The Office of Research Services and Graduate Studies is the central point of contact for researchers, research students, supervisors, managers and research agencies and will provide information and support for the administration and management of research and higher degrees by research (HDR) at Charles Sturt.

Faculty librarians are here to provide assistance to students, researchers and academic staff by providing expert searching advice, research and curriculum support.

Data storage and Systems - Charles Sturt Division of Information Technology.

• The Systems team manages infrastructure technologies on which university technical services and applications rely.
• Contact the Systems team for advice on data storage options available at Charles Sturt.

Quantitative Consulting Unit (QCU) - Part of the Office of Research Services and Graduate Studies at Charles Sturt. "QCU's core statistics support services include:

• General consultancy on statistical theory and application related to research problems
• Tutorials/training for learning and using analysis software such as R, SPSS, G*Power3.1, @Risk and Netica
• Advice on, support to, and completion of statistical analysis needed from research projects..."

Spatial Data Analysis Network (SPAN)- A research support unit within the Office of Research Services and Graduate Studies. SPANs primary role is to support research by academic staff and higher degree (HDR) students with:

• Spatial Statistics
• Simulation and Modelling
• Provision of spatial and analytical software
• Access to scientific instrumentation and other hardware
• Data sourcing and supply

SPAN can assist with Data Analysis and Visualisation of digital data sets, such as:

• Satellite or Airborne Imagery
• GIS and Mapping Data
• Census and other Australian Bureau of Statistics data
• Climate and Weather data from the Bureau of Meteorology

SPAN can help with access to detailed datasets from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and other government agencies.

Professional Development Calendar - includes training on:

• Research Data Management
• Nvivo software training
• Data Visualization

Instructions on how to access previous recordings and resources can be found on this page.

ELMO course: Introduction to Research Data Management

If you need assistance contact researchsupport@csu.edu.au.