November 2021

HDR Update

November is the Academic Writing Month (#AcWriMo). There are different types of writing activities scheduled every day. Details of how to get involved and get writing appear here.

We understand that the changing COVID-19 situation might still be impacting your research work. The first place to seek advice is your supervisor and there is some general thesis preparation advice here.

More good news this month. Tharika Liyanage, from the Research School of Earth Sciences, achieved second place in the Asia-Pacific 3MT competition. You can view Tharika’s presentation here. YC Lin, from the Research School of Biology, received an Honourable Mention in the Visualise Your Thesis Competition. YC’s presentation is available here. Congratulations to Tharika and YC!

Professor Ann Evans
Dean, Higher Degree Research

Opportunities

ANU AcWriMo (Academic Writing Month) 2021

November is academic writing month! Join the HDR community online for a festival of writing, set your writing goals and have some company along the way. Each working day from 1-26 Nov, we have something to offer.

ANU AcWriMo (Academic Writing Month) 2021

Journal Writing Boot camp.

Join our three day, online journal writing Boot camp on December 1, 2, and 3 with your writing coach, Professor Inger Mewburn (better known as @thesiswhisperer).There will be short 'tips and tricks' sessions where Inger will show you how to impress those peer reviewers in a three day zoom meeting.

1-3 Dec: Journal Writing Boot Camp

Research to Impact Webinar

Research to Impact is a short webinar for researchers to introduce a practical tool that helps you take your research out of academia, engage with industry and find new opportunities.
Join us for this practical webinar, and stimulate your thinking in how you can advance your projects, ideas and research by finding answers about industry needs.

9 Nov: Research to Impact webinar

J G Crawford Prize

The J.G. Crawford Prizes were established in 1973 to recognise Sir John Crawford's outstanding contributions to the University. Each prize consists of a medal for desk display and a monetary prize of $2000.Two prizes are available for award to PhD students who have been approved to the degree during the preceding calendar year.

J G Crawford Prize

Development and training

November

Please note: all #acwrimo event sign ups close three days in advance of the advertised date

3rd | Thesis structures (STEM)
4th | Introducing Postac: a tool to help you design your career post PhD
5th | AcWriMo : Writing in company -value+
8th | How to write logically connected sentences
9th | Research to Impact webinar
9th | Not another Essay;exploring contemporary assessment ideas and examples
9th | CECS: What comes next? Post-PhD life and work
9th | AcWriMo: Write like an Olympian2-Deliberate practice for productive writing
10th| AcWriMo: Honing your peer review skills
10th| Research Data Management Webinar
10th| Editing for style and voice (HASS)
11th| AcWriMo: How to write with less word clutter
12th| AcWriMo: Writing in company-value+
15th| AcWriMo: How to write more compelling sentences
16th| EFS Information Session
16th| AcWriMo: Writing in company-value+
17th| AcWriMo: Thriving in your PhD
18th| AcWriMo: Write like an Olympian 3- Performing when it counts
18th| CECS HDR Writing stylish results and discussions,Password is CECS
19th| AcWriMo: How to write clearer sentences
22nd| AcWriMo: writing in company-value+
23rd| Getting started on the right foot by Dr Shari Walsh
23rd| AcWriMo: Writing like an Olympian (Self) Coaching and feedback
24th| AcWriMo: Maintaining writing enjoyment beyond AcWriMo
25th| AcWriMo: How to write a more powerful paragraph
25th| RS Phys HDR: Editing for narrative,Password is PHYSICS
25th| RS Phys: Editing for Clarity & Style,Password is PHYSICS
25th| Editing for Style and Voice (STEM)
26th| AcwriMo: How to write about other people's research
26th| Network your way into a job using PostAc
29th| EndNote 20 webinar for Windows
30th| Working with word to format your ANU thesis

From the Thesis Whisperer

Are big organisations like slime mold?

Friends don't let friends use filler words

Beware survivor bias in academic career advice.

Roll of honour of candidates approved to graduate

Adam Rains, PHD CoS
Ahmed Hashi, PHD CHM
Alexander Ratcliffe, PHD CoS
Alexander Wallace, PHD CoS
Astha Sharma, PHD CECS
Carolina Salgado Escalona, PHD CoS
Chriso Thomas, PHD CoS
Christopher Kiely, PHD CHM
Christian Rodriguez Opazo, PHD CECS
Daniel Silva Withmory, PHD CAP
Denny Irawan, PHD CAP
Dilyar Barat, PHD CoS
Elefteria Vlavianos, PHD CASS
Francis Kenna, PHD CASS
Harry Sutton, PHD CASS
Jean-Baptiste Gorce, PHD CoS
Jing Zhang, PHD CECS
Kai-Yun Tsai, PHD CAP
Khanh Hoang, PHD CAP

Kimberlee McFarlane, PHD CHM
Kiran Javed, PHD CoS
Liyuan Pan, PHD CECS
Marian Calix Figueroa, PHD CASS
Michel Watson, PHD CHM
Nabeeh Zakariyya, PHD CBE
Natalia Sommer, MP CoS
Paulina Pijacka, PHD CASS
Rajith Vidanaarachchi, PHD CECS
Sarah McKenna, PHD CHM
Sean Harris, PHD CoS
Sebastian Wende, PHD CBE
Shah Chowdhury, PHD CECS
Stefanie Kam Li Yee, PHD CAP
Thersia Tamelan, PHD CAP
Tina FiveAsh, PHD CASS
Vihanga Perera, PHD CASS
Xiaolun Jia, PHD CECS
Yang Xu, PHD CAP
Yuzhi Hu, PHD CoS

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