UQ Researcher Development Program

The UQ Researcher Development Program provides UQ staff with a comprehensive menu of all the relevant training and resources available across the entire institution. The menu has been organised according to the Vitae Researcher Development Framework (RDF) which is a globally-recognised professional development framework. for planning, promoting and supporting the personal, professional and career development of researchers in higher education. It articulates the knowledge, behaviours and attributes of successful researchers and encourages them to realise their potential.

Knowledge and Intellectual Abilities

This domain contains the knowledge and intellectual abilities needed to be able to carry out excellent research.

Knowledge base	Information Essentials	Cyber Security Fundamentals	Cyber Security Risk Management	Digital Essentials	Research Performance Reporting
Knowledge base	UQ Academic Staff Induction	Data Governance	Ethics Awareness	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Core Cultural Learning program	Core Inclusion modules
Cognitive abilities
Creativity	Entrepreneurial Education

Personal Effectiveness

This domain contains the personal qualities, career and self-management skills required to take ownership for and control of professional development.

Personal qualities	Understanding and Managing Psychosocial Risk	Supporting Students' Mental Health
Self-management	WHS & Staff Training	Cultilvating Resilience and Wellbeing	Learning to Lead
Professional and career development	Leadership Development	Staff Development	Epigeum - Advancing your Research Career	Annual Performance and Development Foundations	Leading Annual Performance and Development

Research Governance and Organisation

This domain contains the knowledge of the standards, requirements and professional conduct that are needed for the effective management of research.

Finance, funding and resources	UniQuest Commercialisation workshop	Research Contracts and Grants Financial Management	Metrics for Grant Writing and Promotion	Tips and tricks for grant applications: the ultimate beginner's guide (for ECRs)
Research management	Research Data Management Best Practice with UQRDM	Responsible Research	FAIR and CARE Principles for Indigenous Research Data	Introduction to Digital Research Notebooks (LabArchive)	Managing Sensitive Research Data
Research management	UQRDM for Researchers	Data ethics	Animal ethics	Positive Research Culture
Professional conduct	Privacy at UQ	Staff Academic Integrity	Ally Workshop	Ethical Bystander Interventions in the University Context	Conducting Ethical Research with Humans
Professional conduct	Research Integrity	Staff Disability and Inclusion	Appropriate Workplace Behaviour	Core: Ethics for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research

Engagement, Influence and Impact

This domain contains the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to engage with, influence and impact on the academic, social, cultural and economic context.

Working with others	Mental Health First Aid	Appropriate Workplace Behaviour	Managing a Research Team	UQ Spark - Industry Partnerships	Networking
Communication and dissemination	Communicating Your Research	Presenting Data Effectively	Publishing Datasets with UQRDM and eSpace
Engagement and impact	Planning for Impact	Impact and Engagement Evidence	Research Impact: Pathways and Proof