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Data Manipulation and Visualisation in Python at UTS Online

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Python has deservedly become a popular language for scientific computing. It has all the friendly features and conveniences you’d expect of a modern programming language, and also a rich set of libraries for working with data.

In this workshop, you will explore DataFrames in depth (using...

Learn to Program: Python at UTS Online

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Python has deservedly become a popular language for scientific computing. It has all the friendly features and conveniences you’d expect of a modern programming language, and also a rich set of libraries for working with data.

We teach using Jupyter notebooks, which allow program code,...

Excel for Researchers at UTS Online

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Data rarely comes in the form you require. Often it is messy. Sometimes it is incomplete. And sometimes there’s too much of it. Frequently, it has errors. We’ll use one of the most widespread data wrangling tools, Microsoft Excel, to import, sort, filter, copy, protect, transform, summarise,...

Beyond Basics: Conditionals and Visualisation in Excel at UTS Online

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After cleaning your dataset, you may need to apply some conditional analysis to glean greater insights from your data. You may also want to enhance your charts for inclusion into a manuscript, thesis or report by adding some statistical elements. This course will cover conditional syntax, nested...

ARDC accessibility testing guide for digital training content

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This guide helps testers, designers, and developers evaluate digital content against WCAG 2.2 AA. It provides a clear, practical breakdown of all 59 criteria, grouped by the POUR principles, with steps for testing each - individually and together - ensuring accessible and inclusive user...

Getting started with HPC using Slurm at Deakin Online

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Is your computer’s limited power throttling your research ambitions? Are your analysis scripts pushing your laptop’s processor to its limits? Is your software crashing because you’ve run out of memory? Would you like to unleash to power of the Unix command line to automate and run your analysis...

WORKSHOP: Spatial omics

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This record includes training materials associated with the Australian BioCommons workshop ‘Spatial omics. This workshop took place over two sessions on 28 - 29 October 2025.
Event description
Spatial omics provides unprecedented opportunities for the understanding of cells, tissues and systems...

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R for reproducible science

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A collection of training events and materials that relate to using R to provide training and background on helping me make my research reproducible.