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[Print-friendly version] QUICKLINKS ATN Leap & More Careers Communication Methods Orientation Project management For supervisors International Students Resources - Previous Years Rest of the University Skills Writing The Research Students Centre offers research training courses to Students, Supervisors and administrators. You are encouraged to view what is offered each month (see the Registration pages) and that offered online. We welcome your feedbackon offerings and encourage you to register for any of the range of workshops that are provided free of charge. REGISTRATION FAQ ■ A quick helpful FAQ guide answering many common queries regarding Registration to RSC events: FAQ PDF REGISTER ONLINE HERE ▲ BACK TO TOP WRITING SEMINARS ■ Graduate Capabilities adddressed by these seminars: skills in project management, teamwork, academic writing and oral communication advanced theoretical knowledge and analytical skills, as well as methodological, research design and problem-solving skills in a particular research area Events InviTES Resources PowerPoints Online Modules Useful Links ■ Writing abstracts Abstract PDF     How to... What is... ■ Literature review - the concept Reading critically Tom Cooper ATN MORE: Critical Writing A conceptual framework Literature review Literature review Qualitative research When reading... The literature review Critical reading Checklist How to read a paper... ■ Literature review - the practice Lit. Review examples ATN MORE: Critical Writing Writing a literature review Scholarly writing Getting started... Critical analysis Literature reviews Activities Writing up research Critical review Using the literature Checklist Writing the review See also resources on thesis writing under 2005-07 on this webpage. Critical reading checklist Writing literature reveiws ■ Creating an argument Argument examples Trevor Jordan ATN MORE: Critical Writing Structure of a strong written argument Structure of Program Organising your argument   Creative Deductive Arguments HDR Research Students Support Thesis & Argument Creating a compelling argument   Critical analysis skills Critical thinking A thesis argument     Writing critically What is an argument?     Reading & Writing strategies Critical reasoning tutorial Help with creating an argument ■ Writing your thesis: the structure Writing up your research Tom Cooper ATN MORE: Critical Writing Writing a research thesis Thesis Presentation & Mgmt Writing your thesis Thesis template Creating a thesis statement Requirement for presenting a thesis Writing How theses get written ■ Writing your thesis Editing Checklist Tom Cooper ATN MORE: Critical Writing Writing a PhD thesis Writing up your research Writing your thesis Writing up APA style guide Scholarly Writing Managing Long Documents Thesis template Requirement for presenting a thesis How to write a better thesis Order of Contents QUT Thesis Thesis guide   Writing up research   Verb tense   Four types of evidence   Six Principles of Good Writing ■ Writing for publication   Guidelines| Thesis by published papers | Copyright Guide for Research Students | OAK Law project| OAK List Gregory Webb & Anne Fitzgerald ATN MORE: Critical Writing ALPN Some guidelines Writing for publication Arguments and evidence Getting published REGISTER ONLINE HERE ▲ BACK TO TOP METHOD SEMINARS ■ Graduate Capabilities adddressed by these seminars: advanced theoretical knowledge and analytical skills, as well as methodological, research design and problem-solving skills in a particular research area independence in research planning and execution, consistent with the level of the research degree Events InvitES Resources PowerPointS Online Modules Useful Links ■ Qualitative research methods: the scope of practice   mark brough   Logic and argumet ■ Qualitative research methods See also the resources for qualitative research under 'Resources - previous years' Tom Cooper See theHPC website for more information about training/resources. Qualitative Research Guidelines Qualitative research High Performance Computing See the Blackboard site for the Research Students Centre Training & Resources International Research Institute     The use of qualitative interviews     Social Research Methods     Action Research     Models of Research Methods     Qualitative Research Methods     Resources for Qualitative Research     Q Methodology ■ Research - The process and the art Reading critically See the High Performance Computing website for more information about training/resources. Contact them to ask about statistics workshops. Research methods Literature review Basic business research methods Checklist Research method   Psychology research methods Quantitative Research Methods Catalogue of Resources UK resources for