Workshops
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Explore a range of workshops and sessions aimed at helping you improve your academic, life and wellbeing skills. From creating a budget to HDR support, there is something for all ages and academic stages.\ \ View all workshops
Compulsory orientation workshops
The below sessions are compulsory for international students at St Lucia and Herston. Getting started is highly recommended for new domestic students
'Getting Started' will help you make a smooth transition to campus life and includes essential information you need to get settled in and off to a good start. Gain practical information about: important dates, finding your way around campus, connecting to other UQ students, and support services available.
This workshop has tips on keeping safe while living in Australia - on, and off, campus. In this session you will find out about: Personal safety on campus Keeping safe at home, on the roads, and when you are out, Surviving Australian beaches, Animals to be aware of, Protecting yourself from scams, And more!\
Skills for Study Suite: Increase your learning potential
The Skills for Study Suite of programs is offered at the beginning of each semester. Each program is designed to develop the skills beneficial for academic study, and to help build confidence for the semester ahead. Click on the links below to explore what is available and to register to attend.
JumpStart is a one-day transition program designed to help commencing students feel prepared and connected before the semester begins. The program focuses on building confidence in navigating university systems, understanding academic expectations, and fostering a sense of belonging within the UQ community.
Skills for Study: Postgraduate Coursework
SFS: PG Coursework is a short program for students returning to academic study. The aim of the program is to introduce the expectations of post-graduate study and the skills that will contribute to academic success, including referencing, critical thinking, and writing techniques.
Skills for study: Writing (HASS, BEL & HMBS)
This a series of online workshops available to undergraduate and postgraduate students in HASS, BEL and HMBS faculties. This hands-on writing program builds on critical thinking, reading, and writing strategies introduced in O-Week workshops and in Skills for study: Postgraduate Coursework. It is also recommended for students in their second or later semesters.
Skills for study: STEMM (Sci, EAIT, Eng, Med)
The Skills for study: STEMM is a series of online workshops available to all postgraduate and undergraduate coursework students in Science, EAIT, HABS and MED. This program is suitable for both new and continuing students.
Join these weekly sessions to connect with other students who identify as living with ADHD and share ideas and experiences. The aim of these sessions is to develop the skills to manage academic studies and student life.
First Steps in Research: Honours/Masters Thesis Writing Support Program
This program consists of four workshops delivered across the semester for students writing their Honours or Masters Thesis. You will gain a good understanding of the various steps involved in producing a research thesis of some length.
Study Skills Workshops
Study skills workshops are held at various times throughout the semester and are designed to help you develop your academic skills. If you are a new student, we recommend getting started with a workshop in Orientation week so that you can get off to a great start.
PIP Success Reset: rebuild your study habits
Planning and writing assignments that work
Study Smarter: techniques that work
Upcoming workshops
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Online - Strategies for developing your writing skills with AI support
Starts: 12 Mar 2026, 3:00 pm
Finishes: 12 Mar 2026, 4:00 pm
Remaining places: 276
Join this workshop to learn ways you can use AI to support your development as an “influential communicator” and “courageous thinker” (UQ Graduate Attributes), not just in “getting the assessment task done”. - #### Online - Reading and Interpreting Statistics
Starts: 13 Mar 2026, 10:00 am
Finishes: 13 Mar 2026, 11:30 am
Remaining places: 392
Join this workshop to learn the basic concepts needed to interpret statistical results in research papers. Relatively simple guidelines on how to think critically about research findings will also be presented. - #### Online - PIP Success Reset: Rebuild your study habits
Starts: 16 Mar 2026, 10:00 am
Finishes: 16 Mar 2026, 11:00 am
Remaining places: 349
Join this session if you are interested in developing good study habits. - #### Drop-in maths and stats support
Starts: 16 Mar 2026, 11:00 am
Finishes: 16 Mar 2026, 12:00 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Duhig North Central Library (12), 12A-L103, Duhig North Central Library, Research consultation room
Numeracy support sessions are managed on a first-come first-served basis. Bookings are not required and you may need to wait while the academic skills adviser talks to other students. - #### Peer Writing Project: Bring Your Draft
