetings for the full duration of the course.

This course is most suitable for 1st-year and 2nd-year postgraduate researchers who have little or no experience in performing systematic literature reviews.

Prerequisites

PG Certificate in Researcher Professional Development

All postgraduate research students are eligible to access the Researcher Development Programme workshops. This workshop can contribute towards the PG Certificate in Researcher Professional Development (PG Cert RPD).

You can find credit and class information in the Researcher Development Programme Handbook and in NEPTUNE (Engineering, HaSS) or SPIDER (Science).

Please check with your department or Supervisor to confirm if you are enrolled on the PG Cert RPD and how many credits you are expected to achieve if you are unsure.