Research & evaluation training

Ngarrawun Ngadju delivers a program of research seminars and workshops around Indigenous research and evaluation.  The seminar series caters for the learning and development needs of a variety of participants including: Ngarrawun Ngadju research staff, Indigenous and non-Indigenous Higher Degree Research students from the University of Wollongong; where possible research students with whom we have a relationship, from other universities; and staff from across partner Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations.

The flexible program may consist of:

• Half day workshops
• HDR student project showcase
• Two to three day residential writing retreats

Workshop topics

• Introduction to Indigenous Research Methodology
• Demystifying quantitative data using visualisation
• Yarning as a research method
• Tools for evaluation: Using logic models and frameworks
• Recording, analysing and writing using narrative and ethnographic approaches
• Collaborative writing for grants, submissions and publications
• Disseminating research results through media and social media

Topics for education

Research ethics

• Understanding ethical principles – informed consent, Intellectual Property/cultural IP, data storage, conflict of interest
• Doing an ethical application

Writing, dissemination and impact

• Report writing
• Collaborative writing for publication workshop
• Writing for grants and submissions
• Tracking for impact
• Writing an impact case study
• Dissemination of research results using social media
• Writing media releases and talking to the media

Tools for evaluation

• Making sense of logic models
• Developing evaluation frameworks

Reviewing the literature

• Understanding different types of literature reviews
• Systematic reviews (Prospero)

Indigenous research methodologies

• Demystifying quantitative data
• Indigenous research methodologies
• Yarning as an Indigenous research method