Improving Postgraduate Learning (IPL) Courses offered by Library
The Improving Postgraduate Learning (IPL) programme, organized by the Graduate School and the Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research (CLEAR), is a structured and cross-disciplinary framework which aims to facilitate the learning of research skills for all postgraduate students. It is highly recommended for postgraduate students to build a solid foundation for their postgraduate studies. All postgraduates are welcome to join!
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Registration begins on 15 August 2022.
Discover Research Information at Your Discipline
The workshops for different disciplines will cover:
- An overview of key resources provided by the Library and free Internet resources
- Locating and accessing journal articles, conference proceedings, books, theses, multimedia materials, and other relevant information resources in each discipline
- Advanced search techniques
Managing and Creating Reference Citations with Reference Managing Tools
These workshops will cover:
- Creating and formatting in-text citations and bibliographies for your papers using EndNote and RefWorks
- Creating personal references database by importing references from online databases and other sources
- Managing references in the personal database
| Discipline / Course | Date & Time | Venue | Registration |
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| Managing and Creating Reference Citations with EndNote | 19 Sep 2022 (Mon) 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. |
Online | Completed |
| Managing and Creating Reference Citations with RefWorks | 27 Sep 2022 (Tue) 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. |
Research Data Management for Your Discipline
The workshops for different disciplines will cover:
- Key concepts of research data management
- Features of Data Management Plans (DMPs) and using DMPTool to create DMPs
- Data repositories and dataset deposit in the CUHK Research Data Repository
- Data collection and reuse (according to disciplines)
- Data ethics (according to disciplines)
| Discipline / Course | Date & Time | Venue | Registration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group 1: Arts & Education | 15 Oct 2022 (Sat) 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
Online | Completed |
| Group 2: Engineering | 7 Oct 2022 (Fri) 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. |
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| Group 3: Medicine | 21 Oct 2022 (Fri) 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. |
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| Group 4: Science | 14 Oct 2022 (Fri) 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. |
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| Group 5: Business Administration,Law, Social Science, and Inter-faculty | 28 Oct 2022 (Fri) 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. |
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| Group 6: Multi-disciplines | 13 Jan 2023 (Fri) 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. |
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Basics of Research Data Management
This is an online course available on Blackboard. Compulsory for ALL research postgraduate and taught doctoral students (admitted in 2022/23 or after). Students are required to complete this online course in their 1st year of studies.
Objective & Brief Description
Research Data Management (RDM) is of growing importance throughout the research life cycle. This self-learning online course covers an overview of RDM, Data Management Plan, data deposit, and data ethics. After completion of this course, students will be able to understand the purpose and principles in research data management.
Observing Intellectual Property and Copyright Law during Research
This is an online course available on Blackboard. Compulsory for ALL research postgraduate students.
Objective & Brief Description
It is very important for students to know how to avoid infringing the Intellectual Property and Copyright of others. This course will introduce CUHK research students to updated issues in Intellectual Property and Copyright which are applicable in academic circles. To link the issues to global research, the subject of ‘Plagiarism’ is also included.
Medium of Instruction: English
Enquiries:
Email: clear@cuhk.edu.hk
Phone: 3943 6201