research   REGISTER ONLINE HERE ▲ BACK TO TOP SKILLS SEMINARS ■ Graduate Capabilities adddressed by these seminars: advanced information processing skills and knowledge of advanced information technologies and other research technologies Events InvitES Resources PowerPoinTS Online Modules Useful Links ■ High Performance computing & RESEARCH SUPPORT information SESSION       HPC website ■ Using NVIVO 8 NVIVO 8 Training Pack   QSR International - how to use NVivo Downloading software ■ Using Word to help Write your thesis Workbook   Style basics in Word 7 APA thesis template Formatting using styles- Word 3 Master documents Understanding styles in Word 3 Working with MD Splitting a document Headers & Footers Building blocks Cross References Removing tracked changes   Serif vs San Serif Endnote9 Up to speed with Word 7 ■ Statistical Symposia Questionnaire QUT Maths Access Centre MAC #1 Planning, handling and exploring data Workshop 1     #2 Categorical data Workshop 2     #3 Analysis of Variance Workshop 3     #4 Regression Workshop 4     ■ SPSS workshop   QUT Maths Access Centre Free online SPSS tutorials Introduction to SPSS     ANOVA in SPSS Additional questions 2     Workshop 2     Regression in SPSS Additional questions 3     Workshop 3     REGISTER ONLINE HERE ▲ BACK TO TOP COMMUNICATION SEMINARS ■ Graduate Capabilities adddressed by these seminars: awareness of the mechanisms for research results transfer to end-users, scholarly dissemination through publications and presentations, research policy, and research career planning. skills in project management, teamwork, academic writing and oral communication Events InvitES Resources PowerPoinTS Online Modules Useful Links ■ Networking Seminar Networking worksheet     Networking advice Networking handout Networking ■ Media Awareness Seminar           ■ Presentation skills + Confirmation seminar Guidelines Susan Gasson Ethics Successful presentations Confirmation Beatson & Lings Risk Management Presentation technique Presentations Jenny Fraser Critical writing Giving a successful presentation ■ Making the Most of Conferences + Write up Scholarship   Kunle Ricky Tunny Michel Thibier See the Blackboard Community Site     ■ Working with your supervisor & UNDERSTANDING SELF AND OTHERS Pt1       ■ UNDERSTANDING MYSELF AND OTHERS Pt2       REGISTER ONLINE HERE ▲ BACK TO TOP PROJECT MANAGEMENT SEMINARS ■ Graduate Capabilities adddressed by these seminars: independence in research planning and execution, consistent with the level of the research degree competence in the execution of protocols for research health and safety, ethical conduct and intellectual property skills in project management, teamwork, academic writing and oral communication Events InvitES Resources PowerPointS Online Modules Useful Links ■ Project management + Stage 2 Research Proposal seminar Stage 2 Guidelines Susan Gasson Ethics Project management framework Government project management Checklist Rachel Parker Risk Management Surviving GradSchool Bambang Trigunarsyah Critical writing Thesis management ■ Overseas research opportunities FEAST France Fulbright   FEAST France Fulbright Cotutelle Grants Fulbright ■ The Examination process + job seeking skills Pt 1 Skills Audit Risk Management REGISTER ONLINE HERE ▲ BACK TO TOP ORIENTATION ■ Graduate Capabilities adddressed by these seminars: independence in research planning and execution, consistent with the level of the research degree skills in project management, teamwork, academic writing and oral communication competence in the execution of protocols for research health and safety, ethical conduct and intellectual property awareness of the mechanisms for research results transfer to end-users, scholarly dissemination through publications and presentations, research policy, and research career planning. advanced information processing skills and knowledge of advanced information technologies and other research technologies advanced theoretical knowledge and analytical skills, as well as methodological, research design and problem-solving skills in a particular research area Events InvitES Resources PowerPointS Online Modules Useful Links ■ orientation Quiz Graduate Capabilities See the Blackboard Community Site Resources Catalogue Important webpages Training Resources Behavioural Style Q Seminar Registration DISC Article Project Management   DISC Model eGSA orientation   Identifying behaviours Equity orientation   Faculty Orientations   ■ international orientation Important webpages   International orientation See the Blackboard Community Site: RAPID Resources Catalogue You & your supervisor Training Resources Quiz   Seminar Registration Faculty Orientations     REGISTER ONLINE HERE ▲ BACK TO TOP International Students ■ (Research Advancement Program for International