Transferable skills are probably the least understood of the three skills addressed in the Career Development Framework. Transferable skills are most simply described as a set of general skills that are important across a range of environments and workplaces.  Transferable skills are highly valued by employers because they can be applied in so many different ways across so many different situations: they are not discipline specific nor are they specific to any one profession. They include such things as communication, problem solving and teamwork. Being able to identify and develop your transferable skills is one of the most important steps in preparing for a successful career.

Categories that focus on the development of transferable skills include:

Impactful presentations: Script Development [St Lucia]

5 May 2026 9:30am2:00pm
This interactive and highly practical workshop will help you to convert detailed technical research into an audience-friendly and audience-centric script. Presented face to face at the St Lucia campus.

Maximising Research Impact: Strategies to strengthen your track record during your PhD [St Lucia]

13 May 2026 10:00am11:30am
Learn how to articulate and showcase your research impact through practical strategies, real-world examples, and reflective exercises in this interactive workshop. This workshop is delivered face to face at St Lucia campus.

Effective time management [webinar]

15 May 2026 10:00am11:30am
Discover time-management strategies that will help you to ‘work well’ during your research degree.

Communicating qualitative research [Webinar]

18 May 2026 1:00pm3:00pm
Learn how to communicate your methods and results for qualitative studies as well as communicate to address questions of rigour.

Presenting your research [webinar]

19 May 2026 10:00am12:00pm
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).

Presenting for the 3MT [webinar]

20 May 2026 9:30am11:00am
How do you present effectively for the 3MT? Delivered face to face at the St Lucia campus.

Three Ss of Resilience [webinar]

22 May 2026 10:00am11:30am
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.

Data visualisation and digital tools for effective scientific communication [webinar]

25 May 2026 10:00am12:00pm
Learn practical principles for transforming complex research data into clear, publication-ready visual outputs.

Impactful presentations: Physical Development [St Lucia]

26 May 2026 9:30am2:00pm
This interactive and highly practical workshop will help you to transforming your physical skills for high energy presentations, enabling you to deliver with clarity and confidence. Presented face to face at the St Lucia campus.

Writing a confirmation document [Webinar]

18 June 2026 2:00pm3:30pm
Discover the purposes and characteristics of a confirmation document.

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Career development for HDR candidates: Planning your next steps [webinar]

23 April 2026 2:00pm3:00pm
This interactive workshop will support HDR candidates to strategically plan their career pathways during and beyond their studies.

Perfection not required: Managing perfectionism [webinar]

23 April 2026 11:30am1:00pm
This workshop will dispel the common myth that perfectionism is a good thing that is a characteristic of high achievers, and use a cognitive behavioural approach to overcoming perfectionist behaviours and thought processes.

Writing a literature review for HDRs [webinar]

22 April 2026 10:00am11:30am
Learn how to critically read and note-take when writing your literature review. Examine the unique features of a literature review as a frame for your research.

Planning and Delivering Successful Projects: Lessons from Practice [webinar]

15 April 2026 1:00pm2:30pm
Learn how to plan and manage health projects with clarity and resilience by structuring ideas into actionable frameworks, anticipating risks, coordinating stakeholders, and adapting effectively when conditions change. This workshop is delivered in two parts over two consecutive weeks. Attendance at part one is required for part two.

Effective time management [Dutton Park]

Cancelled
13 April 2026 1:00pm2:30pm
Discover time-management strategies that will help you to ‘work well’ during your research degree. Presented face to face at Dutton Park campus.

Effective time management [webinar]

Cancelled
13 April 2026 1:00pm2:30pm
Discover time-management strategies that will help you to ‘work well’ during your research degree.

Making the most of the advisor/student relationship [webinar]

31 March 2026 1:00pm2:30pm
Learn how to develop a close working relationship with your advisors.

Assertiveness: Finding Your Voice [St Lucia]

25 March 2026 10:00am12:00pm
This workshop provides strategies to think and behave more assertively, set healthy professional boundaries and resolve conflict in professional contexts. This workshop is delivered face to face at St Lucia campus.

Pondering procrastination productively [webinar]

17 March 2026 11:00am12:30pm
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.

Story Moods with Kathleen Jennings [St Lucia]

27 November 2025 10:30am12:30pm
Explore a technique for quickly understanding what makes a short story work, start building up your own stories, and learn tricks you can adapt to other forms of writing.

A winning mindset: Coaching for performance [webinar]

11 November 2025 10:00am12:30pm
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.

Enhancing academic writing with AI: Strategies, opportunities and considerations [webinar]

29 September 2025 10:00am11:30am
This workshop aims to improve the academic writing skills of Higher Degree by Research students by integrating Generative AI tools like ChatGPT into the writing process, while maintaining academic integrity.

R U OK - Building your skills [webinar]

10 September 2025 12:00pm1:30pm
R U Ok Day is a national day of action to encourage conversations with those who may be struggling. This workshop will build skills on mental health awareness, ways we can have difficult conversations with each other and ways to access support.

Postgrad life in the Great Southern Land [St Lucia]

2 September 2025 10:00am11:30am
This workshop explores common challenges for international students, such as the experience of homesickness and culture shock, as well as the differences in the Australian workplace and academic cultures. This workshop is delivered face to face at St Lucia campus.

Game Changers Playbook: Create your own future with Impact Superpower #1 – Humility [webinar]

7 August 2025 2:00pm4:00pm
Learn how how humility can help you understand industry problems and identify opportunities to build an innovation career connected to your values. This workshop is offered in dual mode.

Game Changers Playbook: Create your own future with Impact Superpower #1 – Humility [St Lucia]

7 August 2025 2:00pm4:00pm
Learn how how humility can help you understand industry problems and identify opportunities to build an innovation career connected to your values. This workshop is delivered face to face at St Lucia campus.

Resilient researcher: Becoming a Resilient Researcher [Webinar]

17 July 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
Build your resilience for your research degree and beyond.

Resilient researcher: Resilience when remote [Webinar]

18 June 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
This webinar is designed to assist HDR candidates researching in remote locations. For instance, this may occur when you are away collecting data or are based interstate or even overseas.

Mental Health First Aid [St Lucia]

16 June 2025 9:00am17 June 2025 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 11 June 9am. Workshop delivered face to face at St Lucia campus.

The 'imposter' syndrome [webinar]

5 June 2025 1:00pm4:00pm
Although you are doing well, you may still feel like an imposter. Learn how to manage these feelings.

Resilient researcher: Understanding yourself and others [webinar]

7 April 2025 12:00pm1:30pm
Your IQ is high. But what about your EQ? The ability to understand ourselves and others is central to career and personal success.

Using strengths to effectively work in teams [webinar]

9 September 2024 10:00am1:00pm
Learn about your unique strengths and how you can leverage these to work effectively in teams. REGISTRATION CLOSES 1 September