18 June 2025

CaRST eNewsletter

Applications Now Open: Falling Walls Lab Adelaide

PhD & Masters students — your research deserves the world stage!

Have a bold idea or groundbreaking research project? Here’s your chance to pitch it in just 3 minutes and launch your journey to Berlin!

Falling Walls Lab Adelaide is part of a prestigious global pitch competition that celebrates innovative thinking from emerging leaders across all disciplines. You’ll present your research, business model or innovation to a panel of experts, sharing how your work helps solve some of the world’s most urgent challenges and creates a positive impact on science and society.

The University of Adelaide will host the Falling Walls Lab Adelaide 2025 on 30 July. The top two winners will travel (flights covered) to Canberra for the Falling Walls Lab Australia Finale on 1 September. The national winner will represent Australia at the Global Finale in Berlin during the Falling Walls Science Summit on 7 November. You’ll join the top 100 international Lab winners, compete for the Breakthrough of the Year – Emerging Talents title, win prize money, and pitch again on the grand stage.

Who can apply?
Current and recent students and postdocs are welcome to apply, including all current HDR students.

Ready to share your breakthrough idea with the world? This is your moment!

All participants qualify for 6 CaRST points in Domain D under Entrepreneurship/Pitch Competition - participant. 

Applications close Wednesday 2 July at 11:59pm. 

Training & Development Events

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

Framework for Financial Success

When: 19 June 2025, 10:00am - 11:00am
Credits: 1 credit, Domain C
Delivery mode: Zoom webinar

This session is designed to empower well informed financial decisions, now and in the future. This will assist people in understanding how fundamentals can pave the way for a clear financial future, at any age. Key topics include creating a framework and setting financial goals; budgeting and cash flow management; investment structure and strategy; debt management; insurance & estate planning; and Super basics. Register for the waiting list here.

Speaking to the Media about your Research

When: 3 July 2025, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Credits: 3 credits, Domain D
Delivery mode: In person 

Being media-ready is an essential skill for researchers.  Join Talent Academy's multi-award winning public speaking coaches - including Shannelle Franklin, winner of 2024 Podcast Awards (Australian Comedy Podcast of the Year). This workshop will help you make the most of media opportunities, enable you to develop short but sharp messages for your research and navigate some of the media's games. Register here.

Improve your Confidence with Improv

When: 10 July 2025, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Credits: 2 credits, Domain B
Delivery mode: In person 

Is there a performer inside you, dying to get out? Want to improve your public speaking skills or feel more comfortable when put on the spot? If you answered yes, or you just want to have a truckload of fun, improvisation is for you! This workshop presented by On The Fly Impro is a fun way to help you to build confidence and improve your communication skills. Register here.

Please note: This workshop is based on theatre games and requires physical activity.

Increase your employability with Cultural Intelligence

When: 17 July 2025, 10:00am - 11:30am
Credits: 1.5 credits, Domain D
Delivery mode: In person

Working with people from diverse cultural backgrounds has become the norm for most of us - and whilst rewarding, it can also be challenging. As a researcher, demonstrating Cultural Intelligence (CQ) is vital, whether you're working abroad, collaborating with international colleagues, or engaging with culturally diverse research participants. Join an interactive workshop with Annette Wheatley, Cultural Intelligence Programs Coordinator (Employability, Careers and Student Academic Skills team), to explore how CQ can enhance your employability. Register here.

Other Training & Events

Growing your Researcher Profile

Your UofA Researcher Profile is a valuable tool for maximising your visibility as a researcher and demonstrating your achievements and research impact. Join the Liaison Librarians for some tips and tricks for creating an effective and useful profile. This workshop also covers ORCiD Profiles, and will touch upon Scopus Author Profiles, Web of Science ResearcherID and Google Scholar Profiles too. This workshop assumes that attendees have a basic understanding of their UofA Researcher Profile. For guidance on how to set up your profile prior to the session, please see the support webpages. You can record this session for 1 credit in Domain D for CaRST. 19 June 2025 11:00am-12:00pm. Register here.

Grey Literature for Systematic Reviews

This workshop will provide an introduction to finding grey literature for systematic reviews, with a focus on specific tools and approaches that can be utilised to find appropriate material. You can record this session for 1 credit in Domain A for CaRST. 23 June 2025 11:00am-12:00pm. Register here.

Surveying with Qualtrics

Needing to collect data from people in a structured and intuitive way? Qualtrics is a powerful cloud-based survey tool, ideal for social scientists from all disciplines. This course will introduce the technical components of the whole research workflow from building a survey to analysing the results using Qualtrics. You can record this session for 3 credits in Domain A for CaRST. June 24, 2025 1.30pm-4.30pm. Register here.

