19 December 2023

CaRST eNewsletter

Director's Message

This is our last newsletter for the year, so I’d like to take this opportunity to thank those that have engaged with CaRST activities this year, and provided valuable feedback as well as suggestions on what you’d like to see in future CaRST workshops. We’ve used this feedback to improve workshops we’re already running, offer new activities, and remove those which weren’t meeting expectations.

If you are keen to boost your CaRST credits over the holiday period, don’t forget we have a range of online training opportunities, which you can complete at your own pace. In particular, if you haven’t looked at the recorded workshops available on the CaRST MyUni site recently, then now is a great time to take a look, as we’ve recently refreshed a lot of the content, including adding new online modules. We also have the new Epigeum course, Research Impact: Creating Meaning and Value, launched in November.

If you are able to, this time of year is also a great time to take a break, relax and recharge, ready to make great research progress in 2024!

Best wishes,

Katy Dolman
Manager, CaRST

Other Training & Events

Managing your Research Data

The Library is very pleased to let you know that this revamped course is live!

Good research data management can save you time before, during and after your research project, and can help you deliver on your responsibilities to the University, your funders or collaborators, and the subjects of your research. This self-paced, flexible online resource provides a comprehensive guide to best practice in research data management, including how to organise your data, keep it safe, make it FAIR, publish, share and archive it. It will help you prepare your data management plan, and build your essential research skills. Open to all staff and students. For inquiries, please email liaisonlibs@adelaide.edu.au. Enrol here.

Research Impact: Creating Meaning and Value

Research impact refers to the contributions your research makes beyond academia. This course covers the fundamentals of research impact – what it is and how it can be embedded into every step of the research journey – to help support universities in embedding a broader culture of research impact. This program is relevant to researchers at all levels, with particular relevance for doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, and early-career researchers. It is suitable across all major disciplines. Enrol here.

News

Christmas Closure

The Adelaide Graduate Research School will break for Christmas on Friday 22 December at 1pm, reopening at 9am on Tuesday 2  January 2024. The office will be closed during this time.

Please note that we will be unable to accept thesis submissions on the morning of the 22nd of December. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

CSIRO On Prime

ON Prime is a free program designed for researchers at any stage of their project across disciplines to help research teams of two to five people take their projects to the next level through customer discovery activities and more.

During the nine weeks of ON Prime, you will develop a deeper understanding of the people who could benefit the most from your research and sharpen your skills to communicate with that audience.

Expert facilitators will support you to build evidence for the impact of your research, so you can make a difference in the world and attract the resources you need along the way. Remotely delivered sessions are spaced out approximately two weeks apart and you should allocate additional time between sessions to undertake stakeholder engagement activities.

The application round for ON Prime 15 is now open. Visit our online application portal to submit your application. The application window closes on Wednesday, 14 February 2024, at 5 pm AEDT (GMT+10).

About CaRST

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.