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 # Synthesis Skills for Early Career Researchers
 
-Synthesis Skills for Early Career Researchers (SSECR; \[SEE-ker\]) is a newly-designed course organized by the [Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network](https://lternet.edu/). This course aims to address the need for more comprehensive interpersonal and data skills in ecology. 
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-## Course Priorities
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-- Surface and test new synthesis ideas for feasibility
-- Prepare more graduate students to be effective participants in/leaders of the synthesis project
-- Connect LTER graduate students across sites
-- Develop intergenerational linkages around synthesis research
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-## Course Structure
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-- Participants: ~27 (approx. 1 graduate students from each [LTER site](https://lternet.edu/site/))
-- Time frame: Biweekly meetings (1 session / 2 weeks) over the course of 9 months
-- Course management: LTER Network Office (LNO)
-- Instruction: LNO staff, guest speakers, LTER Network-recruited mentors
+This repository creates the Quarto website that contains the majority of the instructional materials used in this course. If you have been invited to contribute to these materials, please see our [contributing guide](https://github.com/lter/ssecr/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) and reach out to the relevant person/people if anything is unclear in that document.