The full list of 2022 Local winners competing in the international competition are now available to view on the VYT 2022 figshare repository. Now is the time to vote for your favourite entry! Do not forget to tweet/retweet your pick with the hashtag #TrendingOnVYT How it works: The winner is selected based on how many views their video receives on the VYT International Figshare …

Throughout 2022 at the end of each month the Scholarly Development (Research) team will provide a snapshot of relevant scholarly research support news and events for the coming month. Register for upcoming Researcher@Library Webinars Researcher@Library offers a range of resources to help graduate researchers and academics develop their advanced library research skills and digital capabilities. Registrations are open for upcoming Researcher@Library webinars: Open …

PRW is an annual event that highlights the importance of peer review in the scholarly ecosystem. The theme for PRW 2022 is “Research Integrity: Creating and supporting trust in research”, highlighting the ways in which peer review contributes to and reinforces trust in scholarship.  In celebration of Peer Review Week check out Zachary Kendal, Scholarly Communications Consultant, three-part series on Peer …

We recommend checking out the Sustainability on campus website to learn about the sustainability initiatives on campus. You can learn about the huge range of research happening across the University that works towards the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals here. Do not forget to complete the 2022 Sustainability Survey before 11.59pm on Friday 16 September and go into the running to …

Researcher Connect, in collaboration with Digital Science, is running a series of in-person digital skills meet ups (DSMU) throughout 2022. Join us Tuesday, September 20th at 3:00-4:00pm at the South bank campus. Come along to learn more about the support on offer at the university, find answers to your coding questions, meet people conducting similar- or widely different!- research to you, and contribute to the …

Throughout 2022 at the end of each month the Scholarly Development (Research) team will provide a snapshot of relevant scholarly research support news and events for the coming month. Register for upcoming Researcher@Library Webinars Researcher@Library offers a range of resources to help graduate researchers and academics develop their advanced library research skills and digital capabilities. Registrations are open for upcoming Researcher@Library webinars: File …

Your Cultural Commons is a series of sessions form part of the Researcher Development Unit (RDU) Graduate Researcher Orientation, developed and delivered in collaboration with the Museums & Collections Department, UoM. These sessions provide a welcoming, community-focused way for you to get to know the University campus. Each session runs for an hour, and includes an intimate tour of the current …

If you are looking for resources or need to brush up on your skills in biblometrics, RILAS is the place to go for assistance with managing your citations and references. The RILAS website is a comprehensive resource provided by the Research Impact Library Advisory Service to better understand and use bibliometrics. Register for upcoming training sessions by the RILAS team below: Metrics and …

The Melbourne Data Analytics Platform invites graduate researchers and staff to register for our free digital research tool workshops. Connect with the UoM research community, discover how to collect and analyse data, visualise your research and work smarter not harder. Our tools include: 3D Printing with TinkerCAD, Rhino3d and Makerbot Slicer LaTeX, a document preparation and high-quality typesetting system MATLAB, an …

Researcher Connect is a program of workshops, training and events for researchers. Develop your digital research and data skills to expand your research capability, and explore the facilities and platforms available to you. Update: Workshop session recordings are now available online and can be accessed via the videos and resources tab on the Researcher Connect website. Please note that the website …

Throughout 2022 at the end of each month the Scholarly Development (Research) team will provide a snapshot of relevant scholarly research support news and events for the coming month. Register for upcoming Researcher@Library Webinars Researcher@Library offers a range of resources to help graduate researchers and academics develop their advanced library research skills and digital capabilities. Registrations are open for upcoming Researcher@Library webinars: Open …

The University of Melbourne’s Visualise Your Thesis competition is now finished, and we have our winners!  The 2022 Visualise Your Thesis Competition encouraged graduate researchers to develop essential digital communication skills to effectively convey their complex research to a general audience. It takes the amazing research of the world’s brightest and best graduate researchers and catapults it into the digital age. This …

Naomi Mullumby, Faculty Librarian and Sarah Charing, Liaison Librarian, Architecture, Building and Planning, discuss some of the research highlights behind the latest ‘Digitising our Collections’ window display in the ABP Library. “Parkville” is the theme of the latest ‘Digitising our Collections’ window display in the ABP Library, chosen both to complement symposiums being held by the faculty this year, and because …

NAIDOC Week is held annually across Australia in the first week of July and will be running from Sunday 3 to Sunday 10 July in 2022. Born from Aboriginal activism in the 1920 and 30s, NAIDOC Week is an Indigenous-led celebration of the history, cultures, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The national NAIDOC theme for 2022, Get …

Throughout 2022 at the end of each month the Scholarly Development (Research) team will provide a snapshot of relevant scholarly research support news and events for the coming month. Researcher Connect & Networking Event Tuesday 5 July - Thursday 7 July for Researcher Connect 2022. Researcher Connect is next week. Sign up for free digital skills sessions across the three days. Do not …

Unsure about how to manage your sensitive research data? Do you want to know what resources and tools are available to help you? Kimberley D’Costa from the Petascale Campus Research Data Management Program provides an overview of sensitive data management at the University of Melbourne. Responsible research data management is a critical component of your research. But as regulatory mandates, cybersecurity standards, …

The 3MT is a professional and highly engaging international competition that challenges PhD candidates to present their research in appropriate language to an intelligent, but non-specialist, audience in the space of three minutes. Participating in 3MT develops academic, presentation and research communication skills, as well as providing a valuable opportunity for Graduate Researchers to come together, get to know one another …

Dates: Tuesday 5th – Thursday 7th July, 2022 Format: Online via Zoom, click here for more information and registration Researcher Connect is a three day program of workshops, training and panel discussion events for researchers at all stages. Develop your digital research and data skills to expand your research capability, and explore the facilities and platforms available to you.  The program delivers a series of informative and interactive sessions …

Throughout 2022 at the end of each month the Scholarly Development (Research) team will provide a snapshot of relevant scholarly research support news and events for the coming month. Register for upcoming Researcher@Library Webinars Researcher@Library offers a range of resources to help graduate researchers and academics develop their advanced library research skills and digital capabilities. Registrations are open for upcoming Researcher@Library webinars: Choosing …

International Data Week 2022 brings together data enthusiasts working in different disciplines in academia, industry and politics to discuss data-driven innovations that drive science and society. Co-organised by four data organisations with the common goal of increasing access to data and using data to benefit the community, the theme for International Data Week 2022 conference is " Data to Improve our …

To mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day on Thursday 19 May 2022, we wanted to look at the accessibility of theses. At the University of Melbourne, PDFs of final theses are usually made open access in the University’s Minerva Access repository. In this post, Dr Zachary Kendal, Scholarly Communications Consultant, shares some advice for making thesis documents more accessible. Many aspects of …

  Recently, the Visualise Your Thesis team sat down with Mathieu Pichault, the 2021 winner of the University of Melbourne’s VYT competition. Mathieu, an Engineering student who has since graduated and is working in industry, shares his experience, insight, and some tips on competing in VYT.     How far along with your PhD were you when you entered? I was well into the second year …

  Throughout 2022 at the end of each month the Scholarly Development (Research) team will provide a snapshot of relevant scholarly research support news and events for the coming month. Register for upcoming Researcher@Library Webinars Researcher@Library offers a range of resources to help graduate researchers and academics develop their advanced library research skills and digital capabilities. Registrations are open for upcoming Researcher@Library webinars: Getting …

Have you submitted an expression of interest (EOI) for the 2022 Visualise Your Thesis Competition at The University of Melbourne and excitedly preparing your entry? If you are yet to sign up, submit yours here and check out our previous post all about the competition for this year.  We have collated some information here to assist in providing some insight into …