Upcoming Events
Small Group Coaching
12-2pm AEST
You have your results. You know what you found. So why does the discussion feel like you just don't know where to start? Join this session and come away with an outline and the confidence that you can get it done.
Who it's for: Honours, Grad Dip Adv, and PhD students who have their results and are facing the hardest section to write.
What you'll leave with: an outline for your own general discussion, built move by move, plus answers to all your questions
12-2pm AEST
You have your results. You know what you found. So why does the discussion feel like you just don't know where to start? Join this session and come away with an outline and the confidence that you can get it done.
Who it's for: Honours, Grad Dip Adv, and PhD students who have their results and are facing the hardest section to write.
What you'll leave with: an outline for your own general discussion, built move by move, plus answers to all your questions
Free Workshop | 12-1pm AEST
Your thesis is a big job and it feels like you need a clear week to even make a start. But that week isn't coming and your deadline is. You actually need a system that carves out small pockets of productivity. In this free workshop we will build a writing system that helps you schedule and guard your writing pockets, sprint words onto the page once you are in them, and find the community that keeps you showing up.
Who it's for: Honours, Grad Dip Adv, and PhD students juggling a thesis with a life full of responsibilities.
What you'll leave with: a three-part writing system and the experience of having actually made some progress
12-2pm AEST
You have your results. You know what you found. So why does the discussion feel like you just don't know where to start? Join this session and come away with an outline and the confidence that you can get it done.
Who it's for: Honours, Grad Dip Adv, and PhD students who have their results and are facing the hardest section to write.
What you'll leave with: an outline for your own general discussion, built move by move, plus answers to all your questions
Plotting for survey research | 1pm - 3pm AEST
Think plotting is only for experiments with neat conditions to compare? Survey data needs more looking, not less. Bring your data and I’ll help you build the figures that check for problems and tell your story.
Who it's for: Honours, Grad Dip Adv, and PhD students who have their results and are looking to learn how to make plots that make their thesis stand out
What you'll leave with: After the session, you will walk away with a couple of plots of your own data and a workflow that you can use to make plots with ease.
Plotting for survey research | 1pm - 3pm AEST
Think plotting is only for experiments with neat conditions to compare? Survey data needs more looking, not less. Bring your data and I’ll help you build the figures that check for problems and tell your story.
Who it's for: Honours, Grad Dip Adv, and PhD students who have their results and are looking to learn how to make plots that make their thesis stand out
What you'll leave with: After the session, you will walk away with a couple of plots of your own data and workflow that you can use to make plots with ease.
Workshops
Plotting for survey research | 1pm - 3pm AEST
Think plotting is only for experiments with neat conditions to compare? Survey data needs more looking, not less. Bring your data and I’ll help you build the figures that check for problems and tell your story.
Who it's for: Honours, Grad Dip Adv, and PhD students who have their results and are looking to learn how to make plots that make their thesis stand out
What you'll leave with: After the session, you will walk away with a couple of plots of your own data and a workflow that you can use to make plots with ease.
Free Workshop | 12-1pm AEST
Starting a new research project can quickly get overwhelming. There is too much to keep track of and too little time. Join us for this online workshop in which Dr Jenny Richmond will walk through project-management practices that save you time down the track and reclaim some headspace now.
Who it's for: students just starting their research journey who want to start strong.
What you'll leave with: three tools for managing your project proactively
Free Workshop | 12-1pm AEST
Your ideas are good, but an HD on your thesis depends on your ability to make them super easy for your marker to grasp. In this free workshop we will cover how to polish your thesis with structure, synthesis and support in mind, making your writing such a pleasure to read that your marker can't not give it an HD.
Who it's for: Honours, Grad Dip Adv, or PhD student with a thesis due in the next few months, ready to polish good work into High Distinction work.
What you'll leave with: a self-edit checklist you can use to polish your thesis draft
Open Science + Good Writing
What good is open science if no one can understand the paper? At lab meeting this week, we will talk about why scientific writing has become so difficult to read and how you can write in a way that makes your thesis clear, compelling, and memorable.
Download the Gernsbacher paper here.
RSVP via Calendly link
The danger of spreadsheets
Spreadsheets are the bread and butter of research, but they can also be surprisingly dangerous. Join us to discuss simple, practical tips for avoiding common spreadsheet mistakes and building good data management habits from day one.
Download the Broman & Woo paper here.
RSVP via Calendly link