Research Events

Date: Thursday 27 August
Time: 10am – 11am

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One of the most frequently asked questions on engagement is 'what is engagement?'. Part of the Applying Collaborative Partnerships series, in this interactive session professional staff will come together to discuss, unpack, and explore the means, purposes, and challenges of the way we engage as knowledge producers within the knowledge institution. By the end of the session, participants will have gained a deeper understanding and appreciation of different approaches we undertake in communicating, collaborating, and creating knowledge with their broader society.

Date: Thursday 27 August 2020
Time: 11.00am – 12.30pm

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Your research outputs form part of the compelling narrative of how you are positioned within your discipline and explain your career journey for your fellowship application. It can be challenging to do well. This session looks at how to select your Top 10 research outputs and contextualise these to grab the assessor’s attention so that they form a cohesive compelling narrative of how your publications demonstrate your outstanding Research Opportunity and Performance Evidence. This session is coordinated by Academic Divisions as part of a series to support ARC DECRA and Future Fellowships.

Date: Thursday 27 August
Time: 3pm – 4pm

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SCIP (Social and Cultural Informatics Platform) is hosting a three-part webinar series on managing your online presence as a researcher and academic.

The first installment will cover the pros and cons of academic websites and how they can propel your research and teaching career in a one-hour webinar.

This webinar is open to all, but early career researchers and advanced Graduate Researchers are especially encouraged to attend.

Please contact gregory.darcy@unimelb.edu.au for more information.

The Changes We Need In Education

Date: Thursday 3 September 2020
Time: 10am – 11am

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Join the conversation as Professor Jim Watterston and Professor Yong Zhao discuss the six big changes education needs to make, including curriculum, assessment, outcomes, teaching and teacher education, the new basics, and learning and the learners. Hosted by Dr Daniela Acquaro.

The Link Between Principal Leadership and Growth In Student Learning

Date: Monday 14 September 2020
Time: 10am – 11am

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Presented by Dr Pauline Thompson and Associate Professor Helen Stokes, hosted by Dr Daniela Acquaro. Further details to come.

Researching Your Practice

Date: Friday 11 September 2020
Time: 10am – 11am

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Presented by Associate Professors David Gurr, Lawrie Drysdale, and Helen Stokes. Hosted by Dr Daniela Acquaro. Further details to come.

How To Make An Impact With Your Research

Date: Friday 18 September 2020
Time: 10am – 11am

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Presented by Professor Yong Zhao and Laureate Professor John Hattie. Hosted by Dr Daniela Acquaro. Further details to come.

Dates: Friday 28 August and Tuesday 8 September
Times: 3pm and 10am

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SCIP (Social and Cultural Informatics Platform) is offering a series of free online training events in digital research methods. Remaining training topics include Web Scraping and APIs (28 August 3pm), and Tour of Data Visualisation Tools (8 September 10am). Recordings of previous workshops can be found on the SCIP training website.

Please contact gregory.darcy@unimelb.edu.au or visit the SCIP training website for more information.

Date: Tuesday 8 September 2020
Time: 12pm – 1pm

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Join Dr Peter Woelert to learn how we score graduate research applicants at MGSE, and find out why even a strong application doesn't guarantee a place in a research degree. If you're planning to supervise additional Graduate Researchers, this seminar is for you.

Date: Monday 7 September 2020
Time: 2pm – 4pm

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Your research project sits at the core of your application. It needs to be both imaginative and believable to grab the assessor’s attention, as well as reassuring them that it is achievable. That can be tricky to do well. Enthusiastic assessors will rave about your interesting ideas, while critical ones will demand more detail about your methods. This session is coordinated by Academic Divisions as part of a series to support ARC DECRA and Future Fellowships.

Date: Wednesday 9 September
Time: 11am – 12.30pm

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The Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education (MCSHE) has teamed up with the MDHS Early-Career Researchers Network to present an online workshop about engagement and collaboration for early-career researchers, including PhD candidates. Dr Siew Fang Law is the Engagement Lead at the MCSHE and will coordinate the series with support from the MDHS ECR Network's committee, including case study presentations by Dr Lucas Calais Ferreria. This workshop will focus on unpacking engagement concepts and practice, navigating and addressing engagement dilemma through case studies, and discussing ways to improve engagement.

Dates: Saturday 12, Sunday 13 and Friday 18 September
Times: email Mim Ingvarson at mim.ingvarson@unimelb.edu.au for details.

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Have an innovative idea of how technology can be used to support teaching and learning? Interested in the intersection of education and technology? Roll up your sleeves and join this 2.5-day online bootcamp where you can gain the tools, entrepreneurial skills, and know-how to develop your education technology ideas.

Delivered in partnership with the Wade Institute of Entrepreneurship, you will have the opportunity to develop, test, and shape your ideas into commercially viable solutions, practice and refine your pitch, meet inspiring experts, mentors, and like-minded entrepreneurs-to-be in a supportive, fast-paced environment.

There is no cost to attend, but there is a maximum of 40 participants.

For more information, please email Mim Ingvarson at mim.ingvarson@unimelb.edu.au

Date: Tuesday 22 September 2020
Time: 11am

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This session will focus on how to make your budget fit cohesively within your Fellowship application. It will assist you to cost and describe your budget items, to categorise your costs in line with ARC Guidelines, and to frame a strong budget justification. This session is coordinated by Academic Divisions as part of a series to support ARC DECRA and Future Fellowships.

Dates and times for individual sessions can be found below. The Zoom link is the same for each session as well as the password which is 058718.

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Grant Camps provide concentrated times to draft a small part of your application and ask questions about specific parts of the application. The format for each Grant Camp is the same: a single overhead encapsulating the key points; five minutes of instructions; 25 minutes of writing; five minutes for questions; and then another 25 minutes of writing. The aim is not to produce polished prose, but to get words on paper that can be discussed with a mentor. It is designed to get you started on each section of the application in a timely manner.

The sessions will run as follows:

• Talking about career interruptions and publications

  Date: Monday 31 August
  Time: 2.30pm – 3.30pm

  Time to work on the publications and career interruption section of your ARC application.

• Project – What will you actually do? 

  Date: Monday 14 September 2020
  Time: 10am – 11am

  Time to work on the project methodology section of your ARC application.

• Significance – Why now? 

  Date: Thursday 24 September 2020
  Time: 10.30am – 11.30am

  Time to work on the significance section of your ARC application.

• Impact – What difference will it make?

  Date: Tuesday 6 October 2020
  Time: 2.30pm – 3.30pm

  Time work on the impact section of your ARC application.