Early Stage

Explore specific ideas, tools and techniques to navigate an academic career.

Increase your chances of a positive career on completion of your HDR.

This workshop provides a brief introduction into qualitative data collection. Registration closes 9am, 28 August.

Learn the principles of publishing your research strategically.

Understand the strategic value of networking. Identify networking opportunities.

This hands-on workshop introduces core concepts of inferential statistics and guides participants in using SPSS to apply and interpret common statistical tests such as correlation, chi-square, t-tests, and ANOVA. Through practical exercises, attendees will learn to define hypotheses and choose appropriate tests for research analysis. Registrations close 21 August, 9am.

Discover the purposes and characteristics of a confirmation document.

At UQ, animals are used for various scientific purposes in both research and teaching, including; laboratory research, teaching, veterinary science, companion and production animal settings, and in the wild (be it terrestrial or marine).

Discover the purposes and characteristics of a confirmation document. Presented face to face at the Herston campus. Webinar option also available.

Learn how to develop a close working relationship with your advisors.

Learn how to use and navigate the UQ Library search engine. Learn strategies to find and identify what you’re looking for, and like a skilled investigator, identify and track down promising additional material. This session is targeted at new HDR students who have little experience with Library searching.

At UQ, you MUST have Ethics approval BEFORE conducting Human research! Human Research is research conducted with or about people, or their data or tissue.

Learn the basics of NGS technologies and bioinformatics workflows in this hands-on workshop designed for beginners in genomic data analysis. Registration closes 12 August at 9am.

Successful careers are a result of good planning. Get started early with your career strategy.

This workshop explores planning and structuring research writing. (formerly called Planning to Write). Consider attending Refining Your Writing after attending this workshop.

Discover time-management strategies that will help you to ‘work well’ during your research degree.

Learn the core principles of machine learning through practical, Python‑based activities that take you from data preparation to building and evaluating real predictive models. Presented face to face at the St Lucia campus. Registration closes 9am, 6 August.

Join the Graduate Research School for the opportunity to meet your fellow commencing candidates, Graduate Research School staff who will be assisting you in the HDR journey and also enjoying lunch within the beautiful St Lucia Campus.

Learn how to involve research end users in developing projects and experimenting with novel ideas about how to tackle issues. This workshop is delivered face to face at St Lucia campus.

Are you plagued by procrastination? Why put off till tomorrow what you can do today? Learn tools and strategies to get you started in making change, feeling in control and creating new, more productive habits.

Although you are doing well, you may still feel like an imposter. Learn how to manage these feelings.

Orientation is strongly recommended for all commencing HDR candidates, both domestic and international.

This session is compulsory for all newly commencing HDR students and is a requirement of your visa.

This session provides an introduction to the secrets of great research presentations. Learn how to craft a message that targets your audience. (Formerly known as Planning and Presenting Persuasive Research).

Learn the key considerations for publishing your research, including journal selection, open access, costs, and managing the publishing process and its outcomes. Presented face to face at Herston campus.