Research skills
There are plenty of courses and opportunities available to support your research and give you the skills required to conduct research effectively. Developing these skills early is strongly recommended and highly beneficial, as they will set you up for a successful start to candidature.
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Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education
Find events and workshops to develop your academic teaching, engagement and leadership skills run by the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education.
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Researcher Development Portal
The University of Melbourne offers a comprehensive suite of researcher professional development offerings for researchers at all stages. Use the Researcher Development Portal to explore upcoming events and resources to put you on the right path to completing your degree and prepare you for a job in any field.
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Academic Skills
The Academic Skills Hub is where you will find opportunities and resources to develop your academic and writing skills .
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Researcher@Library
The University Library offers high quality resources and services to support you through the complete research lifecycle and help maximise your research outcomes.
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Office of research ethics and integrity (OREI) news and events
Training and seminars that canvass a broad range of issues in research ethics and research integrity.
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Effective Video Storytelling for Researchers
This workshop introduces key concepts for developing research narratives and understanding production principles to create engaging videos to reach your audience.
Resources
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Graduate research orientation
Attend orientation day to be welcomed to our research community and learn about key services, support and development programs to help you succeed in your degree.
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Research integrity training
Offers an interactive online approach to ethics and integrity issues in graduate research.
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Book a Research Consultation
Consult a librarian for advice for your research project on topics such as advanced searching, referencing, scholarly publishing, or managing data. University of Melbourne log in required.
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Managing Data @Melbourne
Do you have a research data management plan? This online program that has been developed for you. Its six short modules outline the fundamental practices of good data management and guide you to develop an online data management plan that you can share with your supervisors via a new online tool, DMP Melbourne.
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Research Data Curation
Promotes ongoing, structured processes for capturing and providing stewardship for research data records.
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Digital Stewardship Team
The digital stewardship team provides training, advice and examples of good practice in digital humanities, digital archiving and preservation and research data management.
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Digital Skills Training
Take advantage of free workshops and community events to build your digital research skills including coding, 3D printing, managing image collections and visualising data sets.
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Introduction to Python
An online self-paced introductory course in the Python programming language. Useful for graduate researchers whose research involves programming.
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Melbourne Coder Network
With an aim to bring together experienced coders and researchers, Melbourne Data Analytics Platform is pleased to announce the launch of the Melbourne Coder Network web app. Designed to be an online meeting place, we hope to facilitate the ways we can better work together to solve challenging coding issues. If you are a coder, or a researcher in need of some coding, please sign in with your University of Melbourne credentials, create a profile, and start to work in the digital community.
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Melbourne Statistical Consulting Platform
Take advantage of free advice to improve your knowledge of statistical methods when planning your research project.
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Which reference manager?
Read this guide to decide which reference management tool is best for you.
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Research profiles and research impact
Learn how to build your online presence, increase the visibility of your research publications and measure the impact of your research.
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Scholarly Publishing
This guide highlights the issues to consider, and tools and resources to help you, when you are ready to publish your research.
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Research Gateway
Visit the Research gateway for research resources available to you in the University, FAQs and the research helpline.