Starts: 16 Mar 2026, 12:00 pm
Finishes: 16 Mar 2026, 2:00 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Building 6, WorkShop A
Remaining places: 14
Bring your draft to a Student Writing Leader to help you improve the quality of your writing and address questions you might have. - #### Online - Avoiding plagiarism through effective paraphrasing and synthesising sources
Starts: 16 Mar 2026, 1:00 pm
Finishes: 16 Mar 2026, 2:00 pm
Remaining places: 397
Join this workshop to learn how to use sources to build your argument/position, understand when, why and how to cite references in-text, and avoid confusion and disruption to flow when citing multiple sources. - #### Peer Writing Project: Bring Your Draft
Starts: 17 Mar 2026, 9:00 am
Finishes: 17 Mar 2026, 11:00 am
Venue: St Lucia, Building 6, WorkShop A
Remaining places: 17
Bring your draft to a Student Writing Leader to help you improve the quality of your writing and address questions you might have. - #### Online - Managing Your Time and Study at University
Starts: 18 Mar 2026, 11:00 am
Finishes: 18 Mar 2026, 12:00 pm
Remaining places: 387
This workshop will explore techniques that can help you to keep on top of your workload and avoid procrastination. It provides information and practical strategies to help you budget time and prioritise tasks. - #### Peer Writing Project: Bring Your Draft
Starts: 18 Mar 2026, 12:00 pm
Finishes: 18 Mar 2026, 2:00 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Building 6, WorkShop A
Remaining places: 18
Bring your draft to a Student Writing Leader to help you improve the quality of your writing and address questions you might have. - #### Online - Strategies for developing your writing skills with AI support
Starts: 18 Mar 2026, 3:00 pm
Finishes: 18 Mar 2026, 4:00 pm
Remaining places: 290
Join this workshop to learn ways you can use AI to support your development as an “influential communicator” and “courageous thinker” (UQ Graduate Attributes), not just in “getting the assessment task done”. - #### Drop-in writing support: bring your draft
Starts: 19 Mar 2026, 11:00 am
Finishes: 19 Mar 2026, 12:00 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Research consultation rm: 12A-L103
These sessions are managed on a first-come first-served basis. Bookings are not required and you may need to wait while the academic skills adviser talks to other students. - #### Peer Writing Project: Bring Your Draft
Starts: 19 Mar 2026, 12:00 pm
Finishes: 19 Mar 2026, 2:00 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Building 6, WorkShop A
Remaining places: 19
Bring your draft to a Student Writing Leader to help you improve the quality of your writing and address questions you might have. - #### Online - Learning and Planning with Concept Mapping
Starts: 19 Mar 2026, 2:00 pm
Finishes: 19 Mar 2026, 3:30 pm
Remaining places: 395
Learn how to use concept maps to help you understand and remember readings, prepare for exams and plan your assignments. - #### Peer Writing Project: Bring Your Draft
Starts: 20 Mar 2026, 9:00 am
Finishes: 20 Mar 2026, 11:00 am
Venue: St Lucia, Building 6, WorkShop A
Remaining places: 19
Bring your draft to a Student Writing Leader to help you improve the quality of your writing and address questions you might have. - #### Online - Study strategies for a successful semester
Starts: 20 Mar 2026, 1:00 pm
Finishes: 20 Mar 2026, 2:00 pm
Remaining places: 394
Join this workshop to help you to plan and structure your study to help you keep on track throughout semester. - #### Online - FSR Part 3: Planning and drafting your thesis
Starts: 23 Mar 2026, 10:00 am
Finishes: 23 Mar 2026, 11:30 am
Remaining places: 346
The First Steps in Research series of workshops guides you through the various steps involved in writing your first research thesis of some length. - #### Drop-in maths and stats support
Starts: 23 Mar 2026, 11:00 am
Finishes: 23 Mar 2026, 12:00 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Duhig North Central Library (12), 12A-L103, Duhig North Central Library, Research consultation room
Numeracy support sessions are managed on a first-come first-served basis. Bookings are not required and you may need to wait while the academic skills adviser talks to other students. - #### Peer Writing Project: Bring Your Draft
Starts: 23 Mar 2026, 12:00 pm
Finishes: 23 Mar 2026, 2:00 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Building 6, WorkShop A
Remaining places: 19
Bring your draft to a Student Writing Leader to help you improve the quality of your writing and address questions you might have. - #### Online - Using AI to support preparation for oral and written exams
Starts: 23 Mar 2026, 3:00 pm
Finishes: 23 Mar 2026, 4:00 pm
Remaining places: 298
Join this workshop to learn a variety of ways you can effectively use chatbots to help you prepare for both oral and written exams. - #### Peer Writing Project: Bring Your Draft
Starts: 24 Mar 2026, 9:00 am
Finishes: 24 Mar 2026, 11:00 am
Venue: St Lucia, Building 6, WorkShop A
Remaining places: 20
Bring your draft to a Student Writing Leader to help you improve the quality of your writing and address questions you might have.
