Partner With Us

TRAINING

Are you a faculty member/Dean/ University keen on enhancing leadership skills, expaning your network, and learn from the best practices in higher education management? If so, you might be interested in what CADA has in store for you.

CADA patnered with various Universities in the 6th Region HBCUs ( Historically Black College and Universities to enhance, share and develop Black education. Please reach out to us that we work on patnering and connecting with other Universities in the 6th region. 

Our training programs at CADA are designed to provide the knowledge, skills, and tools that are required to succeed in an academic leader role. Our areas of focus include but not limited to: collaboration, ethics and intergrity, diversity, Curriculum development, strategic planning , innovation skills in line with STEAM, faculty development amongst others. We also offer tailor made training programs

Our training programs at CADA are designed to provide the knowledge, skills, and tools that are required to succeed in an academic leader role. Our areas of focus include but not limited to: collaboration, ethics and intergrity, diversity, Curriculum development, strategic planning , innovation skills in line with STEAM, faculty development amongst others. Sociology, Psychological counselling, Policing and Law enforcement, Ethical leadership and business management

PROFILES

WEBSTER VAMBE
DR WILLIAMS CHAKABATWA
WRITING FOR ACADEMIC PUBLISHING

Preamble

The goal of this training is to help guide people in academia on the publishing process. The participants will be guided on identifying publishing outlets for credible work. The participants will also be guided on how to select topical issues for research and how to propose an acceptable title and draft a proposal. The participants will be able to publish a book chapter in 3month.

Target Audience

  • Individuals in Academia
  • Lecturers
  • Students in Higher Education
  • Academics
  • Researchers

Objectives

By the end of this 3 days training participant will be able to:

  1. Identify a topic for publication either as a book chapter or a journal article
  2. Draft a proposal for a book chapter
  3. Develop the book chapter proposal into a complete academic text
  4. Distinguish between predatory and reputable publishers
  5. Publish a book chapter in 3 month 

Course Content

The course content for this training is presented in this part as:

  • Predatory Journals
  • Reputable Journals
  • Importance of publishing in academic platforms
  • Co-authoring book chapter
  • Identify a call for publication
  • Responding to a call of a chapter with practical examples from the author experiences
  • Drafting a chapter proposal for a book chapter
  • Doing a review of literature for your chapter
  • Developing appropriate headings
  • Selecting appropriate resources for the chapter background
  • Locating information on the internet
  • Seeking help with language editing
  • Responding to peer review feedback
  • Finalising your chapter for publishing.
  • Providing strong theoretical and empirical background
CONDUCTING ACADEMIC RESEARCH TRAINING

Preamble

This course is designed for people in academia who would like to learn about research methodology. Various facets of research will be explored including the meaning of a research philosophy/paradigm, research approach and research design. The link between research philosophy and research objectives will also be unrivaled.

Target Audience

  • Lecturers
  • Students in higher education
  • Researchers

Course Objectives

  • The course objectives for this workshop are:
  • Distinguish between a research philosophy/paradigm and research approach
  • Distinguish a research approach from a research design
  • Identify the research population
  • Discuss various sampling methods
  • Distinguish between random and non-random sampling methods
  • Discuss data analysis
  • Explain ways of ensuring reliability and validity in qualitative and quantitative data
  • Select a topic for research (Diploma to Doctoral level)
  • Identifying a research gap
  • Conducting literature search
  • Compiling empirical literature
  • Identifying a theory to underpin your research
  • Presenting research findings

Course Content

  • Research Philosophy/Paradigm
  • Research Approach
  • Research population
  • Sample and sampling procedures
  • Random and non -random sampling
  • Designing research tools
  • Data analysis for quantitative and qualitative research
  • Reliability and Validity
  • Conducting literature review
  • Identify a research gap
  • Link between literature and research questions
  • Compiling empirical literature
  • Research Ethics
  • Dealing with references
  • Compiling your data findings
  • Wrapping up your research
CONDUCTING ACADEMIC RESEARCH TRAINING

Preamble

This course is designed for people in academia who would like to learn about research methodology. Various facets of research will be explored including the meaning of a research philosophy/paradigm, research approach and research design. The link between research philosophy and research objectives will also be unrivaled.

Target Audience

  • Lecturers
  • Students in higher education
  • Researchers

Course Objectives

  • The course objectives for this workshop are:
  • Distinguish between a research philosophy/paradigm and research approach
  • Distinguish a research approach from a research design
  • Identify the research population
  • Discuss various sampling methods
  • Distinguish between random and non-random sampling methods
  • Discuss data analysis
  • Explain ways of ensuring reliability and validity in qualitative and quantitative data
  • Select a topic for research (Diploma to Doctoral level)
  • Identifying a research gap
  • Conducting literature search
  • Compiling empirical literature
  • Identifying a theory to underpin your research
  • Presenting research findings

Course Content

  • Research Philosophy/Paradigm
  • Research Approach
  • Choosing a research topic for diploma up to doctoral level
  • Research population
  • Sample and sampling procedures
  • Random and non -random sampling
  • Designing research tools
  • Data analysis for quantitative and qualitative research
  • Reliability and Validity
  • Conducting literature review
  • Identify a research gap
  • Link between literature and research questions
  • Compiling empirical literature
  • Research Ethics
  • Dealing with references
  • Compiling your data findings

Wrapping up your research