Careers and employment

LinkedIn Expected audience: All students Develop your professional online profile on LinkedIn. Networking Expected audience: All students Market yourself effectively for employment

Other programmes and resources

Individual appointments and drop-ins Our learning advisors can work with you individually on any of the topics covered in the workshops. We can give you in-depth feedback on written drafts and conference presentations, and help you refine your database search strategy. Resources you can use independently For more resources to help you improve your research and writing skills, see our website at https://ltl.lincoln.ac.nz/

or see our displays on Level 0.

Presenting and publishing your research Making the most of your “Thr3sis” presentation Expected audience: Entrants in the Lincoln University Three Minute Thesis competition Find out more about Thr3sis and pick up some tips on how to present your research in just 3 minutes.

Presenting a conference paper Expected audience: Conference presenters A practical session that focuses on the key principles of effective structure and delivery of presentations.

Using TurnItIn to check your own drafts for plagiarism Expected audience: All postgraduate students Learn how to use this software to check your drafts and interpret the findings.

Submitting a polished final product Expected audience: Dissertation or thesis writers Get some tips from an experienced technical editor on how to create a professional looking final product. Understanding Copyright Expected audience: All postgraduate students Using other people’s images etc? How to manage Third Party Copyright material in a research output/thesis.

Building your research profile Expected audience: All postgraduate students Tips on managing research outputs, providing durable and global access for your research, increasing citations and more.

For bookings and further information, visit https://ltl.lincoln.ac.nz

or contact Caitriona Cameron caitriona.cameron@lincoln.ac.nz

We run new workshops and repeats of workshops “on demand”. If you have a request for a new workshop or cannot attend a scheduled workshop, please contact us

through the website.

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The Postgraduate

“Toolbox”

Workshops

2019

This programme is being expanded. Check in again with us in late February

for the new version.

Building research skills Getting started with EndNote (EN) Expected audience: All postgraduate students How to use EndNote with Library databases, insert references into Word and generate a bibliography. Introduction to research design (for qualitative & quantitative research) Expected audience: All postgraduate students An introduction to experimental design. Learn the basics of good and robust research design techniques. Human ethics Expected audience: Dissertation or thesis writers Learn about the general principles of ethics in research with humans, and how to apply for ethics approval. Finding the literature: Database searching Expected audience: All postgraduate students This workshop looks at developing an effective search strategy and includes exploring the advanced search features of a number of the library databases.

Engaging with the literature

Getting started on a literature review Expected audience: All postgraduate students Explore the purpose and structure of a literature review. Critiquing and integrating the literature Expected audience: All postgraduate students Learn how to integrate and critique the literature. Mapping the structure of your literature review Expected audience: Dissertation or thesis writers Learn how to map your literature review writing around the aims and hypotheses of your thesis.

Managing research

Getting started on the research journey Expected audience: Dissertation or thesis writers in the first few months of a research degree An introduction to what you “need to know” to research, write and submit on time.

The what, why and how of research data management (Data management Part 1) Expected audience: Dissertation or thesis writers Learn the basics of managing your research data, including proper storage and backup, metadata, data formats and file and folder names.

Completing a data management plan (Data management Part 2) Expected audience: Dissertation or thesis writers A data management plan can help avoid unpleasant surprises by helping you determine what storage and support you need to successfully complete your study.

Start writing—keep writing Expected audience: Dissertation or thesis writers Strategies for becoming a productive writer and for avoiding “writers block”.

Well-being and stress management Expected audience: All postgraduate students

Analysing data Expected audience: All postgraduate students

Understanding statistics - Part 1 Qualitative & quantitative data, descriptive statistics hypothesis testing & p-values.

Understanding statistics - Part 2 statistical tests for your analysing data ( two or more groups).

Introduction to alternative statistical methods

Introduction to statistical packages workshops: - Introduction to basic stats - Introduction to Genstat - Introduction to Minitab - Introduction to SPSS - Introduction to R

Writing a thesis or dissertation

The essential elements of a thesis or dissertation Expected audience: Dissertation or thesis writers Explore the key criteria of a good thesis or dissertation and typical thesis structures. Writing a research proposal Expected audience: Dissertation or thesis writers Clarify the purpose of a research proposal and what it should contain. Writing an abstract

Expected audience: Dissertation or thesis writers A practical “hands-on” workshop for those currently writing an abstract. Writing the Results and Discussion chapters Expected audience: Dissertation or thesis writers A practical “hands-on” workshop for those currently writing the results and discussion sections.

Polishing your writing Strengthening sentences Expected audience: All postgraduate students Learn how to write sentences so that your reader can more easily understand the meaning and emphasis. Writing concisely

Expected audience: All postgraduate students Practise making your writing style clearer and more concise. Developing coherence in writing Expected audience: All postgraduate students Learn how to construct sentences and paragraphs so that your writing has a smooth, logical “flow”. Perfecting punctuation Expected audience: All postgraduate students Confused about how to use commas, colons and semicolons? This is the workshop for you!

Go to https://ltl.lincoln.ac.nz for dates, times and bookings