Defence Trailblazer Publishing for Industry & Impact Masterclass

This two-hour masterclass is for academic and professional staff who would like to learn more about publishing options regarding their industry partnered research projects. Delivered by University professional staff and industry connected academics, you will find this masterclass useful if you are seeking to: Gain a better understanding of university publishing processes and considerations that may affect how you publish, e.g. funding arrangements, intellectual property (IP) and patent protections; Understand industry’s perspectives when considering publishing joint research projects; Learn more about non-traditional publishing options. Tuesday 24 June 2025, 10:00am - 12:00pm, in person.

For more information and to register visit the Defence Trailblazer website.

Dancing in a red dress: Using metaphor to promote emotional resilience during manuscript peer review

Has peer review got you down? You're not alone. The journey of academic publishing is important for sharing research, yet the manuscript review process can often feel like navigating a minefield, particularly for postgraduate students. Harsh, poorly communicated feedback can be deeply discouraging. A key? The power of metaphor. By examining how seasoned scholars conceptualised their experiences through metaphor, we've identified a strategy to manage the emotional toll of peer review and reframe your perspective so that your thrive, not just survive. You can record this session for 1.5 credits in Domain B for CaRST. 25 June 2025 9:30am-12:00pm, in person, Tickets Limited. Register here.

Person-Centred Care: Transforming Practice

This interactive session will explore how person-centred cultures and practices can transform health outcomes and care across mental health, aged care, acute, and community services. Featuring internationally renowned keynote speaker Professor Brendan McCormack. Hear short talks from leading local experts Professor Nicholas Procter, Dr Paul Mcliesh and Tom Elliott followed by a panel discussion hosted by Dr Kylie Porritt. Who should attend? Nurses, clinicians, educators, policy makers, students & anyone interested in better care. You can record this session as an experiential activity under Conferences and Symposia - Attendance for 3 credits in Domain B for CaRST. 25 June 2025 9:00am-12:30pm, in person. Register here.

Thematic Analysis: One Method or Many? Making Sense of the TA Family

This session explores the three major approaches to Thematic Analysis—Reflexive, Codebook, and Coding Reliability—and how they differ in assumptions, process, and purpose. It’s designed to help researchers choose and apply the approach that best fits their project, with greater clarity and confidence. This is a space for clarity, nuance, and stronger analytic decision-making, whether you're supervising, analysing, or just getting started with Thematic Analysis. 26 June 2025 10:00am-11:00am, in person. Register here.

Australia Awards Fellows Presentations and Networking Event

Join JBI from The University of Adelaide for an afternoon networking event showcasing the work of JBI’s Australia Awards Fellows from India. The event will showcase the outcomes of the Fellows’ year-long implementation projects, which address key priority areas including maternal and child health, mental health, nutrition, and access to primary care for India's Indigenous populations. Esteemed local panellists will also join to discuss Australia and India’s shared commitment to inclusive health development and enduring bilateral collaboration. 7 July 2025 1:30pm-4:30pm. Register here.

Learn to Program: Python

Python has deservedly become a popular language for scientific computing and among researchers, but getting started can be challenging, especially if you have never programmed before. That's where this introductory live coding workshop comes in, where we will use Jupyter notebooks to write programs and produce results. You can record this session for 6 credits in Domain A for CaRST. 16-17 July 2025 9:30am-12:30pm. Register here.

Unix Shell and Command Line Basics

The Unix environment is incredibly powerful but quite daunting to the newcomer. Command line confidence unlocks powerful computing resources beyond the desktop, including virtual machines and High Performance Computing. This training will help demystify Unix as you get to work running programs and writing scripts on the command line. You can record this session for 3 credits in Domain A for CaRST. 22 July 2025 9:30am-12:30pm. Register here.

Florey Postgraduate Research conference

The Florey Postgraduate Research Conference is a major highlight in the Faculty's calendar. This is a great opportunity for you as a student to network with your peers, researchers and academics from across the university. This year, the conference will feature an additional Postgraduate Careers Expo component aimed at providing advice, guidance, opportunity and support for all current students.

Date: Wednesday 20 August
Time: 9.00am - 4:40pm
Venue: Adelaide Convention Centre

Participating in this event provides opportunities to win prizes, showcase your research, build your academic profile, take part in the interactive professional development session, network with colleagues and identify potential collaborative opportunities, gain invaluable advice from potential employers about career options and direction and gain Career and Research Skills Training (CaRST) accreditation.

Keen to see what to expect? Here’s a little taste of last year’s conference.

For more information and to submit an abstract, please visit the Florey Conference website.

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.