Introduction to SPSS (DSCRP) [St Lucia]
16 October 2026 9:00am–5:00pm
About Research software and programming
At UQ, there are many research tools available at your disposal. Preview the available research software and programming languages and learn the pros and cons of each. Investigate how to use them to effectively analyse, manipulate, and visualise your research data.
Library workshops
The library offers a range of training workshops under the headings below including:
R with RStudio Excel for research data NVivo Pro
Useful links
- Library's software training resources
- Software carpentry: The open-source movement to teach basic lab skills for research computing.
- REDCap consortium: A secure web application for building and managing online surveys and databases. UQ is a member of the consortium
- Posit Cheatsheets for R
- RCC supports Hacky Hour UQ, which is currently being held online. Hacky Hour is a weekly meetup, held Tuesdays, 1pm–2pm (AEST), for UQ researchers to ask research-related technical issues to do with:
- High-performance computing
- cloud computing
- virtual machines
- data storage
- data security
- data cleanup
- automated workflows
- data pipelines
- virtual desktops
- Python
- R
- Linux
- Software and Data Carpentry
- Bioinformatics.
When: Hacky Hour UQ occurs each Tuesday, 1pm–2pm (AEST). Occasionally, it is cancelled if no RCC and Data Science CRP experts are available that day.
Where: Hacky Hour will be held via Zoom video conference. For Zoom meeting details please email rcc-support@uq.edu.au.
Any questions? Email rcc-support@uq.edu.au.