Starts: 12 Mar 2026, 3:00 pm
Finishes: 12 Mar 2026, 4:30 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Building 6, WorkShop B
Remaining places: 34
Step-by-step you will develop the skills to work through the anxious reactions to an important personal project. This group is open to all who seek to develop greater focus and effectiveness in pushing past their performance anxiety. - #### Confidence Chats - Love of Learning and Judgement
Starts: 13 Mar 2026, 11:00 am
Finishes: 13 Mar 2026, 12:00 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Building 6, WorkShop B
Remaining places: 29
This group is for anyone interested in personal growth and development, greater wellbeing, and finding strengths-based solutions. - #### Art for Wellbeing
Starts: 16 Mar 2026, 12:00 pm
Finishes: 16 Mar 2026, 2:00 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Building 6, WorkShop B
Remaining places: 19
Art-based therapy uses a combination of art activities and verbal interaction to improve coping skills and promote well-being through the creative process. - #### Mindfulness Inside and Out
Starts: 17 Mar 2026, 1:00 pm
Finishes: 17 Mar 2026, 2:30 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Building 6, WorkShop B
Remaining places: 31
Each session will be divided into 10 to 20 minute guided mindfulness practices by a UQ counsellor and meditator. These will be followed by open questions and discussion to support the development of your confidence in your personal practice. - #### Intro: Art and Psyche
Starts: 18 Mar 2026, 12:00 pm
Finishes: 18 Mar 2026, 1:00 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Building 6, WorkShop B
Remaining places: 23
The process will support you to disentangle issues where you might feel stuck, frustrated, or unhappy in a way that’s creative, safe, and confidential. Expression through art can help you gain new perspectives and to grow more understanding about yourself. - #### Practice: Art and Psyche
Starts: 18 Mar 2026, 1:00 pm
Finishes: 18 Mar 2026, 2:30 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Building 6, WorkShop B
Remaining places: 21
The process will support you to disentangle issues where you might feel stuck, frustrated, or unhappy in a way that’s creative, safe, and confidential. Expression through art can help you gain new perspectives and to grow more understanding about yourself - #### Pushing Past Performance Anxiety
Starts: 19 Mar 2026, 3:00 pm
Finishes: 19 Mar 2026, 4:30 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Building 6, WorkShop B
Remaining places: 35
Step-by-step you will develop the skills to work through the anxious reactions to an important personal project. This group is open to all who seek to develop greater focus and effectiveness in pushing past their performance anxiety. - #### Confidence Chats - Creativity and Spirituality
Starts: 20 Mar 2026, 11:00 am
Finishes: 20 Mar 2026, 12:00 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Building 6, WorkShop B
Remaining places: 32
Creativity and spirituality are strengths that we often don't talk about. Come and have a conversation about how to use these strengths to build your confidence. - #### Art for Wellbeing
Starts: 23 Mar 2026, 12:00 pm
Finishes: 23 Mar 2026, 2:00 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Building 6, WorkShop B
Remaining places: 22
Art-based therapy uses a combination of art activities and verbal interaction to improve coping skills and promote well-being through the creative process. - #### Mindfulness Inside and Out
Starts: 24 Mar 2026, 1:00 pm
Finishes: 24 Mar 2026, 2:30 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Building 6, WorkShop B
Remaining places: 35
Each session will be divided into 10 to 20 minute guided mindfulness practices by a UQ counsellor and meditator. These will be followed by open questions and discussion to support the development of your confidence in your personal practice. - #### Intro: Art and Psyche
Starts: 25 Mar 2026, 12:00 pm
Finishes: 25 Mar 2026, 1:00 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Building 6, WorkShop B
Remaining places: 25
The process will support you to disentangle issues where you might feel stuck, frustrated, or unhappy in a way that’s creative, safe, and confidential. Expression through art can help you gain new perspectives and to grow more understanding about yourself. - #### Practice: Art and Psyche
Starts: 25 Mar 2026, 1:00 pm
Finishes: 25 Mar 2026, 2:30 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Building 6, WorkShop B
Remaining places: 34
The process will support you to disentangle issues where you might feel stuck, frustrated, or unhappy in a way that’s creative, safe, and confidential. Expression through art can help you gain new perspectives and to grow more understanding about yourself - #### Pushing Past Performance Anxiety
Starts: 26 Mar 2026, 3:00 pm
Finishes: 26 Mar 2026, 4:30 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Building 6, WorkShop B
