3 May 2023

CaRST eNewsletter

Also coming up are various ways to promote and communicate your research, including the Visualise your Thesis and the Three Minute Thesis competitions (more information on both below!).

Best wishes,

Katy Dolman
Manager, CaRST

The 3 Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a national competition that challenges Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students to effectively explain their research to a non-specialist audience in just three minutes. The aim is to cultivate their academic, presentation, and research communication skills while celebrating the exciting research conducted by HDR students across the country.

For more information, visit the University of Adelaide 3MT website and join us at the information session - Register now.

Training & Development Events

Before registering for CaRST events, please review our no-show policy.

Communication Skills for Effective Relationships

When: 4 May 2023, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Credits: 2 credit, Domain D
Delivery mode: In-person, limited places

As the second workshop in the Mental Health and Wellbeing Series, in this session Jane Turner Goldsmith discuss and demonstrate the basics of conflict resolution. These skills together provide a solid foundation for harmonious and productive relationships in your life as an HDR and beyond. Register here

Turbocharge Your Writing

When: 9 May 2023, 1:30pm - 4:00pm
Credits: 2.5 credits, Domain D
Delivery mode: Webinar

Would you like to know the secret to high output, low stress scholarly writing? Then join us for this workshop presented by Hugh Kearns from ThinkWell to learn how to increase your writing output. Following the workshop you will understand why it’s hard to get started, know how to set a writing plan and stick to it, and how to greatly increase the number of actual words you produce. Register here

eProcurement Information Session

When: 11 May 2023, 10:30am - 11:30am
Credits: 1 credit, Domain C
Delivery mode: Zoom webinar

This workshop will explain why the University uses the eProcurement system and how to use it. It will cover getting access to the system through to receiving the goods. Register here.

Flexing your communication style

When: 16 May 2023, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Credits: 1.5 credits, Domain D
Delivery mode: In -person

In this workshop you will identify your own preferred communication style and workplace preferences, reflect on how your preferences and communication style  influence your workplace relationships, and learn how to "flex" your communication style to allow you to forge positive relationships with colleagues.  

Register here. 

Stand Up, Speak Up and Persuade

When: 18 May 2023, 10:00am - 11:00am
Credits: 1 credit, Domain D
Delivery mode: Zoom webinar

How is it that two people can talk about the same thing, but only one gets their message across? That’s because it’s all in the delivery. If your job is to persuade and influence others, these techniques will help you to build on your presentation skills and excel. Attend this workshop presented by Sharon Ferrier from Persuasive Presentations to learn how to stand up, speak up and persuade!

Register here.

The Self-Reflective HDR

When: 24 May 2023, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Credits: 2 credit, Domain B
Delivery mode: In-person, limited places

Are you keen to improve your success, performance, and wellbeing by learning how to find and use your strengths, understand your personal qualities, characteristics and resources? If you are looking to achieve balance in your life, join Jane Turner Goldsmith for the third session of the Mental Health and Wellbeing series. 

Register here.

Creativity Workshop: Revealing hidden value using Creativity and Evolution - New for 2023

When: 25 May 2023, 12:30pm - 3:00pm
Credits: 2.5 credit, Domain B
Delivery mode: In-person, limited places

Workshop Outline: Creativity and Evolution drive change our world. However positive change hinges on our ability to sense and communicate hidden value within everyday situations. Yet we are too often stuck in our habits and lack energy for curiosity and exploration. We need to embrace life as a Moving Puzzle.

Workshop Objectives: Drawing on 10+ years of diverse coaching experience, combined with 15+ years working in Defence, Dean will facilitate participants through a series of movement situations based on concepts drawn from cognition, play, neuroscience, mindfulness, biology, and psychology.

Please note this is an interactive workshop, and attendees will be required to actively participate. If you have any accessibility requirements to assist you in participating, please reach out to the CaRST team for a confidential discussion.

Register here.

Other Training & Events

Data Entry and Processing in SPSS

This beginner hands-on training is designed to familiarize you with the interface and basic data processing functionalities in SPSS. We will examine several “must know” syntax commands that can help streamline data entry and processing. In addition, we will explore how to obtain descriptive statistics in SPSS and perform visualisation. 

Zoom Meeting, limited places 4 & 5 of May, 9:30am-12:30 pm ACST. Register here.

Data Manipulation and Visualisation in R

R is quickly gaining popularity as a programming language for data scientists and researchers. It has an excellent ecosystem including RStudio and a massive online community of users for support. In this intermediate-level, live coding, and researcher-focussed workshop we will use the dplyr, tidyr, and ggplot2 libraries to manipulate, reshape, and visualise data. 

Zoom Meeting, limited places 17 & 18 of May, 9:30am-12:30 pm ACST. Register here.

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Located within the Adelaide Graduate Research School, CaRST is a specialised training and development program for HDR students at the University of Adelaide. For further information on CaRST visit the CaRST website.