13 August 2025

CaRST eNewsletter

Career Control for Researchers Program - apply now!

Do you want to know what your career options are, how to make career choices that are right for you and create strategies for pursuing them? Career Control for Researchers will give you the tools, guidance and confidence to take charge of your career direction, determine your own priorities and accelerate your progress. CaRST is pleased to sponsor participation in this program for a limited number of eligible applicants. 

Program duration: 8 week program (1 - 1.5 hours per week)
Upcoming dates: 7 October - 28 November 2025
Delivery method: Self-paced online modules
CaRST Credits: Eligible for 13 credits in Domain B

Places are strictly limited. Priority will be given to students who are in their second year and beyond of their HDR and have not previously completed Take charge of your career.

To express your interest, please complete and submit the online Expression of Interest form by 12^th September 2025. You will be advised by 17^th September 2025 if you are successful in gaining a place in the program.

Training & Development Events

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

Presenting your Research with Confidence

When: 14 August 2025, 10:30am - 1:00pm
Credits: 2.5 credits, Domain D
Delivery mode: Online

If you’re a researcher then at some stage you are going to have to present your findings. It’s tempting to get up and just read your paper, but to really speak to your audience you need to be able to communicate skillfully and with conviction. We’ve all been to dull presentations so it’s worth your while spending a little time to learn how to do it properly. This workshop will provide a clear step-by-step structure that you can use again and again to give high quality presentations. Register here.

Professional Communication in the Australian Workplace

When: 18 August 2025, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Credits: 1 credit, Domain D
Delivery mode: Online

Join us for a webinar exploring essential skills for professional communication in the Australian workplace (including the University!). Learn about different communication channels, strategies for clear and effective communication, key principles of workplace etiquette, and how to navigate diverse communication styles. This webinar is best suited for those who are new to professional environments in Australia. Register here.

Confidence Fitness

When: 27 August 2025, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Credits: 1 credit, Domain B
Delivery mode: Online

Do you feel you lack confidence? Join Sharron Ferrier and learn how to stretch yourself, and choose confidence. Develop strategies to overcome limiting beliefs that hold you back. Confidence is like a muscle – the more you use it, the stronger it gets. Learn how to ‘feel the fear and do it anyway.’ Register here.

Negotiating for Positive Outcomes

When: 2 September 2025, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Credits: 2 credits, Domain D
Delivery mode: Online

The ability to negotiate is consistently rated as one of the most critical skills for being successful – but not many people ever learn how to do it well. In reality, negotiation is a process that incorporates a number of specific skills which can be improved with practice. In this workshop we will look at a flexible model of negotiation that can be applied to a range of different situations, from the short and quick “corridor” negotiation to more formal business negotiations. Register here.

Other Training & Events

Data Capture and Surveys with REDCap

Would you like to enable secure and reliable data collection forms and manage online surveys? Would your study benefit from web-based data entry? Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) might be for you. This course will introduce you to REDCap, a rapidly evolving web tool developed by researchers for researchers. You can record this session for 3 credits in Domain A for CaRST. 20 August, 2025. 1.30pm-4.30pm. Register here.

Data Manipulation and Visualisation in R

Want to level up your skills in R? In this workshop, you will learn how to use popular packages to manipulate, explore and get insights from your data, and how to visualise the results. You can record this session for 6 credits in Domain A for CaRST. 28-29 August, 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.

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. Also covers ORCiD Profiles, and will touch upon Scopus Author Profiles, Web of Science ResearcherID and Google Scholar Profiles too. You can record this session for 1 credit in Domain D for CaRST. 4 September, 2025. 11.00am-12.00pm. Register here.

Advanced troubleshooting & translating searches for systematic reviews (HMS)

Are you conducting systematic database searches for your evidence synthesis project? This presentation will focus on tips for advanced troubleshooting, and for converting your initial systematic search strategy so that it will work in a variety of databases. You can record this session for 1 credit in Domain A for CaRST. 8 September, 2025. 11.00am-12.00pm. Register here.

This is an advanced-level course, if you are new to systematic searching, we recommend Introduction to Advanced Searching in MyUni.

Introduction to Machine Learning in R

In this live coding workshop series Intersect, we explain the fundamentals of Machine Learning (using R) and guide you on how to make better informed decisions on how to leverage Machine Learning in your research.

This 3-part series includes: 
Introduction & Linear Regression: Sept 9 & 10, 9.30am-12.30pm. Register here.
Classification: Sept 16 & 17, 9.30am-12.30pm. Register here.
SVM & Unsupervised Learning: Sept 24, 9.30am-12.30pm. Register here.

Please note the prerequisites for each course which are listed on the course page. 

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.