Resources

See below for 2025 resources.

AI Tools For Literature Reviews

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Researcher Skills And Career Planning For Academia And Beyond

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An Introduction to Cloud Security for Researchers

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Design 101: Presentations, Posters, And Powerpoints For Researchers

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Data Management Planning

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Sharing Sensitive Research Data With FileSender

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Data Storytelling with R and ggplot

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Introduction to version control with Git

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How to Peer Review

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Life Reset – Job Search for Career Changers

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Open Access: How To Make Your Publications Open

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Supercharge Your Research: Unlocking AI’s Hidden Potential Through Prompt Engineering

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Introduction to programming with Python

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Managing Research Data

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Research Data Collection & Surveys With REDCap

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How To Plan Your Research For Real World Impact

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Research Profiles: Increase discoverability, collaboration and funding opportunities

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Unlocking the potential of the Stats NZ Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI) for research

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Using Digital Tools and AI for Transcription

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Visual Abstracts Create An Attention Hook To Your Published Article

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What Is NeSI? New Zealand’s National High Performance Computers

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Working With Personally Identifiable Research Data

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Nvivo Showcase & Nvivo for Literature Reviews

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Further information:

Introduction To Cleaning & Transforming Data With Openrefine

Please see the online lesson curriculum.

Authoring Collaborative Research Projects In Quarto

Please see this GitHub repository for resources, and here for slides.

Introduction To The Command Line

Please see the online lesson curriculum.

Research Collaboration And Reproducibility With Google Colab

Please see here for the Colab notebook.

Collaborating With Dropbox: Tips And Tricks

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Introduction to R for Data Analysis

Please see the online lesson curriculum. Participants are encouraged to check out ‘R for Data Science’, a free online book which represents a good next step in learning about R.

Making Maps in R & Doing GIS in R

Please see this repository for materials accompanying these lessons.

When Science Meets the Headlines: Media Engagement for Research Impact

Please see the SMC’s ‘Desk Guide for Scientists: Working with Media’ and please feel free to contact the SMC if you have any upcoming paper’s you’d like to promote, or other media questions (smc@sciencemediacentre.co.nz).

Scraping Data from the Web with R

This workshop was cancelled but everyone who registered will receive a recording of what would have been delivered.

Please also see the slides and workshop files.

Publishing Smart: Choosing Where to Publish

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