The School of Graduate Studies has held the second edition of research seminar for postgraduate students at the School of Medical Sciences Auditorium.
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The seminar which was organised by the School of Graduate Studies in conjunction with the College of Education Studies, College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, College of Health and Allied Sciences and Graduate Students Association of Ghana was on the theme 鈥楨nhancing Capacity for Postgraduate Research鈥�.
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Presenting on the topic鈥� Academic Writing and Publishing, the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Prof. Joseph B.A Afful, urged participants to pay attention to precision, references, tenses, voices when writing thesis. He said graduate researchers鈥� quotations from other studies should have basis in order to produce meaningful work.
Prof. Afful stressed the need for participants to take editing and proofreading seriously. The Dean took the students through hedging, voices and modality.
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The Vice- Dean School of Educational Development and Outreach, Dr. (Mrs.) Christine Adu-Yeboah, who spoke on the topic 鈥楨ffective Supervision: Roles, Skills and Publishing鈥� called on the students to plan their research work well in order to meet the standard of the University. She called on supervisors to support their students to produce excellent dissertation.
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Dr. (Mrs.) Christine Adu-Yeboah pointed out that the only way students could present quality research work was to collaborate with their supervisors. Taking his turn to address the participants on the topic 鈥楨xamining a Thesis/Dissertation and Viva Voce鈥�, Prof. David K. Essumang, urged graduate researchers to be abreast of VIVA VOCE, a criterion for assessing students鈥� dissertations in the University.
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听Prof. Essumang urged the students to be familiar with the features of writing good dissertation. The participants had their questions addressed by the speakers.