HDR Skills Week
HDR Skills Month 2026
Our annual signature event is returning in 2026 with a new format - this program will take place across the full month of June. View the HDR Skills Month webpage for further details and to register.
BITE-SIZED RESOURCES
Short on time (or motivation)? Be inspired by this collection of short, easy-to-digest articles and resources:
Griffith Researcher Education and Development (RED) Sharepoint
The new RED Sharepoint Hub will allow you to view all training sessions offered for the remainder of this year as well as recordings of webinars of sessions held earlier this year.
The Research Training Lines is housed in the RED Sharepoint Hub - providing an overview of skills training available at Griffith.
Tailoring Scientific Communications for Audience and Research Narrative
For success in research careers, scientists must be able to communicate their research questions, findings, and significance to both expert and nonexpert audiences. This article presents a framework to increase access to research and science literacy.
Access hundreds of free guides, templates and tutorials to help you write, structure and navigate your PhD via this webpage.
Stakeholder Interaction in Research Processes
Access this guide for researchers on how to engage stakeholders throughout the research process here.
A self-directed learning tool developed for researchers at any stage of their career who want to know more about creating, tracking, evaluating and demonstrating their engagement i.e. research impact beyond academia. Access this tool here.
Professional development training for researchers (including HDR candidates) to support industry engagement, commercialisation and commercial research related activities is coordinated by Griffith Enterprise (GE). To find out about upcoming events, visit the GE events webpage.
Please note, you must be logged in to see the upcoming events. If the page is blank, please use the login option in the top right of your screen to sign in and then reopen the link.
Achieving research impact ensures your research is making a difference in the world. Access research impact guides and self-paced tutorial via the Research Impact Hub SharePoint site here.
Looking for something more in-depth? Try a MOOC
MOOCs (massive open online courses) typically run from two to 10 weeks and cover almost any topic you can think of. Many platforms offer a free 'auditing' service for their MOOC – which means you can access course content at no cost. Check out some of the offerings from these top-rated MOOC providers below.
MOOC PROVIDERS
Coursera
Browse Coursera HERE
Quantitative Methods
Host Organisation: University of Amsterdam
Duration: 8 weeks
Overview: Discover the principles of solid scientific methods in the behavioral and social sciences.
This course will cover the fundamental principles of science, some history and philosophy of science, research designs, measurement, sampling and ethics. The course is comparable to a university level introductory course on quantitative research methods in the social sciences, but has a strong focus on research integrity. It uses examples from sociology, political sciences, educational sciences, communication sciences and psychology.
Qualitative Research Methods
Host Organisation: University of Amsterdam
Duration: 8 weeks
Overview: In this course you will be introduced to the basic ideas behind the qualitative research in social science. You will learn about data collection, description, analysis and interpretation in qualitative research.
Exploratory Data Analysis
Host Organisation: Johns Hopkins University
Duration: 15 hours
Overview: This course covers the essential exploratory techniques for summarizing data. These techniques are typically applied before formal modeling commences and can help inform the development of more complex statistical models. Exploratory techniques are also important for eliminating or sharpening potential hypotheses about the world that can be addressed by the data. You will cover in detail the plotting systems in R as well as some of the basic principles of constructing data graphics. You will also cover some of the common multivariate statistical techniques used to visualize high-dimensional data.
Improving your statistical inferences
Host Organisation: Eindhoven University of Technology
Duration: 7 weeks
Overview: This course aims to help you to draw better statistical inferences from empirical research. You will discuss how to correctly interpret p-values, effect sizes, confidence intervals, Bayes Factors, and likelihood ratios, and how these statistics answer different questions you might be interested in. Then, you will learn how to design experiments where the false positive rate is controlled, and how to decide upon the sample size for your study, for example in order to achieve high statistical power. Subsequently, you will learn how to interpret evidence in the scientific literature given widespread publication bias, for example by learning about p-curve analysis.
edX
Browse edX HERE
Using Python for Research
Host Organisation: Harvard University
Duration: 12 weeks
Overview: This course bridges the gap between introductory and advanced courses in Python and aims to go deep enough for you to apply your Python skills to research projects. In this course, after first reviewing the basics of Python 3, you will learn about tools commonly used in research settings. This version of the course includes a new module on statistical learning.
Introduction to Project Management
Host Organisation: The University of Adelaide
Duration: 6 weeks
Overview: Project management is an essential skill-set for many careers and in many contexts in our lives. Introduction to Project Management is an ideal starting point if you need to manage projects at work or at home, while not necessarily being a formally trained project manager. It is also suitable if you are considering undertaking a project in the near future and are seeking to learn and apply essential project management knowledge and skills.
Entrepreneurial Operations: Launching a Startup
Host Organisation: Babson
Duration: 4 weeks
Overview: This startup operations course will examine the real-world operational challenges and execution risks associated with getting a new venture started across a variety of industries. The course will provide you with a set of steps, frameworks, and tools that can be used to understand the important considerations for building a startup operation from scratch.
Mindfulness and Resilience to Stress at Work
Host Organisation: Berkeley University of California
Duration: 4 weeks
Overview: This course offers research-based strategies for building resilience to stress and fortifying our well-being in the face of challenges. It explains the biological and psychological impact of stress, helps you distinguish between harmful and helpful forms of stress at work, and provides strategies for handling stress in healthy and productive ways.
FutureLearn
Browse FutureLearn HERE
Uncovering Your Entrepreneurial Potential
Host Organisation: Coventry University
Duration: 2 weeks
Overview: Taking an entrepreneurial approach to work can be useful in a range of contexts, not just starting your own company.
This course will challenge your ideas about entrepreneurship and innovation and demonstrate how you can adopt an entrepreneurial mindset to benefit yourself and others. You will explore different ways to approach innovation and entrepreneurship in the workplace.
You will also identify your own entrepreneurial strengths and consider how you can apply them to create economic and social value.
Intercultural Communication
Host Organisation: Shanghai International Studies University
Duration: 5 weeks
Overview: On this course you’ll learn how to understand the nuances of cross-cultural interaction, understanding your own and others’ cultural identities. You’ll learn different communication styles, and how values can change from country to country.