No matter what professional experience you have, or what career trajectory you intend to follow after completing your degree, it is important to reflect on your plans for your future career and how you intend to transition from your research degree to that professional context. Depending on what path you wish to take, there are some professional skills which are specific to particular career paths; skills such as those required by professional researchers, teaching skills needed in academia, or skills that will assist you to innovate as an entrepreneur. Building professional skills during your research degree will ensure you are well-equipped for whichever pathway you choose. 

Categories that focus on the development of professional skills include:

Authorship: Your rights and responsibilities [webinar]

13 January 2025 10:00am11:30am
Explore guiding principles of good publishing practice/ethics and your rights. Previously known as Academic publishing: Play by the rules.

Promoting your publications: Maximising your research visibility [webinar]

21 January 2025 10:00am11:30am
What can you do to maximise your work’s visibility and impact? This is the second part of a two-part series. Consider attending Publishing Your Research: Writing and Submitting before this.

Networking in the digital space [webinar]

22 January 2025 10:00am12:00pm
This session will provide tips and tricks for making contact through digital means.

Planning to publish [webinar]

19 February 2025 10:00am11:30am
Which journals/publishers are best for your research? (previously known as How to Get Published)

Strategic scholarly publishing principles [webinar]

27 February 2025 1:00pm2:00pm
Learn the principles of publishing your research strategically.

Mastering the WRite Stuff™ [online]

27 November 2024 9:00am28 November 2024 4:00pm
Are you coming up to or just past Progress Review 2 (Mid-Candidature Review) and getting the jitters about having to produce a mammoth 80,000 word thesis all in the not too distant future? Fret not, we’ve got you covered! Join us for a 2-day intensive course and learn how to set yourself on the right path to writing. Applications close 10 November.

Communicating for impact outside academia [St Lucia]

25 November 2024 10:00am12:00pm
Learn to communicate your research to the broader community.

Optimising Wellbeing throughout your HDR Journey [Gatton]

18 November 2024 12:30pm2:00pm
This workshop aims to assist HDR students to manage stress, to open conversations about wellbeing and to access UQ support services and resources.

Strategic networking: How to connect for impact [webinar]

18 November 2024 10:00am12:00pm
Understand the strategic value of networking. Identify networking opportunities.

Career strategy: Plan for your Future [webinar]

14 November 2024 10:00am12:00pm
Successful careers are a result of good planning. Get started early with your career strategy.

How to navigate an academic career [webinar]

13 November 2024 10:00am12:00pm
Explore specific ideas, tools and techniques to navigate an academic career.

Career shaping: Resume and selection criteria [webinar]

11 November 2024 2:00pm3:30pm
Write a great resume tailored to your audience and learn how to respond to selection criteria.

Career shaping: Understand your skills and identify opportunities [webinar]

6 November 2024 2:00pm3:30pm
Increase your chances of a positive career on completion of your HDR.

Intellectual property and the law [St Lucia]

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6 November 2024 1:00pm2:30pm
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.

Lighting the Spark: Entrepreneurial Pathways to leverage your research [St Lucia]

5 November 2024 10:00am12:00pm
Find out how to generate workable ideas from your research and turn them into business opportunities. Be an idea pioneer!

Career strategy (General) [St Lucia]

29 October 2024 10:00am12:00pm
Discover post-HDR career options and consider which is best for you.

CV Essentials for HDRs [webinar]

22 October 2024 10:00am12:00pm
Interactive workshop to give you skills to prepare and maintain an outstanding CV. (previously known as Preparing your CV).

Promoting your research impact: Collecting evidence of research engagement [webinar]

9 October 2024 10:00am11:30am
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)

Enhancing Teaching and Learning with AI: Strategies, opportunities and considerations [webinar]

2 October 2024 11:00am12:30pm
Learn innovative practices and challenges in teaching and learning.

What DO examiners want? [Webinar]

1 October 2024 1:00pm3:00pm
What are examiners looking for in your written thesis and oral examination (viva)? How or what should you prepare? This session is also offered in the F2F mode. Please ensure that you are registered in the correct mode to receive the correct instructions.

Matching your potential with employment possibilities [webinar]

30 September 2024 10:00am12:00pm
This workshop will provide you with strategies for finding out what jobs are out there, and how to decide the main characteristics being sought in those jobs.

Pitching and storytelling [St Lucia]

26 September 2024 10:00am12:00pm
This session provides best practice on how to build a pitch deck and how to deliver it compellingly.

Design thinking [St Lucia]

24 September 2024 10:00am12:00pm
Learn how to solve complex problems in a creative, user-centric and curious manner.

Copyright and your research: Including material in your thesis and publications [St Lucia]

1 August 2024 1:00pm2:30pm
Examine how you should correctly incorporate and attribute copyrighted material in your thesis and publications. This workshop is also available in the webinar delivery mode. Please ensure that you are correctly registered in your chosen mode to receive the relevant workshop notifications.

Copyright and your research: Including material in your thesis and publications [webinar]

1 August 2024 1:00pm2:30pm
Examine how you should correctly incorporate and attribute copyrighted material in your thesis and publications. This workshop is also available in the face-to-face delivery mode. Please ensure that you are correctly registered in your chosen mode to receive the relevant workshop notifications.

Working in the 3rd Space: non-academic university careers [webinar]

10 July 2024 10:00am12:00pm
Learn what is meant by 'the third space' and how this space might be right for your career.

Mental Health First Aid [St Lucia]

17 June 2024 9:00am18 June 2024 4:30pm
Want to gain the mental health first aid skills to help yourself and others in mental distress? Want to gain the MHFA accreditation that you can put on your CV? Join our 2 full-day MHFA accreditation training offered to HDR students at no cost to you! Please do NOT sign up unless you can commit to attending both days in full. Registration closes 12 June 9am.

NEW! Bring it together: what good tutors do [webinar]

13 June 2024 11:00am12:00pm
This workshop focuses on improving tutoring skills through case studies, understanding hybrid tutoring, and strategizing for success.

Ventures' LeadHers

13 June 2024 9:00am1:00pm
Want to grow your leadership capabilities as a woman PhD candidate? Join us for a half day LeadHers program for PhD candidates.

NEW! What’s new in eLearning [webinar]

5 June 2024 11:00am12:00pm
Discover new functions and capabilities in eLearning systems.

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