26 October 2022

CaRST eNewsletter

Best wishes,

Katy Dolman
Manager, CaRST

Training & Development Events

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

The Emotionally Intelligent (EI) Researcher 

When: 1 November 2022, 10:00am - 11:00am 
Credits: 1 credit, Domain B
Delivery mode: Zoom Webinar

Experience difficulties in your relationship with your supervisor and other people? Do you know how to use emotional intelligence to improve your communication and relationships? This webinar will outline how to use emotional intelligence during your research degree. Content includes: -Understanding 5 key elements of EI-Reflecting on self and others-Enhancing communication and relationships Register here. 

Understanding skills 

When: 2 November 2022, 2:00pm - 3:00pm 
Credits: 1 credit, Domain B
Delivery mode: Zoom Webinar

Are you aware of the skills you are developing throughout your research degree and how they relate to employability in both academic and non-academic environments? Do you know how to articulate your skills and how they will be a benefit to employers? This webinar focuses on building skills awareness and how to let employers know about your skill set. Content includes:-Identifying and recording skills-Recognising HDR skills valued by employers-Articulating skills effectively. Register here. 

Financial literacy 

When: 4 November 2022, 10:00am - 12:00pm 
Credits: 2 credit, Domain C
Delivery mode: In Person

If you’re interested in improving your financial literacy so as to have a better understanding of how to assess the financial performance and financial standing of an organisation, then I encourage you to undertake the ‘Financial Literacy’ workshop. In this workshop you will gain a better understanding of how to read and use accounting reports common to all organisations, namely, a profit and loss statement, a balance sheet and a cash flow statement. This workshop will not only benefit you personally, it will also benefit the current and future organisations you work for. The following topics will be covered: -Simplifying the major accounting terms you should know -How to read and interpret financial reports -What financial accounting reports can tell you (and what they cannot) -What is management accounting and how it can help you -Key performance indicators and how to identify them -Performance evaluation including budgeting basics.  Register here. 

Planning your next career step

When: 7 November 2022, 1:00pm - 3:00pm 
Credits: 2 credit, Domain B
Delivery mode: Zoom Webinar

How do you plan and prepare for your next career steps after finishing your PhD? And how do you decide which career path is right for you - academia, government, industry or some other pathway? This interactive workshop will give you tools and strategies for tackling these questions based on your own interests, strengths and preferences. If you are unsure about preparing for life after the PhD, this event will help you start sharpening your focus and building the confidence to pursue a path best suited to your skills and priorities. Register here.

How to Navigate an Academic Career

When: 10 November 2022, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Credits: 1 credit, Domain B
Delivery mode: Zoom Webinar

An academic career is often the first choice for PhD graduates, so what academic career paths are there and how do you navigate them? During this session you will develop a concrete plan for your approach and specific next steps to take in your career development, including building the right mentor network to help you pursue your preferred career choices. Register here.

Sourcing Jobs Outside Academia

When: 15 November 2022, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Credits: 1 credit, Domain B
Delivery mode: Zoom Webinar

Where do you start looking for jobs? Seek.com? Linkedin? Simply looking at generic job search engines may mean you are missing out on opportunities that align with your skills and experience. This workshop will guide you through a range of opportunities that may be available to HDR students and your specific skill set. We will start the session with a brief skills audit and then we will move onto job search techniques, which will be useful for all disciplines. You will be shown specific websites and alternative job roles, which could be useful during the job hunting process. Register here.

Interactive workshop: Networking for introverts (extroverts allowed too)

When: 16 November 2022, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Credits: 3 credits, Domain B
Delivery mode: Zoom Webinar

Learn how to make the most out of networking events by asking “Have/Want” questions and giving “Have/Want” answers.The presenter (Tom Hendrick from Talent Academy, ThincLab’s in-house pitch consultant) will be running this interactive workshop and believes that your net-worth is proportional to your network: “It’s not what you can do for the world, but what you can get the world to do for someone”.   This multidisciplinary workshop is suitable for all HDR students who want to grow their network and improve their conversational skills. Register here.

