This September, a series of research workshops will be offered, covering a diverse range of topics designed to enhance research skills and knowledge. These workshops include sessions on systematic reviews, data management, visualisation techniques and computational thinking. Additionally, participants can explore tools for working with sensitive data, publishing in academic journals, and copyright considerations in the creative arts. Whether you’re looking to improve your data cleaning skills or learn more about academic writing and digital research methods, these workshops provide valuable opportunities for researchers at all levels.
Wednesday 4 September, 10am to 12noon – Systematic style reviews: Tips and tools for getting from start to finish
Learn about tips and tools that can simplify your systematic and systematic-style reviews from start to finish. The workshop includes guidelines and protocols, research questions and search strategies, and screening and documenting your searches.
Thursday 5 September, 10am to 1pm – Working with sensitive data
With a focus on the “Five Safes” framework and principles of sharing data, the workshop explains and demonstrates strategies to mitigate disclosure risks and promote data security and privacy protections. Provides a framework and skills on all aspects of the practical and appropriate management of sensitive data.
Wednesday 11 September, 10am to 11am – EndNote Q&A
Learn the basics and start using EndNote using the Library’s EndNote Basics Tutorial, then register to join the Endnote Q&A live virtual session. Bring your questions and get answers and tips from specialist librarians and other EndNote users.
Wednesday 11 September, 1pm to 3pm – Data visualisation basics
Explore methods and tools to create publication quality visualisations of structured, tabular data. Tools covered include MS Excel, Raw Graphs and R.
Wednesday 18 September, 10am to 12noon – Systematic style reviews in health: Building a robust search strategy
Learn expert search techniques using an example systematic review research question. The workshop will include topics like search concepts and synonyms, adjacency searching, subject headings (MeSH) and more.
Wednesday 18 September, 1pm to 2.30pm – Introduction to computational thinking
This workshop introduces computational thinking as a precursor to learning how to write code in programming languages like R or Python. It will cover the steps involved in breaking down complex problems into computable chunks.
Thursday 19 September, 12.30pm to 2pm – Introduction to digital texts and tools for HASS research
This information session introduces digital methods and tools to find, access and build a corpus or text dataset, then prepare textual data for analysis, including transcription tools and data recognition (OCR) to ensure machine readability.
Wednesday 25 September, 10am to 12noon – Introduction to data cleaning with OpenRefine
Data cleaning prepares raw or messy data and transforms or maps it into a structured and organised format to enable processing and analysis. Learn basic data cleaning techniques using open source tool OpenRefine in this hands-on workshop.
Tuesday 1 October, 10am to 11.30am – Copyright, outputs and open access considerations for creative and performing arts
This seminar will examine copyright, research output and open access considerations pertaining to creative and performing arts research including theses, articles and book chapters, film, music, photography, painting, sculpture, on-line art, mixed media, design, dramatic and musical performances and scripts.
Wednesday 2 October, 10am to 11.30am – Conveying the argument in academic writing
Develop a clear argument in your writing as well as identifying arguments in the writing of others. This workshop is suited to Higher Degree Research candidates.
Wednesday 2 October, 1pm to 2.30pm – Springer Nature publishing workshop
Publishing in highly selective journals: We will discuss editorial process Open Access, cover letters, abstract writing, how to appeal decisions, and alternative types of publishing opportunities like Reviews & Commentary.
Publishing 101- Books : We’ll address common questions to help demystify the process, including information on publishing formats, preparing a book proposal, steps to publication, and Open Access in book publishing.
