InSPiRE 2014

InSPiRE 2014 was a week-long postgraduate school that provided expert training and professional development for higher degree research students to promote high quality, collaborative and interdisciplinary research. The program was initiated by Edith Cowan University in 2013, as a summer school for WA University research students and then spread to other states.

The 2014 program featured guest speakers, interactive workshops and networking events. It aimed to encourage postgraduate researchers to interact with students from other universities to share resources and expertise, develop new collaborations and networks valuable for their future careers.

The aim of the event was to provide postgraduate researchers with a wide-ranging research education program that would connect up to 250 postgraduate research students and support them to develop the skills required to pursue collaborative and interdisciplinary research.

Events were held at each university and participants attended each day. There were two networking events with opportunities to meet with research collaborators in industry, business, government and the not-for-profit sectors.

Program

The program featured five different themes with one theme from each university. Each theme provided participants with key points that will support the development of their current and future research career. The program also encouraged them to interact with research students from other universities to share resources and expertise, develop new collaborations and networks, which will be valuable for their future careers.

Find out what InSPiRE 2014 participants said about the program.

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.