If you are a PhD, Master of Philosophy, honours or postgraduate study student looking to improve your research skills, then UQ Graduate Student Week is for you.
Offering a range of seminars designed to help you get the most from your study and research, the Graduate Student Week running from April 14 is the first of two graduate student events for the year.
Manager of the UQ Graduate School, Tony Miscamble, said that Graduate Student Week was "principally a program of skills training and professional development for around 3800 research higher degree (PhD and MPhil) candidates at UQ".
"The 'featured events' are usually either guests from outside of UQ who bring a broader or global perspective, or individuals with specific skills or insights to impart that will be of worth to Research Higher Degrees (RHDs)," Mr Miscamble said.
"RHD candidates can expect to gain better research, writing, time management and IT skills as well as insights into career paths in research and better knowledge of how to progress successfully to graduation."
Graduate Student Week attracts over 2000 registrations for around 45 workshops.
"Graduate Student Weeks are the feature events in a skills training program made possible by the substantial contributions of expertise and resources from Student Services and the Library," he said.
"Feedback from participants is consistently positive and informs the content, nature and frequency of skills training organised by the Graduate School for our PhD and MPhil candidates."
Mr Miscamble said that while some workshops were designed specifically for RHD candidates, the Graduate School took a broader view of the research community at UQ, of which RHD candidates were a crucial part.
"We also encourage Honours and postgraduate coursework students to participate in Graduate Student Week. Many will be future RHD candidates, either at UQ or elsewhere, and we seek to cultivate their interest in research," he said.
Highlights of the week include a visit by Professor Charles Oppenheim of Loughborough University (UK), and talks by the UQ Librarian Keith Webster and specialists from Thomson Reuters on various topics organised by the UQ Library.
Other highlights include workshops on Saturday, April 18 specifically for part-time RHD candidates, and workshops on research commercialisation, IP and consulting by UniQuest, the most successful research commercialisation entity in Australia.
"The UniQuest workshops can be a revelation to those who've never considered the commercial potential of their research," Mr Miscamble said.
Graduate Student Week runs from April 14 to 22. For more information, visit the Graduate Student Week website.
All events are free, and registration is essential. To book your place for events, simply visit the Graduate Student Week website and click Register HERE.
Media: Tony Miscamble (07 3365 8846), or Amanda Sproule from UQ Communications (07 3365 2339).
