Looking to boost your productivity?

Maximise Your Research Productivity is a collection of individual courses that will help you to streamline your time and information management plus boost your productivity. Watch courses in the specific areas you need, or the entire set of courses in sequence – the idea is that you can create your own learning programme from the collection. The self-paced nature of the courses means that you can learn when and where you need. 

Courses cover our favourite tips for research productivity and deal with common challenges such as procrastination, finding focus, dealing with emails and information overload, and planning/scheduling. There are also specific courses on software to assist your productivity such as Evernote, Trello, XMind. Microsoft Word and reference management software. 

What you'll receive

  • Video training

    Approximately 6.5 hours of self-paced, recorded video lessons covering the basic qualitative analysis and writing

  • Downloadable files

    Downloadable exercise files so you can practice your learning and follow along with the videos + PDFs of training manuals, slides and reading lists

  • Ability to ask questions

    Ask questions while you're watching the videos and we'll reply as soon as possible (usually within 24 hours)

Includes the following courses

  • Productivity tips for researchers

  • Note-taking: What's Your Style?

  • Organising Research Tasks with Trello

  • Organising Information with Evernote

  • Organising Ideas with XMind

  • Reference Management Made Easy

  • Time-saving Tips for Microsoft Word

What researchers say about our content

The format of the videos was good – they were presented in small chunks with titles which made the watching easier. I found Lyn's talk very easy to follow and with the right tone and pace, very easy to listen to. I had attended few of her trainings beforehand which were also covered as part of Research Accelerator and I still watched them. This of course means I really liked the way Lyn facilitated the sessions and it was really good to refresh my knowledge. I would recommend Research Accelerator for anyone – experienced or not experienced.

Albert Kuruvila, Lecturer, University of Waikato

Great coverage of material, well packaged and structured pieces of training, very well presented. The presenter was across all types of research and an experienced researcher who talked effortlessly to many points. The style [of the videos] was comfortable – a clear speaker with an easy tone. There were very few ums, ahs and mis-cues, which greatly added to the ease of listening. I thought it reflected the experience of the presenter and her desire to provide a well finished product – which it was.

Lily Engelbrecht, PhD Candidate, Victoria University of Wellington


This was a great opportunity. It has been the ability to go back over the information (especially in those areas that were especially relevant, or where I found it tricky) that has been exceptionally useful to me. As I am more at the start of my PhD journey, I am feeling so much more confident about the use of NVivo as well as a better understanding of some of the qual and quant approaches.

Joanne van Wyk, PhD Candidate, Massey University

About your facilitator

Lyn Lavery has taught research methods and data analysis in New Zealand universities for over 20 years. She is an NVivo Platinum Certified Trainer and has previously trained for SPSS NZ, so is confident working across quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods projects. Lyn's PhD from the University of Auckland is in educational psychology, specifically self-regulated learning. Her love of teaching and education, alongside her flexible teaching style and engaging sense of humour, contribute to her outstanding reputation as a training facilitator.  

Pricing

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