Mantelab KNUST

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Free, self-paced courses for students and early-career researchers, covering the research skills a standard curriculum tends to leave out. Seventy-seven students have taken them so far.

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  • Scientific Communication

    A practical course in communicating research to expert and non-expert audiences: writing papers and theses, presenting data visually, speaking at conferences, reaching the public, and giving useful peer review.

    12 lessons   1 quizzes   6 assignments   —   10 weeks   —   free

  • PG Pharmacology

    The full arc of a postgraduate research degree in the lab, from first proposal through fieldwork reporting to thesis submission.

    18 lessons   1 quizzes   4 assignments   —   Weeks 1–51   —   free

  • 4th Year Undergraduate Project

    A week-by-week guide to running your first independent research project, from choosing a topic through to uploading the final thesis.

    9 lessons   13 assignments   —   Weeks 1–19   —   free

  • 5th Year Academia Elective

    Experiential training in research and academic life, taught partly online and partly in person, for students considering a research career.

    10 lessons   5 assignments   —   Weeks 1–8   —   free

  • Handling of Laboratory Animals

    Laboratory animals are used to develop and test medicines and vaccines. Proper handling is both an ethical obligation and a precondition for reproducible results.

    6 lessons   1 quizzes   —   1 week   —   free

  • Responsible Conduct of Research

    RCR training is part of Mantelab's commitment to maintaining the highest possible standards of research integrity among its members. Each lesson is followed by a short quiz.

    8 lessons   8 quizzes   —   1 week   —   free

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