Mid Stage

Deepen your understanding of research impact and developing an action plan for achieving impact. Formulate your action plan for maximising research impact.

This workshop aims to assist HDR students to manage stress, to open conversations about wellbeing and to access UQ support services and resources.

Understand the strategic value of networking. Identify networking opportunities.

This practical workshop will develop participants’ understanding of the principles, methods, and interpretation of statistical models for longitudinal data. Participants must know R and be familiar with the concepts of statistical hypothesis testing and regression analysis.

Genome annotation is crucial to defining the function of genomic sequences. Apollo is a popular tool for facilitating real-time collaborative, manual curation and genome annotation editing. In this workshop we will learn how to use Apollo to refine genome annotations. Registration closes 6 November at 9am.

The theme of this networking breakfast is Career Strategy: From HDR to beyond. This networking breakfast will help you to reflect on your career options – whether they be in industry, government or universities – and to identify useful strategies to get you to your desired career destination. Applications close 28 October 9:00am

This practical hands-on workshop will help participants to choose and use the appropriate statistical test for their data by introducing key concepts of inferential statistics in R. Prior knowledge of R is required. Please do not sign up unless you are able to fully attend both mornings.

A brief introduction into qualitative data collection.

Learn strategies to improve resilience in order to better manage the stresses and strains of life, both during the candidature and in your future professional life.

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

Intellectual Property can be a valuable asset and understanding how to protect it will help you in your research career. This session will touch upon UQ’s IP policies, and the broader Australian and global context.

Find out how to generate workable ideas from your research and turn them into business opportunities. Be an idea pioneer!

Discover post-HDR career options and consider which is best for you.

Anyone interested in finding out more about containers and learning how to run research software from containers. Basic experience with Unix or Linux is required.

Learn to appraise and refine your own writing. (formerly called Writing to meet your readers' expectations as well as Cohesion, Linking, and Flow in your Writing).

This practical workshop will introduce the specific skills and applications used in the analysis of RNA-Seq gene expression data.

Learn how to communicate your methods and results for qualitative studies as well as communicate to address questions of rigour.

Interactive workshop to give you skills to prepare and maintain an outstanding CV. (previously known as Preparing your CV).

This highly interactive online workshop will provide attendees with a friendly, gentle introduction to the theory behind linear regressions in R. Prior experience with R and the RStudio interface is required, as well as familiarity with the concepts of descriptive statistics and elementary statistical hypothesis testing.

Learn about this common method. The session focusses on the considerations of creating a survey.

Learn how to manage your research and cope with information overload. [Formerly called Organising your research with concept maps and graphic organisers]

An introduction to R for non-programmers using gapminder data (Combines the former workshops Intro to R and Advanced R). Please do not sign up unless you are able to fully attend all four mornings.

This practical workshop will help participants to choose and use the appropriate standard statistical test for their data by introducing key concepts of inferential statistics in SPSS. Participants will learn how to compute and interpret hypothesis tests for popular statistical models such as correlation, contingency tables, chi-square test, t-test and ANOVA. Prior knowledge of SPSS is required.

Our mindset is the foundation for success in life and careers. Learn to develop a winning mindset and practice coaching which is an essential workplace skill.

Learn about research metrices and social media impact. Find out how and where you can start making an impact with your research. (Previously known as Making and measuring research impact: an introduction)