Graduate Research School Career Development Framework

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CDF workshops and activities are supported by the Student Services Amenities Fee. Dates and times are indicative and subject to change without notice. While we endeavour to remain current, sessions can change suddenly due to circumstances beyond our control. ALWAYS register in Student Hub to stay updated.

   

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

11 November 2026 10:00am–12 November 2026 12:00pm
 
in Entrepreneurship
Find out how to generate workable ideas from your research and turn them into business opportunities. Be an idea pioneer! This workshop is delivered face to face at St Lucia campus.

Mindmapping research: Coping with info overload [St Lucia]

12 November 2026 10:00am–1:00pm
 
in Your thesis
Learn how to manage your research and cope with information overload. This workshop is delivered face to face at St Lucia campus.

Advanced literature searching [St Lucia]

12 November 2026 11:00am–12:30pm
 
in eResearch and data management
Learn how to use and navigate the UQ Library search engine. Learn strategies to find and identify what you’re looking for, and like a skilled investigator, identify and track down promising additional material. This session is targeted at new HDR students who have little experience with Library searching.

Qualitative Research for Social Impact: Lecture + Q&A with Professor David Silverman [webinar]

12 November 2026 2:00pm–3:30pm
 
in Research design
Learn how qualitative research can become more credible and impactful by using rigorous analysis of naturalistic data to complement quantitative methods.

Research Ethics: Ethical Research and Teaching with animals [webinar]

16 November 2026 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Integrity and ethics
At UQ, animals are used for various scientific purposes in both research and teaching, including; laboratory research, teaching, veterinary science, companion and production animal settings, and in the wild (be it terrestrial or marine).

Publishing Qualitative Research in Top Journals: Lecture + Q&A with Professor David Silverman [webinar]

16 November 2026 2:00pm–3:30pm
 
in Publishing and authorship
Learn how to navigate “publish or perish” by choosing the right journals, avoiding common pitfalls, and improving your chances of publishing in top-ranked journals.

Career strategy: Plan for your future [webinar]

17 November 2026 10:00am–12:00pm
 
in Career planning
Successful careers are a result of good planning. Get started early with your career strategy.

Research ethics: Human [webinar]

17 November 2026 10:00am–12:00pm
 
in Integrity and ethics
At UQ, you MUST have Ethics approval BEFORE conducting Human research! Human Research is research conducted with or about people, or their data or tissue.

Logistic Regression (DSCRP) [webinar]

18 November 2026 9:00am–5:00pm
 
in Statistics and modelling
This workshop offers a practical introduction to logistic regression, combining theory with hands-on exercises in R to explore its use in modeling binary outcomes for inference and prediction. Presented face to face at St Lucia campus. Registration closes 11 November at 9am.

Writing a confirmation document [Webinar]

18 November 2026 10:00am–12:00pm
 
in Your thesis
Discover the purposes and characteristics of a confirmation document.

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Information sessions

In addition to the Career Development Framework sessions, the Graduate School holds information sessions on a range of topics relevant to UQ HDR candidates.

Library

UQ's Library is an excellent source of support and training for HDR candidates.
Services for researchers
UQ's Library can help you find resources, manage your data, and make your research discoverable. They can also give you advice on publishing, research impact, and metrics.
Training
UQ's Library provides software training (EndNote, NVivo, Galaxy, Excel, Adobe Acrobat), UQ Research Data Manager drop in sessions, and the excellent Creating a Structured Thesis (CaST) workshop.