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#MyPhDMatters - The contribution to knowledge is not the same as the conclusion @VernonTrafford @elias_ayuk @kobuswes @SizileMakola

Make contribution to knowledge explicitly clear - even if it means adding another chapter to the thesis #MyPhDMatters @kobuswes @SizileMakola

Ethics should not be seen as compliance, but then why is ethics constructed as compliance? #MyPhDMatters @kobuswes @Visagrg

#MyPhDMatters @unisa @Visagrg Use the six pillars of character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship - Dr Annie Temane @go2uj @220477AD

Values are more than compliance with rules , the "Ethics of Care" from Prof Hoffman from @tut #MyPhDMatters @UnisaCems @Qomakazi

#MyPhDMatters Dr Annie Temane @go2uj Research ethics in PhD studies - live it, love it and work it @kobuswes @Visagrg

Wicked problems require researchers to exit the rigid disciplinary boxes - @kobuswes #MyPhDMatters

#MyPhDMatters @kobuswes By its nature, the PhD is multidisciplinary @UnisaCems @SizileMakola

Crossing own boundaries are necessary as part of the PhD - Prof Michelle May @UnisaCems @kobuswes #MyPhDMatters

#MyPhDMatters "being in uncertainty is part of the PhD journey" Prof Michelle May @UnisaCems @kobuswes

#MyPhDMatters Prof Michelle May refers to negative capabilities @unisa

#MyPhDMatters "Examiners will see through a superficial reading of the methodology" - Prof Neil Eccles @kobuswes @UnisaRandI

40% of the PhD journey is reading - Prof Neil Eccles @unisa #MyPhDMatters

#MyPhDMatters - Prof Neil Eccles: A PhD is an individual endeavour @kobuswes @elias_ayuk

#MyPhDMatters Prof Neil Eccles: what should motivate student to pursue a PhD? a driving, burning kind of curiosity... @patricia_makoni @kobuswes @CathleRoux88

#MyPhDMatters Prof Neil Eccles offers a pragmatic view: "PhD students are unlikely to change the world" @kobuswes

#MyPhDMatters The nature of training at undergradaute levels do not promote multidisciplinary research - Prof @FulufheloNetsw1 @kobuswes @SizileMakola @eliasayuk

#MyPhDMatters Prof Netsweta confirms the agenda on wicked problems is not new @kobuswes

#MyPhDMatters @DriesVelthuizen Where do one draw the line between trans- and interdisciplinary research? There is no line! @kobuswes

Life is a living laboratory where we create knowledge @DriesVelthuizen says #MyPhDMatters @unisa