THE THIRD SOUTHERN AFRICAN STUDENTS’ PSYCHOLOGY CONFERENCE 2013 JOHANNESBURG, 24 TO 28 JUNE 2013

Abstract

My conference experience began with the phrase 'your opinion, as a student, does not matter until you get to postgrad. And your opinion at postgrad level does not count until you're in Masters or PhD.' I cannot remember who exactly told me this in my first year, but it is a belief that seems to be present in many students at tertiary level. So it is needless to say how stressful it was presenting not one, but two papers at the conference (although one was more proposal-based).