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.
Workshops
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Graduate research professional development and training
Workshops from around the University of Melbourne advertised on the Graduate Research Hub. This page provides information on a comprehensive suite of researcher professional development programs and research training opportunities to put you on the right path to completing your degree, and prepare you for a job in any field.
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Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education
Find events organised by the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education (Melbourne CSHE) who conduct research and professional development in the fields of higher education teaching and learning, research, engagement and leadership.
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Academic Skills
The Academic Skills Hub is where to find opportunities to develop your academic skills whenever you want, wherever you are. The Hub includes information on how to access their courses embedded in the LMS that help students to realise their full academic potential and achieve excellence.
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Researcher@Library
The University Library offers high quality resources and services that support our researchers and graduate students through the complete research lifecycle. We can help maximise your research outcomes.
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Office of research ethics and integrity (OREI) news and events
Training and seminars from OREI canvassing a broad range of issues in research ethics and research integrity.
Resources
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Digital Research Skills Training
Research Bazaar provides free training in digital research skills to University of Melbourne graduate researchers. View their catalogue for courses and local experts who can assist with your digital research questions.
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Managing Data @Melbourne
Do you have a research data management plan? Managing Data @Melbourne is an online program that has been developed for University of Melbourne graduate researchers. Its six short modules outline the fundamental practices of good data management and guide you through the steps of drafting of an online data management plan that you can share with your supervisors via a new online tool, DMP Melbourne.
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Research Gateway
The digital front page to access research support services and resources. The research gateway assists you in understanding your research journey, directs you to the resources available to you in the University and includes a glossary, FAQs and the research helpline.
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Digital Scholarship
Digital Scholarship aims to modernise scholarly practice via digital techniques with the aim of maximising the value of research data. We provide training, advice and examples of good practice in digital humanities, digital archiving and preservation and research data management.
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Research Data Curation
Promotes ongoing, structured processes for capturing and providing stewardship for research data records.
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University brand PhD poster templates
The University has a number of presentation and poster templates with the University logo and branding available to graduate researchers
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Melbourne Statistical Consulting Platform
The Melbourne Statistical Consulting Platform provides 10 hours of free statistical consulting to graduate researchers at the University.
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Graduate research orientation
Orientation introduces you to the comprehensive research training and professional development services available at the University.
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Research profiles and research impact
This guide will help you build an online presence, increase the visibility of your research publications and measure the impact of your research.
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Which reference manager?
This guide looks at the features of a range of reference management tools to give researchers an insight into which one might best suit their needs.
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Mendeley for researchers
This guide helps you get started with Mendeley and provides links to further tutorials.
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Publishing strategically
This guide is designed to showcase library tools and highlight services available at the University to assist you with publishing decisions.
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EndNote
This guide provides an introduction to EndNote for both Windows and Mac and will also help you get started with EndNote Online.
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Research integrity training
Offers an interactive online approach to ethics and integrity issues in graduate research.
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From Academic Integrity to Responsibility (FAIR)
Application designed to help university and college students understand and navigate common academic integrity issues.
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Book a Research Consultation
Consult a librarian for advice for your research project: e.g. topics such as advanced searching, referencing, scholarly publishing, or managing data. University of Melbourne log in required.