| RED Research Student Workshops Semester 2 2009 |
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| Date | Venue | Workshop Description | Who Should Attend |
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Tuesday 4 August
1:00-3:00pm | AGC Seminar Room, Level 6, 115 Grenfell St | English Grammar for Research Writers
Strategies for improving your grammar and developing self-editing skills appropriate for research contexts. Email a one page example of any work-in-progress one week prior to the workshop to the facilitator, Michelle Picard. | HDR students and other researchers who use English as an additional language (limit 30 participants) |
Monday 10 August
10:00-12:00pm | AGC Seminar Room, Level 6, 115 Grenfell St | Pronouncing English Sounds
Oral communication in English at the level of pronouncing sounds and words. Follow-up small group work on students' own problem sounds will be scheduled at the class. | HDR students and other researchers who use English as an additional language (limit 30 participants) |
Tuesday 11 August
1:00-3:00pm *Workshop Postponed TBA* | AGC Seminar Room, Level 6, 115 Grenfell St | English Grammar for Research Writers (repeated)
Strategies for improving your grammar and developing self-editing skills appropriate for research contexts. Email a one page example of any work-in-progress one week prior to the workshop facilitator, Michelle Picard. | HDR students and other researchers who use English as an additional language (limit 30 participants) |
Monday 17 August
10:00-12:00pm | AGC Seminar Room, Level 6, 115 Grenfell St | Getting Started with Reviewing Literature
Strategies and tips for getting organised and managing the process of locating the relevant literature, reviewing it with a critical eye and presenting the resulting critique in an appropriate document. | All HDR students except those currently enrolled in the IBP-R (limit 30 participants) |
Wednesday 19 August
9:30-11:30am | AGC Seminar Room, Level 6, 115 Grenfell St | How to Ask Questions about Statistics
This workshop is designed to get you started asking the right questions about statistics. We will discuss the questions you need to ask yourself in order to be sure you are choosing the right statistical procedures; we will discuss the questions a statistician will ask you if you seek help from them; and we will discuss the questions you should ask in order to understand a statistical procedure better. Participants are asked to bring a research article that mentions statistics. | HDR students and early career researchers (limit 20 participants) |
Monday 24 August
10:00-12:00pm | AGC Seminar Room, Level 6, 115 Grenfell St | Effective Writing Strategies
Ever wondered why some writing is so easy to follow, when some is almost incomprehensible? This interactive workshop provides practical guidelines to ensure clear written communication through logical flow and cohesion. | HDR students and early career researchers (limit 30 participants) |
Monday 24 August
2:00-4:00pm | Barr Smith Library, Training Room 1 | Beginners Endnote Workshops
A hands-on interactive workshop for absolute beginner users of Endnote. | HDR students and early career researchers (limit 12 participants) |
Thursday 27 August
10:00-12:00pm | Barr Smith Library, Training Room 1 | Beginners Endnote Workshops
A hands-on interactive workshop for absolute beginner users of Endnote. | HDR students and early career researchers (limit 12 participants) |
Monday 31 August
2:00-4:00pm | Barr Smith Library, Training Room 1 | Intermediate Endnote Workshops
A hands-on interactive workshop for intermediate users of Endnote. Please make sure you’ve looked through the online tutorial at http://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/guide/gen/bibsoft/train-man.html before you come to the class. | HDR students and early career researchers (limit 12 participants) |
Monday 31 August
10:00-2:30pm (includes 45min break) | AGC Seminar Room, Level 6, 115 Grenfell St | Writing a Paper for Publication: papers that analyse primary data
Focuses on 'packaging' results, identifying the most appropriate journal, identifying likely expectations of referees, and strategies for writing and revising. Example papers are analysed to highlight issues of structure, information flow and writing style. Please bring along a paper from your target journal for analysis. | HDR students post CCSP submission who are conducting studies that collect and analyse data (limit 30 participants) |
Thursday 3 September 10:00-12:00pm | Barr Smith Library, Training Room 1 | Intermediate Endnote Workshops
A hands-on interactive workshop for intermediate users of Endnote. Please make sure you’ve looked through the online tutorial at http://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/guide/gen/bibsoft/train-man.html before you come to the class. | HDR students and early career researchers (limit 12 participants) |
Monday 7 September
10:00-12:00pm | AGC Seminar Room, Level 6, 115 Grenfell St | Intonation in English: words, phrases and sentences (Part 1)
The first of two workshops looking at stress and intonation patterns in English, in long words, phrases, sentences and longer stretches of talk. | HDR students and other researchers who use English as an additional language (limit 30 participants) |
Thursday 10 September
2:00-4:00pm | AGC Seminar Room, Level 6, 115 Grenfell St | Effective Writing Strategies
Ever wondered why some writing is so easy to follow, when some is almost incomprehensible? This interactive workshop provides practical guidelines to ensure clear written communication through logical flow and cohesion. | HDR students and early career researchers (limit 30 participants) |
Monday 14 September
10:00-12:00pm | AGC Seminar Room, Level 6, 115 Grenfell St | Intonation in English: words, phrases and sentences (Part 2)
The second of two workshops looking at stress and intonation patterns in English, in long words, phrases, sentences and longer stretches of talk. | Restricted to those participants who have attended Intonation Part 1 (September 7) (limit 30 participants) |
Wednesday 16 September
9:30-11:30am | AGC Seminar Room, Level 6, 115 Grenfell St | How to Ask Questions about Statistics
This workshop is designed to get you started asking the right questions about statistics. We will discuss the questions you need to ask yourself in order to be sure you are choosing the right statistical procedures; we will discuss the questions a statistician will ask you if you seek help from them; and we will discuss the questions you should ask in order to understand a statistical procedure better. Participants are asked to bring a research article that mentions statistics. | HDR students and early career researchers (limit 20 participants) |
Thursday 17 September
10:00-12:00pm | Barr Smith Library, Training Room 1 | Beginners Endnote Workshops
A hands-on interactive workshop for absolute beginner users of Endnote. | HDR students and early career researchers (limit 12 participants) |
** Workshop Full **
Monday 21 & Tuesday 22 September
1:00-5:00pm | Engineering & Maths Computer Lab EMG13 | Introduction to SPSS
This course consists of two half-day workshops. Participants MUST attend both workshops.
