Critical Thinking & Analysis

Critical thinking is one of the most highly valued skills in business, and improving critical thinking is a key ambition of business education. This workshop will help you understand better what critical thinking is, and provide some useful tips and techniques for improving your critical thinking.

Listen to a recording of Tuesday's 9:30am session here

Presenter: Tim Van Gelder & Ashley Barnett, Austhink Consulting

Delivering Effective & Engaging Presentations

Many people fear speaking in front of an audience, no matter how big or small. This workshop will provide you with practical hints for structuring and delivering presentations, so that you are able to present with confidence. Topics covered will include keys to designing an effective presentation, how to quickly and effectively engage an audience and how to make visual and spatial aids work for you.

Listen to a recording of Tuesday's 9:30am session here

View the slides from Tuesday's 9:30am session here

Presenter: Morag Burnie, Academic Skills & Trent Hennessey, Liaison Librarian, Business and Economics Scholarly Information

Graduate Business Research: Expectations, Skills & Resources

This workshop will highlight the role and importance of library research skills and resources in graduate business studies. It will provide an overview of the level of research expected in your Master’s program along with practical tips for successfully identifying and using a range of important information sources such as academic and business databases and websites.

Listen to a recording of Tuesday's 9:30am session here

View the slides from Tuesday's 9:30am session here

Presenter: Trent Hennessey, Liaison Librarian, Business and Economics Scholarly Information

Graduate Business Research to Writing

This workshop will take you through the process of writing a business report, give you an overview of the important relationship between research skills and writing skills and highlight the importance of citing and referencing. You will learn how to analyse the assignment topic, formulate a research strategy, and plan and structure your paper. you

Presenter: Morag Burnie, Academic Skills & Trent Hennessey, Liaison Librarian, Business and Economics Scholarly Information

Listen to a recording of Thursday's 1:30pm session here

View the slides from Thursday's 1:30pm session here

Maths Refresher 1: Introduction to Business Mathematics

Prerequisite: Year 10 mathematics

Designed for: Students with a minimal mathematical background or who think they would benefit from a refresher course.

Workshop Overview Topics will include: * Numeric operators including exponents, fraction and decimal form, percentages, and logarithms * Terminology and notation, relations and functions * Functions in Microsoft Excel, tables and graph * Exponential functions, applications of exponential functions,inverse functions, and the logarithm function. * Examples from Business disciplines

Please note: Workshop will include problem solving as well as theory therefore students are expected to bring a calculator to the session. Session notes and any additional supporting materials will be supplied online. Understanding this content is a pre-requisite for the Business Mathematics workshop later in the day.

Presenter:  Andre Gygax, Senior Lecturer, Department of Finance

Listen to a recording of Thursday's 9:30am session here

Maths Refresher 2: Business Mathematics

Prerequisite: Introduction to Business Mathematics unit.

Designed for: Students whose academic background is in a discipline other than finance. Students requiring a 'refresher' in statistics and/or financial mathematics, particularly those students new to the Graduate Diploma in Finance, Master of Finance or the Master of Management (Finance).

Workshop Overview: The focus of this program is to develop your skills in applying mathematics to elementary financial problems. Four fundamental concepts used in financial mathematics will be explained: cash flows, rate of return, interest rates, and time value of money.

Please note: Workshop will include problem solving as well as theory therefore students are expected to bring a calculator to the session. Session notes and any additional supporting materials will be supplied online.

Presenter: Andre Gygax, Senior Lecturer, Department of Finance

Listen to a recording of Thursday's 1:30pm session here

Maths Refresher 3: Introduction to Business Statistics

Prerequisites: No background in business statistics will be assumed. Quantitative skills equivalent to that required of a Bachelor of Commerce graduate

Designed for: Students whose academic background is in a discipline other than finance, or require a 'refresher' in statistics and/or financial mathematics, particularly those students new to the Graduate Diploma in Finance, Master of Finance or the Master of Management (Finance).

Workshop Overview: Graduate finance subjects have a strong emphasis on quantitative techniques in financial analysis. If your academic background is in a discipline other than finance, you may not be familiar with business statistics. The focus of this program is to develop skills in elementary business statistics.

Presenter: Andre Gygax, Senior Lecturer, Department of Finance

Listen to a recording of Friday's 9:301m session here

Maths Refresher 3: Introduction to Business Statistics (continued)

Please note: Workshop will include problem solving as well as theory therefore students are expected to bring a calculator to the session. Session notes and any additional supporting materials will be supplied online.

Presenter: Andre Gygax, Senior Lecturer, Department of Finance

Listen to a recording of Friday's 1:30pm session here

Team Building for Success

The ability to work collaboratively as part of a team is critical to success as a student and in the workplace. This workshop will provide you with an understanding of how to work effectively as a team. It will help you identify and utilise the strengths of the individuals within the team to achieve common goals and will also consider ways of working inclusively across cultures and strategies for managing conflict productively within teams.

Clear & Effective Spoken English

Is English your second language? Do you lack confidence with your English pronunciation and spoken English? Join this session for practice, tips and tools to improve your English pronunciation and spoken English skills. Speech Pathologist Georgie Taylor will help you understand what you should improve and how to do it. Learn about speaking clearer, confident English for job interview performance, workplace communication and day-to-day life.

Presenter: Georgina Taylor, Star Pronunciation