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ONLINE: Building Your Researcher Profile, Capturing Research Outputs on eRA, and Understanding the UCT Publication Count

 

About this workshop

This workshop will cover two related topics which form an integral part of the electronic Research Administration (eRA) System.  They are:

 

Segment 1: Building your Researcher profile

  • Researchers can update their eRA profiles to display information related to their academic careers to enhance research visibility, searchability and impact. This includes capturing CV activities, research classifications as well as historical publications.
  • A well established, publicly visible profile can be viewed by site visitors, with the opportunity to attract potential collaborators in similar fields or across disciplines.

 

Segment 2 : An introduction to the UCT publication count process

  • Participants will gain a clear understanding of what qualifies for subsidy, when submissions take place, roles and responsibilities, the importance of accuracy for institutional reporting, and how UCT manages the process.
  • The session will also demonstrate how the eRA (Electronic Research Administration) system supports UCT’s DHET submissions.

 

About the presenters

Mrs Melissa Abrahams, Senior Coordinator, Research Systems, Research Office 

Research Systems does first line support for the eRA System, iThenticate and RedCap, and Melissa has 8 years’ experience in working on the eRA System, with business owners and the user community.

 

Ms Ronel de Swardt, Senior Coordinator, Research Support Services

Ronel project‑manages the UCT research publication count and has over a decade of experience working with DHET Research Outputs Policy compliance, institutional submissions, and publication data quality assurance.

 

What level of study is the workshop aimed at?

Postgraduate Diploma

Yes

Honours

Yes

Masters

Yes

PhD

Yes

Postdoctoral Fellow

Yes

Junior Research Fellow

Yes

 

Which faculty/faculties is the workshop aimed at?

Humanities

Yes

Commerce (including GSB)

Yes

Law

Yes

EBE

Yes

Science

Yes

Health Sciences

Yes

CHED

Yes

 

While the workshop is aimed at certain levels of study and faculties, anyone is welcome to join, as long as any stipulated requirements are met, such as participation and/or preparation.

 

Requirements

Preparation for the workshop

No preparation required.

Level of participation at the workshop

Questions are welcomed, but participants are by no means forced to interact.

MS Teams
  • It is recommended that you install the MS Teams software onto the device that you will be using to join the workshop, so that you have full functionality of the software features.
  • If you require any technical assistance with this task or require guidance in using the software, please contact the ICTS helpdesk at icts-helpdesk@uct.ac.za or on +27 21 650 4500.
  • When registering for this workshop, you will be prompted to input your UCT credentials, including UCT e-mail address, for security reasons.  A confirmation e-mail will then be sent to the UCT e-mail address with which you registered and will contain the MS Teams link to join the workshop on the day.
  • To join the online workshop on the day, log into MS Teams via the profile linked to the e-mail address with which you registered and not a personal or company profile, to avoid access issues.

 

Queries?

Questions for Melissa Abrahams can be sent to era@uct.ac.za or a call can be logged on the ServiceNow platform.

Questions for Ronel de Swardt can be sent to researchsupport@uct.ac.za.

 

Date:
Friday, June 19, 2026
Time:
10:00am - 11:30am
Presenter:
Mrs Melissa Abrahams, Research Systems and Ms Ronel de Swardt, Research Support Services
Categories:
OPGS workshops

Registration is required. There are 192 seats available.

Event Organizer

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Amanda Bessick

 

Contact:

Room 2.04  Level 2 Otto Beit Building

University Avenue, Upper Campus

University of Cape Town

Rondebosch 7700

 

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Social media:

@UCTpostgrads

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