Doctorate-students) Graduate Capabilities adddressed by these seminars: independence in research planning and execution, consistent with the level of the research degree skills in project management, teamwork, academic writing and oral communication Events InvitES Resources PowerPointS Online Modules Useful Links ■ RAPID (Research Advancement program for Interantional doctoral students) International Support Services You & your supervisor See the Blackboard Community Site   Focus & Scope Project management Networking REGISTER ONLINE HERE ▲ BACK TO TOP ATN LEAP, MORE & E-GRAD SCHOOL SEMINARS ■ Graduate Capabilities adddressed by these seminars: advanced theoretical knowledge and analytical skills, as well as methodological, research design and problem-solving skills in a particular research area independence in research planning and execution, consistent with the level of the research degree competence in the execution of protocols for research health and safety, ethical conduct and intellectual property skills in project management, teamwork, academic writing and oral communication Events InvitES Resources PowerPointS Online Modules Useful Links ■ e-Grad School Practice Led Research Flyer Blackboard site: ATN MORE See the Blackboard Community Site Access Materials ■ e-Grad - Maximising your Career Flyer     ■ MORE Module: Critical and Creative Thinking Flyer Blackboard site: ATN MORE See the Blackboard Community Site ■ ATN Leap Sem 1 2009 Flyer See the RSC site See the Blackboard Community Site REGISTER ONLINE HERE ▲ BACK TO TOP CAREERS SEMINARS ■ Graduate Capabilities adddressed by these seminars: awareness of the mechanisms for research results transfer to end-users, scholarly dissemination through publications and presentations, research policy, and research career planning. Events InvitES Resources PowerPointS Online Modules Useful Links ■ RECORDING YOUR PROGRESS: using the E-portfolio Guide QV: student portfolio e-Portfolio Graduate Capabilities ■ working productively Cover letter   UTube Facilitation Interview worksheet Interview handout Identifying your skills worksheet Identifying your skills handout Eight Misunderstandings about Personalities Types High Level Description of the Sixteen Personality Types MBTI Dichtomies ■ Job seeking skills (Parts 1 and 2)     Graduate resources ■ networking: why building relationships is important     Graduate resources ■ Post Ph-D options - industry or academia? Transition to Industry: A Personal Account Adrian Hetherington   Science careers Transition from Science to Industry Aspects of Transition Jenny Summerville Who moves from Industry to Academia? REGISTER ONLINE HERE ▲ BACK TO TOP For Supervisors ■ Quality In Postgraduate Supervision (QIPS) Events InvitES Handouts + Resources PowerPoint Slides Online Modules Useful Links ■ QIPS 1 | Doing the paperwork Supervisor accreditation Michele Clark Supervisor Solutions - See the Blackboard Community Site QUT Supervisor Solutions should appear in "My Communities". If not please contact rsc.training@qut.edu.au fIRST Login: qutedu Password: qut4072qld Tracking supervision   PhD journey   FAQ International   FAQ Supervision   Case Study: Confirmation   Case Study: An Academic Minefield   Administrative Advice for New Supervisors   ■ QIPS 2 | Building partnerships with students/supervisors Expectations Jim Watters / Terry Walsh Supervisor Solutions - See the Blackboard Community Site fIRST Login: qutedu Password: qut4072qld ■ QIPS 3 | Project management   Susan Gasson     Rachel Parker Bambang ■ QIPS 4 | Supervising the writing process Threshold concepts Terry Walsh fIRST Supervising Non-native students writing Joanne Brownlee Supervising the Literature Review ■ QIPS 5 | Supervising International Students   Creative Deductive Arguments   ■ QIPS 6 | Supervision as a teaching & learning practice       ■ Supervisor Solutions: Moderated Version - October   See the Blackboard Community Site fIRST Login: qutedu Password: qut4072qld ■ AIRS for Supervisors   See the Library web site   ■ Supervisor Solutions: community of practice for supervisors         REGISTER ONLINE HERE ▲ BACK TO TOP RESOURCES FROM PAST SEMINARS: 2005 - 2008 ■ Confirmation Confirmatin Seminar 2006 (PowerPoint Presentation) Confirmation Seminar (PowerPoint Presentation) Preparing for Confirmation Confirmation handout Confirmation information Confirmation document Career Paths in Research Job Seeking Skills (PowerPoint Presentation) Postdoctoral Opportunities (PowerPoint Presentation) Examination Process Examinations Process Workshop (PowerPoint Presentation) Grants-in-aid Grant-in-Aid and Write-up Scholarships (PowerPoint Presentation) Making the Most of Conferences Conference Presentation(PowerPoint Presentation) Stand-and-Deliver (Jim Watters) (PowerPoint Presentation) Orientation RSC