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ResBaz Queensland – Special event at UniSC, 1- 3 July.

HDR Meet, Greet and Eat - Special event, 29 July.

Hacky Hour

Research Data Management @ QUT

Data Management Planner Clinic

EndNote Essentials – New online module as well as live workshop option.

Research Data Management Consultation

Unlocking Gen AI potential: Prompting for research  – New online module.

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ResBaz Queensland is three days of digital research training, in an interactive, collaborative and fun setting. It features workshops, talks, discussion sessions, networking and social activities, providing participatory training in cutting-edge digital research tools and techniques.

Check out the full workshop schedule here.  

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.

Register here for sessions run weekly, Thursdays, 2:00 - 3:00 pm, online.

Research Data Management @ QUT

This session introduces the basics of research data management at QUT, with demonstrations of tools and resources to assist you to manage your information and data. It will cover:

• General, legal, ethical and policy responsibilities
• Where and how to get research data management support at QUT
• How to use the Data Management Planner
• Recommended storage and sharing options including how to organise your data
• Publishing, licensing, copyright, and DOIs for data

• Data preservation, publishing and reuse, including with QUT’s Research Data Finder

Data Management Planner Clinic

This presentation and Q&A session for HDR students and staff will introduce QUT's Data Management Planner, with half the time dedicated for your questions and troubleshooting. Learn about:

• Why research data management matters and who needs a data management plan
• How to access the Data Management Planner and create and export a data management plan

• Version control and HDR supervisor features.

Please bring along any concerns, questions, or draft plans.

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.

Register for the live workshop here, Tuesday, 22 July, 10:00am – 12:00pm, online.

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

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

Research Data Management Consultation

Meet up with the Research Data Librarian to:

• Ask questions on planning, storing, organising, sharing, archiving and publishing issues for your research data.
• Seek advice and assistance for creating your Research Data Management Plan.

• Share what you are working on from your laptop or computer for input.

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 February published to date are:

• Introduction to Programming: Plotting and Programming with Python - 7-10 July
• Introduction to SPSS – 15 July
• Decision Trees and Ensemble Methods in Machine Learning – 16 July
• Single-cell RNA-Seq Analysis Using R – 22 July
• Getting Started with REDCap – 23 July
• Clustering and Unsupervised Methods in Machine Learning – 29 July
• Building Projects in REDCap – 30 July