Research Events
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Presentation design for researchers
Date: Thursday 16 July
Time: 3pm - 4pmPresenting your work is a key skill for all researchers. This 45-minute interactive online workshop covers design basics including using typefaces, creating information graphics, and how to find interesting images to engage an audience in your research. This online workshop is useful for creating slide presentations, designing academic posters, and for those entering the Visualise Your Thesis (VYT) Competition.
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Becoming a digital researcher in 2020
Date: Thursday 23 July
Time: 3pmDigital and computational research methods have become extremely popular in humanities and social science. But as researchers how do you learn the latest digital methods and tools, especially without a background in tech or coding? What are the true costs and benefits of such a shift? This webinar is tailored for HASS researchers wanting to think like a digital researcher and learn the language of computational methodology. This one-hour session will open with a brief introduction to what digital and computational research is and how it works, and showcase a number of tools and methods. Early career researchers and graduate students especially encouraged to attend.
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Human Research Ethics Drop-in
Date: Wednesday 29 July
Time: 11am - 12pmDo you need a hand with your ethics? Not quite sure how to tackle a particular problem? Come chat with Tricia Eadie, Acting HEAG Chair, and Tim Mattingsbrooke, Ethics Consultant at MERI, and get all your questions answered.
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Did you miss the Researcher Connect event?
The Researcher Connect online event for University of Melbourne academics and graduate researcher ran over 19 days and provided a diverse range of workshops and seminars, expert panels, research platform showcases, and virtual drop-in clinics, to help you accelerate your research. Many of the events have been recorded and are being posted onto the Researcher Connect website, along with some short stand-alone videos for you to view.
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Using digital tools to publish strategically for STEMM researchers
Date: Wednesday 22 July
Time: 11am - 12pmChoosing how and where to publish your research is crucial to maximise the reach of your work. This session introduces key digital tools to help researchers in STEMM disciplines identify and evaluate publishing options. If you are a graduate researcher considering submitting your thesis for publication, it is important to use the right tools when selecting where to publish and to consider open access and copyright issues well in advance.
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Using digital tools to publish strategically for HASS researchers
Date: Thursday 23 July
Time: 11am - 12pmThis session introduces key digital tools to help researchers in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) disciplines identify and evaluate publishing options. The session will cover topics such as identifying and evaluating journals in your research field, journal ranking tools, reasons to consider publishing in Open Access journals, and ethical publishing; thesis mills, predatory publishers and how to avoid them.
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File management 101: Taming the digital chaos
Date: Thursday 23 July
Time: 1pm - 2pmUsing digital technologies effectively has become a mainstream requirement for the modern scholar. But how do you manage a tsunami of file formats, storage systems, metadata standards, not to mention the latest digital tools and cloud services - when all you want to do is focus on your research question? This session will help you get organised and start managing your files and information properly.