Remaining places: 36
Step-by-step you will develop the skills to work through the anxious reactions to an important personal project. This group is open to all who seek to develop greater focus and effectiveness in pushing past their performance anxiety. - #### Confidence Chats - Team Work and Leadership
Starts: 27 Mar 2026, 11:00 am
Finishes: 27 Mar 2026, 12:00 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Building 6, WorkShop B
Remaining places: 32
This group is for anyone interested in personal growth and development, greater wellbeing, and finding strengths-based solutions. - #### Art for Wellbeing
Starts: 30 Mar 2026, 12:00 pm
Finishes: 30 Mar 2026, 2:00 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Building 6, WorkShop B
Remaining places: 25
Art-based therapy uses a combination of art activities and verbal interaction to improve coping skills and promote well-being through the creative process. - #### Mindfulness Inside and Out
Starts: 31 Mar 2026, 1:00 pm
Finishes: 31 Mar 2026, 2:30 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Building 6, WorkShop B
Remaining places: 36
Each session will be divided into 10 to 20 minute guided mindfulness practices by a UQ counsellor and meditator. These will be followed by open questions and discussion to support the development of your confidence in your personal practice. - #### Intro: Art and Psyche
Starts: 1 Apr 2026, 12:00 pm
Finishes: 1 Apr 2026, 1:00 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Building 6, WorkShop B
Remaining places: 25
The process will support you to disentangle issues where you might feel stuck, frustrated, or unhappy in a way that’s creative, safe, and confidential. Expression through art can help you gain new perspectives and to grow more understanding about yourself. - #### Practice: Art and Psyche
Starts: 1 Apr 2026, 1:00 pm
Finishes: 1 Apr 2026, 2:30 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Building 6, WorkShop B
Remaining places: 25
The process will support you to disentangle issues where you might feel stuck, frustrated, or unhappy in a way that’s creative, safe, and confidential. Expression through art can help you gain new perspectives and to grow more understanding about yourself - #### Pushing Past Performance Anxiety
Starts: 2 Apr 2026, 3:00 pm
Finishes: 2 Apr 2026, 4:30 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Building 6, WorkShop B
Remaining places: 36
Step-by-step you will develop the skills to work through the anxious reactions to an important personal project. This group is open to all who seek to develop greater focus and effectiveness in pushing past their performance anxiety. - #### Pushing Past Performance Anxiety
Starts: 9 Apr 2026, 3:00 pm
Finishes: 9 Apr 2026, 4:30 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Building 6, WorkShop B
Remaining places: 36
Step-by-step you will develop the skills to work through the anxious reactions to an important personal project. This group is open to all who seek to develop greater focus and effectiveness in pushing past their performance anxiety.
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Starts: 12 Mar 2026, 12:00 pm
Finishes: 12 Mar 2026, 1:00 pm
Venue: St Lucia, UQ Centre (27A), 27A, Exhibition Hall, UQ Centre
Remaining places: 83
Kick off your career journey at our Careers and Volunteer Expo—our largest yet! Open to students from all faculties, this event is your chance to connect with community organisations, industry representatives, learn about graduate programs, job and internship opportunities, and explore exciting career pathways. - #### Careers and Volunteer Expo
Starts: 12 Mar 2026, 1:00 pm
Finishes: 12 Mar 2026, 2:00 pm
Venue: St Lucia, UQ Centre (27A), 27A, Exhibition Hall, UQ Centre
Remaining places: 461
Kick off your career journey at our Careers and Volunteer Expo—our largest yet! Open to students from all faculties, this event is your chance to connect with community organisations, industry representatives, learn about graduate programs, job and internship opportunities, and explore exciting career pathways. - #### Creating and publishing web-apps
Starts: 12 Mar 2026, 1:00 pm
Finishes: 12 Mar 2026, 2:00 pm
Remaining places: 46
Learn about frameworks and tools to create and publish web applications. - #### Careers and Volunteer Expo
Starts: 12 Mar 2026, 2:00 pm
Finishes: 12 Mar 2026, 3:00 pm
Venue: St Lucia, UQ Centre (27A), 27A, Exhibition Hall, UQ Centre
Remaining places: 661
Kick off your career journey at our Careers and Volunteer Expo—our largest yet! Open to students from all faculties, this event is your chance to connect with community organisations, industry representatives, learn about graduate programs, job and internship opportunities, and explore exciting career pathways. - #### Careers and Volunteer Expo
Starts: 12 Mar 2026, 3:00 pm
Finishes: 12 Mar 2026, 4:00 pm
Venue: St Lucia, UQ Centre (27A), 27A, Exhibition Hall, UQ Centre
Remaining places: 723
