News and upcoming events for April

In this edition of what’s new, and what’s coming up, at the University of Melbourne for researchers and the research support community:

Events from the Library: Sign up for upcoming Researcher@Library 2025 Semester 1 sessions, Collection Pop-Up: Saving sounds – 900 years of music in 10 items, Library Hours in April
Events beyond the Library: Undertaking Collaborative Research: Collaborating with Industry, PhD Innovators Program, MDAP Research Showcase 2025, Making research visual: Visualisation design for communicating research and research data, Researcher Development Portal

Events from the Library

Sign up for Researcher@Library 2025 Semester 1 Sessions

The Researcher@Library training program is now live. Sessions for April include:

There is more to come in May. Sign up now or keep an eye on future events here: https://library.unimelb.edu.au/research/researcher-training

Collection Pop-Up: Saving sounds – 900 years of music in 10 items

Thursday 3 April, 12:30pm – 1pm

Join curator Jen Hill as she introduces ten items from the Rare Music collection spanning almost 900 years. The core of the collection exists because of the impetus to ‘save sound’, so that it can be played or heard again and again. Jen will look at the different ways each item does this, from a manuscript leaf dated c. 1075; to printed music for a French baroque-era bagpipe; to an Australian-made and played piano roll from the jazz-age. Some of the collection items will be illustrated with brief audio extracts.

Library hours in April

We recommend checking the Library hours during the Easter and ANZAC period before visiting one our branches. You can check here: https://library.unimelb.edu.au/#regular-hours

Events from beyond the Library

Undertaking Collaborative Research: Collaborating with Industry

Tuesday 1 April, 2pm – 3:30pm

Undertaking Collaborative Research is designed for mid-career researchers who are interested in furthering collaborative relationships with research partners.

Find out more and register here: https://go.unimelb.edu.au/63xp

PhD Innovators Program – Applications close 6 April 2025!

Applications are now open for the PhD Innovators Program, designed specifically for PhD researchers at the University of Melbourne and the Melbourne Biomedical Precinct. Develop entrepreneurial skills and connect with industry leaders through small-group workshops featuring guest speakers and collaborations with real-world ventures.

Find out more: https://go.unimelb.edu.au/3kxp

MDAP Research Showcase 2025

Tuesday 8 April, 10:30am – 12pm

This is an opportunity to hear about some of our research successes from previous projects, meet other researchers, the wider MDAP team, partners and current student interns.

You will hear from a variety of research collaborators who will present short informal overviews of their research and their unique perspective on working with MDAP, followed by networking over lunch.

Making research visual: Visualisation design for communicating research and research data

Tuesday 29 April, 9:30 – 11:30am

This workshop is a tour through the principles of data visualisation for communication illustrated through diverse scientific and creative examples. Exploring ways to refine existing visualisations to be more accessible and more impactful. You will have the opportunity work on your own data visualisation project and talk through your challenges with peers and facilitators and brainstorm possible solutions before publishing on Figshare to obtain an digital object identifier (DOI) to claim authorship.

Find out more: https://go.unimelb.edu.au/a3xp

Researcher Development Portal

Check out the Researcher Development Portal for upcoming events to support University of Melbourne Researchers delivered by experts from across the University. Including Academic Skills and Digital Skills events and more.

Find out more

March 25, 2025

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