This workshop provides an overview of statistical design and analysis for researchers. Emphasis is on understanding the concepts of statistical procedures (with an absolute minimum of mathematics), choosing the correct analysis and interpreting computer output.
More information ... | HDR students and early career researchers (limit 30 participants) |
**Workshop Full** Wednesday 23 September
10:00-12:00pm | Napier 202 Computer Lab | Thesis Writing in your discipline
Strategies and tips for planning, structuring and writing your postgraduate thesis. This workshop makes use of a blended approach mixing face-to-face strategy training by members of the Researcher Education and Development team with a range of discipline-specific online materials. | HDR candidates who have already completed their Research Proposal and are either writing their thesis or planning their thesis structure. (limit 15 participants) |
Thursday 24 September
10:00-12:00pm | Barr Smith Library, Training Room 1 | Intermediate Endnote Workshops
A hands-on interactive workshop for intermediate users of Endnote. Please make sure you’ve looked through the online tutorial at http://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/guide/gen/bibsoft/train-man.html before you come to the class. | HDR students and early career researchers (limit 12 participants) |
Thursday 24 September
2:00-4:00pm | AGC Seminar Room, Level 6, 115 Grenfell St | Getting Started with Reviewing Literature
Strategies and tips for getting organised and managing the process of locating the relevant literature, reviewing it with a critical eye and presenting the resulting critique in an appropriate document. | All HDR students except those currently enrolled in the IBP-R (limit 30 participants) |
**Workshop Full** Thursday 24 September
2:00-4:00pm | Napier 202 Computer Lab | Thesis Writing in your discipline
Strategies and tips for planning, structuring and writing your postgraduate thesis. This workshop makes use of a blended approach mixing face-to-face strategy training by members of the Researcher Education and Development team with a range of discipline-specific online materials. | HDR candidates who have already completed their Research Proposal and are either writing their thesis or planning their thesis structure. (limit 15 participants) |
** Workshop Full **
Monday 12 October
10:00-12:00pm | AGC Seminar Room, Level 6, 115 Grenfell St | Preparing and Presenting Seminars
Preparation of effective visual materials, logical organisation of information and self-presentation skills for the oral presentation of academic research. | All HDR students except those currently enrolled in the IBP-R (limit 30 participants) |
Wednesday 14 October
2:00-4:00pm | Barr Smith Library, Training Room 1 | Beginners Endnote Workshops
A hands-on interactive workshop for absolute beginner users of Endnote. | HDR students and early career researchers (limit 12 participants) |
** Workshop Full **
Monday 19 October
10:00-12:00pm | AGC Seminar Room, Level 6, 115 Grenfell St | Time management/procrastination
The process of the PhD is often both exciting and daunting. This workshop will offer strategies and ideas to help you along this journey. Key aspects such as procrastination, study-life balance, and getting back on track will be explored to help you deal with the 'ups and downs' of the PhD process | HDR students and early career researchers (limit 30 participants) |
Wednesday 21 October
11:30-1:30pm | Barr Smith Library, Training Room 1 | Intermediate Endnote Workshops
A hands-on interactive workshop for intermediate users of Endnote. Please make sure you’ve looked through the online tutorial at http://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/guide/gen/bibsoft/train-man.html before you come to the class. | HDR students and early career researchers (limit 12 participants) |
Friday 23 October
2:00-4:00pm | AGC Seminar Room, Level 6, 115 Grenfell St | Preparing and Presenting Seminars
Preparation of effective visual materials, logical organisation of information and self-presentation skills for the oral presentation of academic research. | HDR students and early career researchers (limit 30 participants) |
Thursday 29 October
2:00-4:00pm | AGC Seminar Room, Level 6, 115 Grenfell St | On Being Supervised
A good relationship between HDR candidates and their supervisors is one of the keys to a successful research degree. This workshop explores ways in which HDR candidates can establish and maintain clarity in the supervision relationship during the course of their degrees. | All HDR students except those currently enrolled in the IBP-R (limit 30 participants) |
Wednesday 18 November
1:00-3:00pm | AGC Seminar Room, Level 6, 115 Grenfell St | English Grammar for Research Writers
Strategies for improving your grammar and developing self-editing skills appropriate for research contexts. Email a one page example of any work-in-progress one week prior to the workshop to the facilitator, Michelle Picard. A 1 hour time slot will be made available for student consultation after this session. | HDR students and other researchers who use English as an additional language (limit 30 participants) |
