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I am a mature part time post graduate student in F...

2011-12-12T10:39:41.140+02:00

I am a mature part time post graduate student in Faculty of Architecture and Planning at UCT researching the N2 Gateway in Langa. I have purchased my own licence for NVivo having been told by ICTS that it was not supported at UCT. As far as I can establish there are pockets of NVivo users located in different faculties where a department or research team has purchased a license but that access is restricted to those covered by the particular licence. I am currently using online learning materials provided by NVivo to familiarise myself with the programme and to code interview transcripts and secondary source materials. I would be interested to participate in a QDAS forum. I can be contacted by email landtill@iafrica.com

I just learnt that UCT's Sociology Department;...

2011-12-08T17:42:25.332+02:00

I just learnt that UCT's Sociology Department; "has an NVivo site license and conducts training workshops for it"! This is typical of the poor inter-departmental communication at UCT and is very frustrating: at the start of this year, I spent hours following up within the Humanities department as to whether an NVivo license was available and if training was offered. At the end, the department's ICT support staff feedback was that NVivo was not on site, so I it was only logical to conclude that no training was offered. As a result I paid to do a workshop in Johannesburg and bought a student license. The former (worthwhile as it was) may have been an avoidable expense!

You may wish to look into HyperRESEARCH QDA softwa...

2011-12-06T18:32:16.003+02:00

You may wish to look into HyperRESEARCH QDA software.

It's easier to use the NVivo and all of our support is free, both before and after you purchase our software.

We offer lower costs as well, both in our single-license Student and Educational pricing as well as volume discounts for Educational purchases of 5 or more licenses.

See online webinar replays here: http://researchware.com/support/online-training.html

I work at the Durban University of Technology and ...

2011-12-06T12:47:46.207+02:00

I work at the Durban University of Technology and the Nvivo software is essential to evaluate my data. The scenario is VERY similar to what you describe. NO workshop, the software I was given ran out and DUT was very slow and reluctant to respond, only with the intervention of my HOD did he finally get the response that they would renew the licence. They said they had one person for each faculty trained in Nvivo, but refused to tell me the name [??!}], even though they pointed out that the idea was that the trained person would train the others....

All in all it is a VERY frustrating experience and it is only due to my perseverance that I am still using Nvivo....despite all odds...