Kick off your career journey at our Careers and Volunteer Expo—our largest yet! Open to students from all faculties, this event is your chance to connect with community organisations, industry representatives, learn about graduate programs, job and internship opportunities, and explore exciting career pathways. - #### Library Hack-AI-thon
Starts: 13 Mar 2026, 5:00 pm
Finishes: 15 Mar 2026, 5:00 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Central Library, Level 1, Central Library
Remaining places: 0
Join us at Central Library for a weekend hackathon where you'll team up with fellow students to tackle real-world challenges and develop solutions that harness the potential of artificial intelligence or address its risks. No coding experience required. Collaborate, create, and compete for prizes. - #### Careers 101 Program
Starts: 17 Mar 2026, 10:00 am
Finishes: 17 Mar 2026, 12:00 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Building 33, ViewPoint
Remaining places: 0
Do you have no idea where to start in your career journey? Would you like help to get started and set yourself up for success? Then register for this four-week Careers 101 Program. - #### Peer Résumé Reviews by the Job Seeker Squad
Starts: 25 Mar 2026, 9:45 am
Finishes: 25 Mar 2026, 10:45 am
Venue: St Lucia, Student Central - Edge Activation Space (Building 42)
Remaining places: 0
Are you wanting someone to review your résumé to make sure it's up to scratch? Come along to this session, facilitated by the Job Seeker Squad (Employability Ambassadors) to get their advice on how to take your résumé to the next level! - #### Cuppa & Careers (St Lucia Campus)
Starts: 25 Mar 2026, 11:00 am
Finishes: 25 Mar 2026, 12:00 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Student Central Building 42
Remaining places: 0
Short on time but career focused? Drop by for quick chat or join us for an express workshop! - #### Peer Résumé Reviews by the Job Seeker Squad
Starts: 1 Apr 2026, 9:45 am
Finishes: 1 Apr 2026, 10:45 am
Venue: St Lucia, Student Central - Edge Activation Space (Building 42)
Remaining places: 0
Are you wanting someone to review your résumé to make sure it's up to scratch? Come along to this session, facilitated by the Job Seeker Squad (Employability Ambassadors) to get their advice on how to take your résumé to the next level! - #### Cuppa & Careers (St Lucia Campus)
Starts: 1 Apr 2026, 11:00 am
Finishes: 1 Apr 2026, 12:00 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Student Central Building 42
Remaining places: 6
Short on time but career focused? Drop by for quick chat or join us for an express workshop! - #### Peer Résumé Reviews by the Job Seeker Squad
Starts: 29 Apr 2026, 9:45 am
Finishes: 29 Apr 2026, 10:45 am
Venue: St Lucia, Student Central - Edge Activation Space (Building 42)
Remaining places: 13
Are you wanting someone to review your résumé to make sure it's up to scratch? Come along to this session, facilitated by the Job Seeker Squad (Employability Ambassadors) to get their advice on how to take your résumé to the next level! - #### Cuppa & Careers (St Lucia Campus)
Starts: 29 Apr 2026, 11:00 am
Finishes: 29 Apr 2026, 12:00 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Student Central Building 42
Remaining places: 17
Short on time but career focused? Drop by for quick chat or join us for an express workshop! - #### Peer Résumé Reviews by the Job Seeker Squad
Starts: 6 May 2026, 9:45 am
Finishes: 6 May 2026, 10:45 am
Venue: St Lucia, Student Central - Edge Activation Space (Building 42)
Remaining places: 15
Are you wanting someone to review your résumé to make sure it's up to scratch? Come along to this session, facilitated by the Job Seeker Squad (Employability Ambassadors) to get their advice on how to take your résumé to the next level! - #### Cuppa & Careers (St Lucia Campus)
Starts: 13 May 2026, 11:00 am
Finishes: 13 May 2026, 12:00 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Student Central Building 42
Remaining places: 19
Short on time but career focused? Drop by for quick chat or join us for an express workshop! - #### Cuppa & Careers (St Lucia Campus)
Starts: 27 May 2026, 11:00 am
Finishes: 27 May 2026, 12:00 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Student Central Building 42
Remaining places: 19
Short on time but career focused? Drop by for quick chat or join us for an express workshop! - #### Cuppa & Careers (St Lucia Campus)
Starts: 3 Jun 2026, 11:00 am
Finishes: 3 Jun 2026, 12:00 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Student Central Building 42
Remaining places: 20
Short on time but career focused? Drop by for quick chat or join us for an express workshop! - #### Cuppa & Careers (St Lucia Campus)
Starts: 1 Jul 2026, 11:00 am
Finishes: 1 Jul 2026, 12:00 pm
Venue: St Lucia, Student Central Building 42
Remaining places: 20
Short on time but career focused? Drop by for quick chat or join us for an express workshop!
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