Research Tools and Training

2024 Training Sessions

CourseDateTimeWhereRegister
Getting started with NVivo for Windows29 February1pm  - 4pmOnlineRegister
Beyond Basics: Conditionals and Visualisation in Excel7 March9.30am - 12.45pmOnlineRegister
Learn to Program: R12 - 13 March1pm - 4pm both daysOnlineRegister

For further details or support with these research tools and technologies, please contact Intersect Digital Research Analyst Peta Scott via e-mail or by calling (02) 6773 4227.

* These courses are delivered by UNE’s training partner Intersect Australia and are free of charge to UNE staff and students. For a list of other courses offered, visit Intersect's Training Catalogue.

* UNE staff and students are also eligible to attend the training courses at other Intersect member universities, provided free spots are available. Visit Intersect Training Schedule for upcoming courses. Also note that the priority will be given to local researchers at the host university.

* Intersect also offers Research Technology Webinar Series. The webinars are designed to raise awareness and introduce research tools/technologies in order to enhance the uptake of these tools by researchers from various domains and disciplines. They also serve as preparation for introductory training courses in areas such as high-performance computing and programming. The webinar Catalogue and Recordings are available here.

Available Software

Presented here is a range of research software available for download on the UNE network, or accessible free online.

SoftwareDescriptionLicensingContact
Fetch (Mac) FTP client for Mac. Free licence for educational use, details in ReadmeIT Service Desk
FileZilla (Win, Mac, Linux) File Transfer Protocol (FTP) client - software for transferring files between computers. Free IT Service Desk
Fusion Tables (browser based) Fusion Tables is an experimental data visualisation web application to gather, visualise, and share data tables. FreeDigital Research Analyst
GitLabA web-based versioning repository for your research projects, data and code. UNE has it's own instance of GitLab to sign in with your UNE credentials.FreeDigital Research Analyst
Nvivo (Win, Mac) Qualitative Data Analysis (QDA) software. Designed for qualitative researchers working with very rich text-based and/or multimedia information, where deep levels of analysis on small or large volumes of data are required. Windows: preconfigured licence
Mac: contact IT Service Desk for licence
IT Service Desk
OpenRefine (Win/Mac/Linux) OpenRefine (formerly Google Refine) is a powerful tool for working with messy data: cleaning it; transforming it from one format into another; and extending it with web services and external data. Free (open source) Digital Research Analyst
R (Win/Mac/Linux) R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. Free IT Service Desk
SPSS SPSS is a statistical analysis software package. UNE computers only, UNE site licence (nil cost)IT Service Desk
Qualtrics (web-based)UNE's online survey tool, powered by QualtricsUNE site licence (nil cost)IT Service Desk