Specialist Certificate in Research Practice for Scientists (SC-RESPRSC) // Attributes, outcomes and skills
About this course
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Future Students:
Principal Coordinator
Craig Nitschke
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this course, graduates should be able to:
- Conduct effective and timely research, analysis and reporting in an organisational context
- Recognise the complexities of professional decision making and management
- Acquire knowledge of the conditions, cultures and practices of a workplace;
- Explain the importance of and build industry and professional networks
- Critically reflect upon key professional attributes sought by employers.
Generic skills
On completion of Science and Technology Internship, students should be able to demonstrate:
- Flexibility, adaptability, time management and organisational skills as a result of their participation in the workplace;
- Ability to communicate effectively in a professional workplace and to work with and interact with a wide range of people inside and outside their host organisations, including working in teams;
- Understanding of organisational culture and ethics, safe work practices, and the diversity of workplaces;
- Analytical, problem-solving, research, and report-writing skills;
- Ability to manage and plan work;
- Capacity for initiative and enterprise;
- Capacity for lifelong learning, self-reliance and professional development
Last updated: 10 April 2025