POSTGRADUATE PROJECT REGISTRATION (HDC AND UZREC)
Pathway for registration: Postgraduate projects (Masters and Doctoral) must be approved by the Faculty of Arts Research Ethics Committee (FAREC), Faculty Board (FB) and Higher Degrees Committee (HDC), followed by ethics approval by the UNIZULU Research Ethics Committee (UZREC) and issued an ethics certificate by the Ethics Office (REC). Only then may postgraduate students commence with their data collection and may apply for funding from the Research Office.
BEFORE REGISTRATION:
Referral to the site is recommended (before presentation)
Departmental presentation: Applicant presents the proposal to the department, through a 15 min oral presentation. During this time, the department ensures that there is an accredited programme, selects a supervisor who is (a) interested in the topic (b) experienced in the topic and the candidate is advised to proceed with a proposal (c) Chairperson of FAREC is present. The candidate receives a letter, which they take with them to registration. (This form needs to be completed)
The candidate is referred to this website (can log in as GUEST) and given access to TurnitIn through their respective supervisors OR the UNIZULU library.
Proposal Writing: Student completes a research proposal in MS Word format, under guidance of supervisor(s), following the Postgraduate Proposal Guideline using this template. (See Template)
Proposals are reviewed in the Department and the reviewers reports and correction sheet (download here) must be included in the proposal. The Correction Sheet, detailing all responses to the critique, effected or not, which the supervisor will sign, must be included.
Once completed to the satisfaction of the supervisor(s), an Ethics Application form (in MS Word) is completed by the Supervisor and the proposal is then submitted & scrutinised by members of FAREC, where it will be recommended to be tabled at Faculty Board.
If any research is done on animals, please consult the Acting DDRI first.
Proposal Submission: The proposal with a copy of the TurnitIn report, is then submitted to the Acting DDRI (hermannc@unizulu.ac.za). The following documents are needed in the pack IN ONE DOCUMENT in the following sequence:
a) Research Proposal Cover Sheet (download here)
b) Faculty checklist with all relevant signatures. (download here)
c) Register of the review panel during the faculty presentation (download here)
d) Project Registration form (HDC01) (download here)
e) Appointment of Supervisor and Co-supervisor form (HDC03) (download here) as well as the MOU (download here)
f) Budget Template (download here)
g) Completed review forms by faculty peer reviewers (download here).
h) Correction Sheet, signed off by Supervisor (download here)
i) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) (must be signed) (download here)
j) Research proposal (signed)
k) TurnitIn Report (recommended below 10%)
l) All research Instruments, if applicable, e.g. permission letter, Informed Consent form, questionnaire, permit, translations.
Higher Degrees Committee approval: Once approved by FB, the application will serve before HDC for approval.
UZ Research Ethics Committee approval: Once approved by HDC, the application will serve before UZREC for ethics approval.
Issue of Ethics certificate: Once approved by UZREC, the project will be registered with the Research Office and an Ethics Certificate will be issued by the Ethics Office and emailed to the supervisor. Only after the ethics certificate is issued may the student start collecting data for his/her project, i.e. no research data collection may be done until the the project has received ethics approval.