July 2022

HDR Update

We have just past the winter solstice so, while the weather stays chilly, the days will start to get longer.

We are gearing up for the 3 Minute Thesis competition and have training to support you to develop your pitch and participate in your college final. Expert communication takes a variety of forms and pitching an idea in 3 minutes helps you to develop and refine your communication skills. Our training will also help you develop confidence speaking in front of an audience and learn a few tricks to deliver your message with impact. Click here to see how you can get involved. We are also running the Visualise Your Thesis competition again in August, click here to see how you can participate.

Last year we trialled the Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES) which provides a university-wide mechanism for you to tell us how we are doing across a range of issues related to your candidature. We should receive the results for 2021 soon, and we will share the results with you. We will be running this survey again this year and hope to show progress on areas where you tell us you need more support. The survey will be running in a couple of months, and we encourage you to participate. It really does help us see where we can improve. We will have more communications on this survey soon.

July is the month for our mid-year graduation ceremonies. For those graduating, I look forward to celebrating with you.

Professor Ann Evans
Dean, Higher Degree Research

Opportunities

3 Minute Thesis (3MT)

The Three Minute Thesis is an international competition for higher degree research candidates to showcase their research. Candidates present to an audience on what their research is and why it is important in plain language for three minutes, with only a single PowerPoint slide.

Please find more information here

Where are the jobs for researchers?

Our PostAc® algorithm sorts job ads by research skills intensity, enabling us to see who is hiring researchers, where and for what kind of work. This presentation will include latest data on the job market in Australia, New Zealand and the UK.

Please register here.

Can you help us?

As you all know, there is a compulsory research integrity training exam in your first milestone. Many of you would have completed this exam in the past. We are about to put a new exam in production and are seeking feedback and testers. You will be compensated for your time.

If you are interested, please email here

Supporting your PhD partner

In this workshop, we explore the role that our partners play in supporting us and our research journey. We also unpack what they are experiencing and how your experience can shape the relationship.

Please register here

Development & Training

July

August

Opportunities & Announcements

The new ANU library system is scheduled to launch on 2 August 2022

Opportunity to join the Research Ethics Office within RSD. Expression of Interest should be sent to research manager.

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Roll of honour of candidates approved to graduate

Ahmad Muhajir, PHD CAP
Albert Lamberte, PHD CAP
Amir Rahimi, PHD CECS
Ata Doost, MPHIL CHM
Bei Chen, PHD CoS
Borui Liu, PHD CECS
Caroline Pinon, PHD CoS
Christian Simon, PHD CECS
Dimitrios Tsifakis, PHD CoS
Douglas Allan, PHD CAP
Farkhondeh Faroo Akbari, PHD CAP
Freya Gray Hogarth, MPHIL CHM
Hai Nguyen, PHD CAP
Haocheng Qianzhu, PHD CoS
Harrison Barnett, PHD CoS
James Debowski, PHD CASS
Jia Wei, PHD CBE

Jian Chen, PHD CoS
Kirsten Marissa Williamson, MPHIL CHM
Madeleine Sarah Maree Fleming, MPHIL CHM
Qin Yang, PHD CAP
Rebecca McGirr, PHD CoS
Sebastian Kocar, PHD CASS
Sirichinda Thongchinda, PHD CAP
Siti Kamariah Gazali, PHD CAP
Thomas Lalevee, PHD CASS
Timothy Crotty, PHD CAP
Yurui Zhang, PHD CBE
Zahid Mumtaz, PHD CAP
Zhixun Li, MP CECS
Ziqi Gao, PHD CBE
Zoltan Kocsi, PHD CoS

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