Creating an Outstanding LinkedIn Profile

When: 14 November 2022, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Credits: 1 credit, Domain B
Delivery mode: Zoom Webinar

This session is intended to maximise your Linkedin profile. Your Linkedin profile is not just an online resume, it’s a way to access a global network of professionals with more than 300 million members. It is the way that professionals connect, engage, access knowledge and career building resources.
Please note: As this session will focus on developing your profile, please create an account for LinkedIn prior to attending the workshop (www.linkedIn.com). Presented by Career Services. Register here.

Other Training & Events

Learn to Program: Python

Python has deservedly become a popular language for scientific computing. This beginner live-coding workshop assumes no previous experience with any programming language. We will write programs that analyse data and produce results, using the researcher-focused training modules from the highly regarded Software Carpentry Foundation. Zoom Meeting, limited places 27 & 28 of October, 9:30am-12:30 pm ACDT. Register here.

Excel for Researchers

Data rarely comes in the form you require. Often it is messy. Sometimes it is incomplete. And sometimes there's too much of it. Frequently, it has errors. We will use one of the most widespread data wrangling tools, Microsoft Excel, to import, sort, filter, copy, protect, transform, summarise, merge, and visualise research data. While aimed at novice Excel users, most attendees will walk away with new tricks to work more efficiently with their research data. Zoom Meeting, limited places 1 & 2 of November, 1:30-4:30 pm ACDT.  Register Here. 

Digital Humanities Lab: Building out of the collections  

In our final Digital Humanities Lab webinar for 2022, we will hear from two projects that are using museum and other collections data to tell new stories. Researchers from ANU have created and shared anatomically accurate 3D models of animal skills to produce Skullbook, a digital bone library, as well as teaching resources, while the Growing Data Foundation are combining digital collections content with other data to create Data Stories in a Time of Change, reflecting on the cultural, historical, scientific, environmental and economic changes to the River Murray over time. (1 credit Domain A) Tuesday 1 November, 2:00pm-3:00pm, zoom Webinar. Register here 

Learn to Program: Python

Python has deservedly become a popular language for scientific computing. This beginner live-coding workshop assumes no previous experience with any programming language. We will write programs that analyse data and produce results, using the researcher-focused training modules from the highly regarded Software Carpentry Foundation. Zoom Meeting, limited places 8 & 9 of November, 1:30-4:30 pm ACDT. Register here.

Learn to Program: R

Getting started with R and RStudio can be challenging, particularly if you've never programmed before. At this introductory workshop, we teach fundamental programming concepts and apply them to a data analysis workflow. Join us for a live-coding course where we write programs that produce results, using the researcher-focused training modules from the highly regarded Software Carpentry Foundation. Zoom Meeting, limited places 10 & 11 of November, 9:30am-12:30 pm ACDT. Register here

Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Research Council PhD Thinkers Program 2022 Building the next generation of female academics

Inviting female PhD Candidates who are passionate about generating innovative solutions to real world problems to join a free 2-day cross-disciplinary workshop at UniSA, Adelaide, on November 30 and December 1, 2022. Applications to join the workshop are competitive and places are limited. More information on how to apply and the program is available here: https://www.stresscafe.com.au/phd-thinkers.html

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Being Well, Living Well

You can enrol in a new wellbeing program in MyUni – the postgrad specific module in Strand 1 (Living Well) takes anywhere from 15-60 minutes to complete depending on the level of engagement with the resources. Course enrolment can be found here.

CaRST Tip

- Is the activity listed in CaRST Online?

- Is the activity included on our lists of approved experiential learning categories?

- If not, consider whether you have learned something that is relevant to your HDR  that helps you become a researcher or advances your career. Use the Vitae Researcher Development Framework (RDF) for guidance, as all activities need to be mapped to one of the four domains of the RDF.

About CaRST

Located within the Adelaide Graduate Centre, 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.