21
Apr

ARDC National Skills Forum: Navigating AI and Research Training

How can AI enhance research training while keeping researcher agency? Explore evidence-led design, tool choice, and institutional scaling.
Attendees of an ARDC skills event conversing

About the Event

Join us for an insightful session of the ARDC National Skills Forum as we navigate the rapidly evolving landscape of AI in research training. As generative AI becomes embedded in the academic journey, trainers face a critical new challenge: how should we be using AI to improve our training and research skills when working with digital infrastructure?

This session is designed as a knowledge exchange, so join the conversation and let us hear from you! While our guest speakers will share a snapshot of their AI-related work in training, we are looking to spend most of the session on a broad community discussion. You are encouraged to share your AI-related questions, challenges or comments when you register to help us kick-start the discussion.

The ARDC National Skills Forum is a monthly community event for trainers and research support professionals hosted by the ARDC Skilled Workforce Development Team. Our purpose is to facilitate knowledge exchange across the trainer community, and showcase digital research skills development activities, resources and best practice across the sector. Learn more.

What We’ll Explore

Who Should Attend

People who train researchers and stakeholders invested in digital capability uplift, including:

  • trainers, learning designers, and training managers
  • research software engineers (RSEs) and library support staff
  • NCRIS and compute facility staff
  • higher-degree research (HDR) supervisors and mentors

What You’ll Gain

  • Learn how to use community data to build researcher-centric programs.
  • Discover how to structure and scale AI literacy across a large organization.
  • Engage in a live discussion with peers about the practicalities of AI in the training room.

Recording

This is session will be recorded. The recording will be provided to all registrants and published on the ARDC YouTube channel.

Do you have questions about this event? Contact us.

Please note that this event will be recorded and published by the ARDC. This may include your contributions during the session. Attendees are expected to comply with the Code of Conduct for ARDC Activities during this event. The ARDC respects the privacy of individuals. Information collected is in accordance with the ARDC Privacy Policy.

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Date

21 April 2026

Time

12 noon to 1 pm AEST

Type

Webinar

Location

Online

Run by

ARDC

Cost

Free