Research Week 2012: Make Me Famous

Publishing 101

Presentation Materials:

• Dr Paul Allatson 
• Ann Hobson Editing and Publishing slides and Clear Copy Handout
• Michelle Kelly

Learn about the publishing process with insider tips and advice from UTS academics. The session will include an introduction to the academic publishing system, the university's expectations of publishing during your PhD and tips from academics on how to get your article published.


Commercialisation and IP By John Haining, Martin Lloyd  and Pamela Blaike

• Presentation Slides

Learn how to protect your Intellectual Property and potentially commercialise your research at this session by Martin Lloyd and Pamela Blaikie from UniQuest.


Research Metrics Demystified
This was a hands on workshop designed to introduce new Researchers to research metrics. Metrics are used to assess academic achievement. The Library can help you pick which metrics to use to best demonstrate your success.

• Book into a Make me Famous Research Metrics Workshop
• Learn more about Research Metrics and citations
• Watch our YouTube tutorials on how to Maximise your impact Part 1 & Part 2.

Make me Famous with Social Media


This session will introduce the rapidly evolving role of social media in academia. It will focus on how researchers can take advantage of social media to promote their own research and interact with scholarly communities around the world. In the hands-on component of the class, participants will create their own academia.edu and Twitter profiles. 

Making researchers famous with social media

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Research Week 2012: Doing Data

Data is a very important part of being a Researcher in general, but it is particularly important to be aware that UTS is positioning itself as the Data Intensive University.

Data Management Planning by Elizabeth Litting

If you’re a researcher, chances are you’ll have data. It could be stats, instrument data, interviews, images, video... pretty much anything. BUT – have you thought about how you’ll organise it for easy retrieval and use? Do you know where you will store it? Do you have plans if your computer is destroyed by flood, fire or alien invasion? If not, don’t panic - we can help you solve these problems and make sure you have a data management plan that is simple but covers all stages of your research project.

Data Management Resources:

• Book into a Data Management Planning Workshop
• Complete the Data Management Planning Checklist
• Find a Data Archive suitable for you

Finding Data and Data Visualisation by Maureen Henninger

Maureen ran two hands on workshops on how to find and extract data from from repositories, archives and social media and then how to visualise and interpret data using online tools. We plan on re-running these workshops later in the year - watch this space for details. 

Research Week 2012: Communicate and Collaborate

Wednesday's theme during Research Week was Communicate and Collaborate!

Research Reading and Writing by Dr Terry Royce

• Presentation Slides

This hands-on workshop will focus on research reading and writing skills. Run by Dr. Terry Royce of the ELSSA Centre, it will feature group work and exercises on how to effectively read and extract information from research articles for a literature review. Participants should bring along a research article they are currently reading to use in the class. Terry will contact all participants prior to the workshop to gather information and send along any further instructions.


Show me the money! by Lee Williamson

• Presentation Slides

Learn how to make your research grant applications more successful with this presentation by Lee Williamson (Research Development Specialist, RIO).


Get connected with Collaborative Tools


This hands-on workshop will help you find researchers in your disciplinary areas, how to collaborate with them and also how to identify grant and conference opportunities. The workshop will focus on using databases and collaborative tools such as Diigo and Google docs to make collaborating on projects easier and faster.


This workshop was a combination of two Library Workshops: Get Connected and Collaborative Tools. You can book into these workshop on the Library's Tour and Workshops page.

Research Week 2012: PhD Land

Day two of Research Week was themed around developing the skills you need to know when you're first entering PhD Land.

Library Research Skills

This workshop was a combination of two Library Workshops: Introduction to Library Research and Advanced Database Searching. You can book into these workshop on the Library's Tour and Workshops page. 

The PhD Journey by Dr Jessica Gray

• Presentation Slides

Attend a workshop focused on the joys and challenges of working through a PhD. Material will cover some common issues PhD students face, such as difficulties with procrastination and motivation, time management, writing, managing social isolation in the research role, and taking time for yourself within a busy schedule. If you are starting a PhD, or you are in the thick of it already, come along to gain some insights and understandings of what it is to be a PhD student.

Managing your Supervisor by Dr Ian McGregor

• Presentation Slides 
• Vodcast coming soon.

Dr Ian McGregor completed his PhD in 2010 over 8 years after starting it – he had 2 supervisors, each quite different and realized that how as a Higher Degree Research student how you, as a student, manage your supervisor(s) is critical to a successful, enjoyable and rewarding completion of a research degree.


Ethics and Research at UTS by Yordanka Krastev and Marion Haas

• Presentation Slides
• Vodcast coming soon
• Animal Ethics and Biosafety Clearance (pdf) by Sue Wood

This session will discuss the importance of research ethics policy and practice at UTS as well as providing guidance for new students on Ethics matters. Presenters: Yordanka Krastev (Research Ethics Manager (Human)) and Marion Haas (Research Ethics committee chair).