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GRS Workshops

The Graduate Education Officers offer a range of workshops, repeated throughout the year.

    Research Skills

    • Foundations of Research: Explores fundamental aspects in the development of a UWA research project. It also familiarises you with the processes and expectations associated with Higher Degree by Research programs, identifies a range of support mechanisms available to you, and provides guidance in the development of research skills critical to both your research project and career aspirations. Contact Dr Michael Azariadis or Dr Krys Haq for more details.
    • Reading Strategies and Literature Reviews: An important element of thesis writing that is often not given enough attention is the finding, reading, managing and reviewing of the published literature. This workshop introduces you to the skills and strategies to craft a high-quality literature review. Separate workshops are offered for HASS and STEM students. Contact Dr Michael Azariadis or Dr Krys Haq for more details.
    • Research Productivity: Explore how to improve your research productivity, including time management tools, ways of promoting writing efficiency and career planning strategies. Contact Dr Jo Edmondston or Dr Krys Haq for more details.

    Academic Writing

    • Writing your Research Proposal: A well formulated Research Proposal provides a solid foundation for your research and sets the stage for successful and timely completion. This workshop introduces you to the task of writing an effective and comprehensively planned UWA Research Proposal and better understand what is involved in the review process. Contact Dr Michael Azariadis for more details.
    • Thesis Writing: Explore the wide range of ways that you can structure your thesis and understand what examiners expect of a quality thesis. Contact Dr Jo Edmondston for more details. Download the workshop booklet here.
    • Writing a Journal Article: Explore how you can prepare and submit an IMRAD structured journal paper. IMRAD stands for Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion. Contact Dr Jo Edmondston for more details. Download the workshop booklet here.

    Workshops for students enrolled in the Sciences and Applied Sciences

    • Introduction to Academic Writing: Explore best writing practices, focussing firstly on drafting text to develop your understanding as a writer and secondly on editing text to communicate effectively with your reader. Contact Dr Jo Edmondston for more details. Download the workshop booklet here.
    • Advanced Academic Writing: Improve your academic writing skills by considering tense, punctuation, transitions, parallelism, voice, typography, hedging and other style elements. Contact Dr Jo Edmondston for more details. Download the workshop booklet here.

    Workshops for students enrolled in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

    Research Communication

    • Conference presentations: Explore the four stages of an effective presentation: planning, preparation, practice and performance. Contact Dr Krys Haq for more details.
    • Conference posters: Posters are a valuable tool for presenting research. Explore how to develop your poster message, design and produce an effective poster, and present your poster to a broad audience. Contact Dr Krys Haq for more details.
    • Preparing for the Viva Voce: Interactive workshop for PhD students to help prepare you for the viva voce component of your examination. Contact Dr Krys Haq for more details.

    Career Development

    • Career Development: Take charge of your career using a career development model to explore your strengths and develop a career plan. Strategies for building your profile and networks will also be discussed. Contact Dr Krys Haq for more details.

    Software Support

    • Introduction to NVivo: Introduces the fundamentals of Nvivo, a popular qualitative data analysis software. Learn how to create a project, upload and code data, and visually represent the coded text. This is a hands-on workshop where you can work with your own data. Contact Dr Michael Azariadis for more details.
    • Thesis Writing using MS Word: A hands-on workshop that explores the functions of MS Word that may be useful for you when writing your thesis. Contact Dr Jo Edmondston for more details. Download the workshop booklet here.