Skip to Main Content

News

The Australian Higher Education News 17 September 2025

UNSW leads the way with OpenAI
Bell case rings a warning over power and cash
Students mark down elite unis
Battle of the sexes as pay gap exposed for bachelor degree students
Allan stands on PM’s toes on China

QUT Faculty of Business and Law Covidence training

The Covidence team will be running a combined training session on 15th October 2025 from 1230pm – 3:30pm, specifically for Faculty of Business and Law researchers.

This online three-hour workshop includes:

  • Step 1: Setting up your review (12:30PM Brisbane time)

  • Step 2: Screening in Covidence (1:30PM Brisbane time)

  • Step 3: Data Extraction 2 (2:30PM Brisbane time)

You can attend one or all of the sessions to step you through setting up a review to data extraction. It is highly recommended that you watch the Covidence 101 recording prior to attending.

You must register for the session to receive the Zoom link.

If you have any questions, please contact Sal at library.buslaw@qut.edu.au

Subscription cancellations

Upcoming cancellation: PRS Country Data Online (CDO)

QUTs subscription to PRS Country Data Online (CDO) will cease on 20 September 2025.

Similar content is available via EIU Viewpoint.

 

For a full list of cancellations please refer to the 'Cancellations' tab in this guide.  

Sage HDR Student Publication Prize 2025 is open!

The competition is now OPEN!

We’re excited to launch this year’s competition with newly redesigned criteria that reflect QUT’s commitment to research excellence and impact.

The competition is open from now until the 19th October 2025

Aligned with the QUT Research Quality Agenda (2023–2027) and the QUT Indigenous Research Strategy (2022–2025), the updated prize framework recognises outstanding HDR publications that demonstrate:

  • High-quality research outputs

  • Meaningful engagement and impact

Whether you're publishing in top-tier journals or making a difference through impactful research, we want to celebrate your achievements!

📝Submit your entry now and showcase your research excellence.

 

Full terms and conditions are also available on the QUT Library website. Complete the online application form before time runs out. 

Contact the Office for Scholarly Communication if you have any questions. osc@qut.edu.au 

QUT Library Research Skills Training and Events - September

>   Session information

EndNote Essentials

An interactive module or live session with exercises in the basic applications of EndNote needed to get started.

Access the online module here.

Go here under self-directed learning with session recordings and exercises

Go here for the QUT EndNote Instructions Guide

Hacky Hour

A data skills meet-up with fellow research students, practitioners and key support staff to ask questions, get advice on a problem, share knowledge, chat and get help.

  • Experts are on hand to advise on problems related to coding, data analytics, digital tools, research data management, or open research.
  • Bring your questions on data wrangling, programming with R, Python, SQL, Data management planning, version control, statistics, data visualisation, data sharing, data publishing, and web APIs.
Register here for sessions run weekly, Thursdays, 2:00 - 3:00 pm, online.

Unlocking Gen AI potential: Prompting for research

This self-paced interactive module allows you to learn all the skills necessary to get started with creating effective prompts. It covers a number of related topic areas and offers hands-on opportunities to practice prompting in Copilot. Learn how to:

  • Using Gen AI tools at QUT
  • Copyright and ethical use of Gen AI
  • Understanding prompt engineering
  • Creating effective prompts
  • Using Microsoft Copilot Web
Access the online module here.

QCIF Training

Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation (QCIF) provides a large suite of data science, data management, programming and statistical analysis related training. QUT is a member of QCIF so training is free.

Training sessions for September published to date are:

Library news and media sources

View all QUT Library subscriptions to online news publications 

Business specific content: 

  • Factiva  > Select ‘Switch Factiva’ at the top of the page for a more user friendly interface for  a range of publications (including AFR online – 2-3 day embargo).
  • Financial Times content is still available from the following databases (with a one-month embargo): 

Please contact library.buslaw@qut.edu.au if you have any questions about resources. 

Impact of Social Sciences (LSE)

Loading ...
Tags: business, liaison librarian, library, news