Deakin eResearch: training and events
Deakin researchers and research students have access to a wide range of technical training workshops.
Training is available from beginner through to advanced levels in high-performance computing, MS Excel, programming, data management, cleaning, visualisation, exploration and more.
There is no cost to Deakin researchers and research students for participating in these training workshops. Many of these workshops are presented by our partner, Intersect Australia Limited.
For more information please email eresearch@deakin.edu.au.
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Please contact the group via eresearch@deakin.edu.au if you have any questions.
Training
I hear it, I forget; I see it, I remember; I do it, I understand.
Chinese proverb
We offer free hands‑on training across data capture, computing, programming, and analysis tools for Deakin staff and research students at all levels. Complete this quick, anonymous survey to help select the courses we deliver.
Q4 schedule (September–December 2026)
Date (2026) | Time (AEST) | Workshop title | Tool/platform | Target audience/prerequisites | Registration link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tuesday 10 October | 09.30am–12.30pm | Excel for Researchers | Data Prep | Novice/intermediate | |
Tuesday 20 October | 09.30am–12.30pm | Learn to Program: R | Programming | Novice | |
Friday 23 October | 09.30am–12.30pm | Unix Shell and Command Line Basics | Shell/OS | Novice | |
Tuesday 3 November | 09.30am–12.30pm | Data Manipulation & Viz in R | Programming | R basics required | |
Tuesday 10 November | 09.30am–12.30pm | Beyond Basics: Conditionals and Visualisation in Excel | Data Preparation | Intermediate | |
Wednesday 11 November | 09.30am–12.30pm | NVivo for Mac | Qualitative | Novice | |
Tuesday November 17 | 09.30am–12.30pm | Surveying with Qualtrics | Data Collection | Novice | |
Tuesday 24 November | 09.30am–12.30pm | Learn to Program: Python | Programming | Novice | |
Tuesday 1 December | 09.30am–12.30pm | Data Manipulation and Visualisation in Python | Programming | Python basic required |