The School, through Research and Higher Degrees office coordinates  a series of  research capacity development workshops for postgraduate students which range from  research methodologies, conducting literature review, thematic analysis, data collection methods ,  what examiners look for when examining dissertation  and etc. This  is a recent  workshop  facilitated by:  Dr Elijah Mkhatshwa  on scientific writing on the 1^st of October 2018  and  Dr Mary van der Riet  in Pietermaritzburg campus  facilitating a workshop on what examiners look for when marking a dissertation.