Orientation(PowerPoint Presentation) Mid-year Orientation(PowerPoint Presentation) Procrastination(PowerPoint Presentation) IP Policies for Students(PowerPoint Presentation) Advice to new research students (PDF) AIRS and Endnote(PowerPoint Presentation) Careers(PowerPoint Presentation) Library Services(PowerPoint Presentation) Phenomenography Supervising phenomenography(PowerPoint Presentation) Phenomenography conversations(PowerPoint Presentation) Plagiarism, Authorship and Intellectual Property Joint Authorship(PowerPoint Presentation) Intellectual Property for Researchers(PowerPoint Presentation) Plagiarism & Copyright(PowerPoint Presentation) Intellectual Property and Plagiarism(PowerPoint Presentation) OAK Law Project(PowerPoint Presentation) Presenting Research Presentations(PowerPoint Presentation) Project Management Workshop materials (1) and (2) Sample Timeline for Research Higher Degree Students Project Management for Students(PowerPoint Presentation) Project Management Bambang Trigunarsyah ( PowerPoint Presentation) Qualitative Research Methodologies Methodologies (B.Savage) (PowerPoint Presentation) Qualitative Research Methodologies (Tom Cooper) 2007 (PowerPoint Presentation) Article on Qualitative Research Methods Qualitative Research Methodologies (Joanne Tacchi) 2008 PowerPoint Presentation) Community Mapping Gender roles Trees Spider Diagrams Ranking Participatory techniques: Road blocks & barriers QIPS 2 - Partnerships Partnerships for Postgraduate Research Training: A contemporary perspective(PowerPoint Presentation) Student-Supervisor Relationships (Tom Cooper) (PowerPoint Presentation) QIPS 3 - Managing Students External students(PowerPoint Presentation) Advice to new supervisors (PDF) QIPS4 - Project Management Project Management(PowerPoint Presentation) Project Management 2007(PowerPoint Presentation) QIPS5 - Supervising the Writing Process Writing the PhD (Trevor Jordan) (PowerPoint Presentation) Stage 2: Research Proposal Stage 2(PowerPoint Presentation) Student Life Cycle Sample Timeline Stage 2 guidelines Stage 2 Proposal (Mark Brough) (PowerPoint Presentation) Scholarships Domestic Scholarships(PowerPoint Presentation) Information Session (PDF) PhD Funding Program Presentation Thesis Writing Theses (B. Hanna) (PowerPoint Presentation) Thesis Preparation and Examination (S. Danby) (PowerPoint Presentation) Writing a Thesis (Tom Cooper) (PowerPoint Presentation) Writing a Thesis (Susan Danby) (PowerPoint Presentation) QUT requirements for presenting a thesis Thesis template Chapter template numbering format Chapter template no numbering format Chapter template often used by science/engineering Managing large documents Scholarly Writing A Guide to Thesis Writing ▲ BACK TO TOP FROM OTHER AREAS OF THE UNIVERSITY ■ International Students Support Services A range of services offered by International Students Support Staff including the language and learning services Postgraduate Careers Alan McAlpine (a.mcalpine@qut.edu.au) has international experience in supporting career development for research students. Please contact Alan to learn more about the range of workshops available or to make an appointment for some one to one career support. Information Literacy Programs - from the Library. Find out more about using Eprints, Endnote and more. Learn who your liaison librarian is for your faculty. Staff from the Maths Access Centre offers support for Postgraduate Students. See the details here or see the Calendar of Events for Semester 1. Information Technology - from Information Technology discover the range of face to face (and online) training ranging from use of Microsoft Word and Excel programs through to use of SPSS and Data visualisation technology. Go to the Resources menu and log in to IT Training Registration http://www.itstraining.qut.edu.au/ to see the range of training offered on the varous QUT campuses. High Perforamnce Computing and Research Support also offers training, advice and assistance to research students. Teaching and Learning Support Services (TALSS) provides a range of services and employs a variety of professional and technical staff to work collaboratively with the staff and students of the University to ensure optimal learning outcomes for all students. TALSS provides services and expertise directly to both students and staff, in addition to designing, developing, delivering and maintaining physical and virtual resources to support learning and teaching. Human Resources: See the list of programs offered under the Staff Development menu and see also the training offered under the Workplace Health and Safety menu. Cultural Diversity and Equity Services also offer development and assistance programs. Counselling Service offers a range of training courses for staff and students. ▲ BACK TO TOP