Hi there!
I'm Kerryn, your research guru and fellow idiot.
Coming from a non-academic family, I felt I had to learn everything from scratch when moving between degrees. The dissertation was a thing I didn't initially get, but, over the years, I not only succeeded in my own academic ambitions, but have helped hundreds of students across disciplines achieve theirs using focused strategies.
These strategies have been reworked into workshops and resources that have helped students in multiple stages of their research journey. I am a strong believer that anyone can write a good piece of research with structured guidance (and only a little bit of pixie dust).
If you, your institution or organization need structured, personalized help, look through my current options, or feel free to contact me for curriculum or workshop design aimed to assist your ragtag group of graduate students.
Your students wandering around your department, lost and not knowing what to concentrate on next? Well... sounds like they need some project management guidance. This is a workshop of timelines, realistic goal-setting and practical productivity.
Want your students to tell their parents what on earth they are doing? This workshop is all about research and science communication: what it is and how to do it.
(And yes, this includes the thesis defence or viva).
This workshop covers the structure, process and academic writing. This is about key writing principles for each assignment or chapter.
Book a session where we can discuss:
Your workshop needs
The amount of time you have allocated to the topic (one afternoon? one week?)
The number of students taking the workshop
In-person (Cape Town, South Africa) and online workshop options
Otherwise, book an appointment (below) to discuss.