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:

Communicating quantitative research and visual information effectively [webinar]

5 September 2025 10:00am11:30am
Learn how to make your data, statistics, graphs and images more impactful and memorable by learning how to make them more reader/audience-friendly. Case studies from both written work and oral presentations will be used to illustrate common problems and more effective solutions.

Research impact: Planning for optimal impact and engagement [St Lucia]

9 September 2025 12:00pm1:30pm
Deepen your understanding of research impact and developing an action plan for achieving impact. Formulate your action plan for maximising research impact. This workshop is delivered face to face at St Lucia campus.

R U OK - Building your skills [webinar]

11 September 2025 10:00am11:30am
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.

Writing a literature review [webinar]

22 September 2025 10:00am12:00pm
Learn how to critically read and note-take when writing your lit review. Examine the unique features of a literature review as a frame for your research.

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.

Ethical and Productive Use of Generative AI Tools as an HDR Candidate [Webinar]

30 September 2025 10:30am1:00pm
Learn how generative AI tools can support your thinking and development as a researcher and academic writer.

Tips and tricks for grant applications: the ultimate beginner's guide [St Lucia]

2 October 2025 10:00am1:00pm
Learn how to write your best grant application from the experts.

Pondering procrastination productively [webinar]

15 October 2025 10:00am11:30am
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.

Perfection not required: Managing perfectionism [webinar]

21 October 2025 10:00am11:30am
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.

Communicating qualitative research [Webinar]

22 October 2025 10:00am12:00pm
Learn how to communicate your methods and results for qualitative studies as well as communicate to address questions of rigour.

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