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:

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

25 June 2025 10:30am12:30pm
Increase your chances of a positive career on completion of your HDR.

Career shaping: Resume and selection criteria [webinar]

1 July 2025 10:30am12:30pm
Write a great resume tailored to your audience and learn how to respond to selection criteria.

Authorship: Your rights and responsibilities [webinar]

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

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

31 July 2025 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.

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

31 July 2025 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.

New! Interviews … and how to survive them [Dutton Park]

6 August 2025 1:00pm3:00pm
This interactive workshop discusses job interviews: How to prepare for them, how to present your expertise during them, dealing with tricky questions, and how to reduce any interview nerves. This workshop is delivered face to face at Dutton Park campus.

Strategic scholarly publishing principles [webinar]

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

Design thinking [webinar]

4 September 2025 10:00am12:00pm
Learn how to solve complex problems in a creative, user-centric and curious manner.

Planning to publish [webinar]

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

Pitching and storytelling [webinar]

11 September 2025 10:00am12:00pm
This session provides best practice on how to build a pitch deck and how to deliver it compellingly.

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