10 April 2024

CaRST eNewsletter

The PhD experience

Expressions of Interest for The PhD Experience workshop are open!

This workshop draws on an activity and team-based problem-solving approach. A series of activities (eg. team building, problem-solving, case studies) have been developed to represent stages of the PhD journey.  The workshop appeals to a group of people who learn best from doing as opposed to listening. It is a chance to get involved in and learn from focused activities and learn some of the skills of working in a team.

Date & Time

• Tuesday 30 April 2024, 9:30am – 1:00pm

Delivery method:  This session will be held in-person

Further information about the program can be found on CaRST Online.  

Places are strictly limited (24 max). Priority will be given to PhD students who have been in candidature at least 6 months but are not in the final stages of writing up. Successful students will be notified via email and offered a place in one of the above sessions.

To register your interest in the course, please complete and submit the online Expression of Interest form by 9am Sunday 14 April 2024.

Training & Development Events

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

EndNote for reference management – Advanced

When: 24 April 2024, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Credits: 1 credit, Domain A
Delivery mode: Zoom webinar

This session is designed to ensure you get the most out of EndNote by providing guidance on some of the more advanced features of EndNote. You will learn how to customise and manage your EndNote library, add and alter referencing styles, edit and modify your Word document using Cite While you Write and save and backup your Endnote library. Register here.

Basic knowledge of and experience using EndNote is assumed for those booking this course.

Research outputs and metrics

When: 1 May 2024, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Credits: 1 credit, Domain A
Delivery mode: Zoom webinar

When it comes to applying for grants, awards and academic jobs/promotions, you will often be required to demonstrate your research impact. This workshop will discuss some of the research impact metrics that are available for you to use, and how and where to find them. Register here.

The Imposter Syndrome

When: 2 May 2024, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Credits: 1 credit, Domain B
Delivery mode: Zoom webinar

Why do successful people often feel like frauds? This session, presented by Hugh Kearns of IThinkWell, will explain why high performing people often doubt their abilities and find it hard to enjoy their successes. It will also show the links to perfectionism and self-handicapping strategies such as procrastination, avoidance and overcommitment. Register here.

Other Training & Events

Growing your Researcher Profile webinar

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. Also covers ORCiD Profiles, and will touch upon Scopus Author Profiles, Web of Science ResearcherID and Google Scholar Profiles too. Wednesday 17 of April, 11:00am-11:30am. Register here.

Introduction to systematic searching for non-health subjects webinar

Systematic reviews have their origins in the discipline of Health and Medical Sciences, but are increasingly being carried out in other areas. There are also other types of systematic literature reviews which make use of systematic search techniques. Join the Liaison Librarians to learn more about developing an appropriate search strategy for this kind of review. Thursday 23 May 2024, 11:00am - 12:00pm. Register here.

Preparing for your PhD oral examination

Are you curious about the requirements of the PhD oral examination process? If you are required to undertake an oral examination or considering opting in, you may be interested to know that a new MyUni course is available to help you prepare. The course will take you about an hour to complete, and provides an overview of the process, roles and responsibilities, and tips for preparing well. You can also record the course for 1 credit in Domain B for CaRST. Enrol here.

Applying for industry internships and jobs – crafting your resume and cover letter- New Course

This course aims to help you identify the skills the employers want and the skills you have. This will then help you to articulate them in your CV. In this course you will be guided step by step to structure and write your resume and cover letter. If you are planning to apply for an internship or an industry position as a HDR student, this is a great place to star. 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

Learn to Program: R

Come along to this beginner-focused live coding workshop where we will demystify the RStudio interface and fundamental programming concepts in R. We will apply this knowledge to analyse a set of sample research data.
16-17 April, 09:30 am - 12:30 pm ACST. Register here.

Please note that Intersect courses are in high demand and places are limited. Your registration is a commitment to attend, and if circumstances change you must advise that you can no longer participate.

Unix Shell and Command Line Basics

Unlock the power of the command line in this beginner-focussed hands-on workshop! Build command line confidence and open a new world of powerful computing resources beyond your laptop, including virtual machines and High Performance Computing. Our helpful instructors will demystify Unix as we write scripts and run programs on the command line. 23 April, 09:30 am - 12:30 pm ACST. Register here.

Please note that Intersect courses are in high demand and places are limited. Your registration is a commitment to attend, and if circumstances change you must advise that you can no longer participate.

Getting started with HPC using Slurm

Is your computer’s limited power throttling your research ambitions? Are your analysis scripts pushing your laptop’s processor to its limits? Is your software crashing because you’ve run out of memory?

High-Performance Computing (HPC) allows you to accomplish your analysis faster by using many parallel CPUs and huge amounts of memory simultaneously. This course provides a hands on introduction to running software on HPC infrastructure using Slurm. 7, 8 May 2024 09:30am-12.30pm ACST. Register here. 

Please note that Intersect courses are in high demand and places are limited. Your registration is a commitment to attend, and if circumstances change you must advise that you can no longer participate.

Data Manipulation and Visualisation in R

Jump into this live-coding, intermediate workshop to learn how to manipulate, explore, and gain insights from your data using R's dplyr package. This workshop also covers the language of dataframe reshaping using tidyr and visualisation using the powerful ggplot2 package to create beautiful, publication-quality graphs. 16 May 2024 & 17 May 2024, 09:30 am - 12:30 pm ACST. Register here

Please note that Intersect courses are in high demand and places are limited. Your registration is a commitment to attend, and if circumstances change you must advise that you can no longer participate.

Pivot-RP Training

Pivot-RP is a web-based software tool that facilitates access to information regarding research funding opportunities from Australian and global sponsors and replaces Research Professional. For more information and training sessions, visit the website or contact Research Services.

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.