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Useful Organisations

American Psychological Association (APA)
American Psychological Society The Association for Psychological Science (previously the American Psychological Society) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of scientific psychology and its representation at the national and international level. Executive Director Alan G. Kraut explained why psychological science is important during the opening ceremony of the 24th APS Annual Convention
■Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA UKZN) CAPRISA is an official research institute of the University of KwaZulu-Natal and Columbia University. CAPRISA was established in 2002 through a CIPRA grant from the NIH, as a multi-institutional collaboration, incorporated as an independent non-profit AIDS Research Organization
Human Sciences Research Council The core business of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) is to conduct large-scale, policy-relevant, social-scientific projects for public-sector users, non-governmental organisations and international development agencies. We do this in partnership with researchers globally, but specifically in Africa. Our commitment to cutting-edge research which supports development nationally, in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and in Africa is evident, but it is our commitment to the dissemination of that research that demonstrates the remarkable and measurable impact of our work. As the national social science council of South Africa, the HSRC wishes to serve as a knowledge hub to bridge the gap between research, policy and action; thus increasing the impact of research. This is achieved through collaboration with key constituencies, including government, other research organisations, multinational agencies, universities, non-government organisations, .....
Psychological Society of South Africa (PSYSSA)
South African Medical Reserach Council
The South African Medical Research Council is a para-statal medical research organisation in South Africa. Its mission is to improve the nation's health status and quality of life through relevant and excellent health research aimed at promoting equity and development
Professional Board for Psychology (HPCSA)
Sci-Hub: removing barriers in the way of science

Wiley Peer Review Resources

What comes after manuscript submission?

Have you submitted your paper? If so, you may be wondering what comes next. Once submitted, your manuscript will undergo a thorough peer review. For some researchers, this can be a difficult part of the publishing process, so here are some resources that you may find helpful:

A guide for each step of the peer review process
Tips on how to address reviewer comments
Advice for surviving peer review and getting published
Understanding what types of peer review approaches journals use

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UKZN Links

Discipline of Psychology The Psychology programme offers general as well as structured (focused) degrees at the undergraduate level. Upon completion of the Honours programme, students can choose amongst a range of specializations at the Masters level, such as Educational Psychology, Health Promotion, Counselling Psychology, Industrial or Organizational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Research Psychology, and Research Ethics, most of which lead to registration as a psychologist with the Health Professions Council of South Africa
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UKZN Psychology Dept - STUDENT RESOURCES
Style Guide, Plagiarism Policy, Essay writing guide, Exam guideline, Post Graduate Research Thesis / Project Process guide - for 2013
UKZN Research Office
Welcome to the Research Office website. We are aware that you depend on this website to access UKZN Research Policies, Grant Application Forms and Guidelines, Research-related news, and innovative research ideas.
The Writing Place Guide to Essay Writing
This guide will walk you through the best way to approach an essay, referencing, plagiarism, etc.

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Vision: Contributing to a just, peaceful and safer South Africa through effective and humane incarceration of inmates, rehabilitation and social reintegration of offenders.
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