In Semester 2, 20 students from Speech Pathology, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Audiology joined academic staff and Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students for the Research Incubator Program Weekend at the Sunshine Coast.
The weekend gave first and second year students the chance to mingle with staff and HDR students, and to get a taste of what it’s like to be a HDR student in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.
Students listened to career talks from current academic staff, heard about a day in the life of a HDR student and received training in quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. They then worked in teams with staff and HDR students to design and conduct a research project – reporting their findings to the group on the final day.
We asked a couple of our students what the Research Incubator Weekend means to them:
TEAMWORK! Working with people from different areas of study.
- Anna Neuwirth
Making friends who are interested in the same things I am
- Brooke Hebbard
I’m excited and happy, but a bit all over the place, to be jump starting my research journey.
- Kim Ngan Nguyen
The enthusiasm and the excitement on this young face when discussing the methods of our project.
- Linda Worrall
Making new friends from different disciplines and hearing their story!
- Lisa Von Berky
New pathways
- Sarah Wallace
Community
Learning
Teamwork
New beginnings
New connections and friendships
Inspiration
Contemplation and broad thinking
- Tami-Lorrie Dawson
To find out more about Higher Degree by Research opportunities within the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences head to https://shrs.uq.edu.au/study.
