October 2022

HDR Update

Ducklings have been spotted around campus and the blossoms are spectacular this year. It really is spring. Even though I have lived in Canberra most of my life I am always surprised at how bad my hay fever can be. To keep an eye on Canberra pollen counts visit the Canberra pollen website or follow @CanberraPollen on twitter.

In the next few weeks you will be receiving an email from me with an invitation to participate in the Postgraduate Research Evaluation Survey (PRES). This survey is our best way to understand your experience at ANU so that we can make it better in the future, so please keep an eye out for that in your inbox this month. We really value the feedback you provide and use it to make changes to support you.

Just in case you missed it, last Friday the VC announced some important changes to PhD stipends. We have made an FAQ page, which should answer most of your questions. If you still have questions you can get in touch with GRO.

Midnight Oil are playing for what they say is the last time at ANU this weekend, excited to see them perform here again; they were one of the first bands I saw at ANU – in the 1980s! Get along to see them if you can.

Professor Ann Evans
Dean, Higher Degree Research

Opportunities

AcWriMo -2022

Need to get some writing done before the end of the year? November is the academic writing month! Join the Researcher Development community online for a festival of writing, set your writing goals and have some company along the way. We will provide online writing sessions, a register for recording your output, and lots of writing workshops to help you reach your goals.

Journal Article Writing Boot Camp

Join our three-day, online journal article writing boot camp. You’ll learn to efficiently structure and write an article or book chapter, avoid a desk reject and make sure the final work is titled in such a way that it comes up in Google searches.

16-18 Nov | Journal Article Writing Boot Camp

Resilient Researcher:Take a break

This workshop is part of the Resilient Researcher program which is designed to support HDR candidates and ECR's throughout their research by building and maintaining psychological wellbeing, enhancing communication and relationship skills and developing career confidence.

25 Nov | Resilient Researcher:Take a break

Thesis Boot Camp

The Thesis Boot Camp is back! Join us for the 'write 20,000 words on a weekend' challenge in December. The concept is disarmingly simple. Put a group of people experiencing similar issues in the same room for a weekend, feed them regularly and provide a reward for each 5,000 words written.Think it can't be done? Come along and find out. The registrations close on 16 Nov 2022

2-4 Dec | Thesis Boot Camp

Development & Training

October

5 | CAP/CHL HDR: Thesis structure
5 | CAP/CHL HDR: Presenting your research
5 | Capturing your genius: Understanding your value proposition.
6 | HDR: Managing your reading
8 | NVivo Introduction
11 | What comes next? Post-PhD life and work (RSPH)
12 | Literature review writing (Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences)
13 | Research data management
13 | Literature review writing (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)
17 | Working with the literature
18 | Managing feedback on writing
18 | What comes next? Post-PhD life and work (RSES)
19 | CAP/CHL HDR: Crafting effective introductions and conclusions
19 | 500 useful words every day
19 | Thesis Proposal Reviews (Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences)
19 | Teamwork to make the dream work (CECS)
20 | Thesis Proposal Reviews (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)
20 | Forty years of statistical consulting at ANU
20 | Writing with clarity & purpose
25 | EndNote 20
26 | CAP/CHL HDR: Editing for style and voice
28 | Thesis structure (Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences)

November

1 | Writing in company value+
1 | Thesis structures (Science,Technology,Engineering and Math)
1 | Write like an Olympian: Setting the bar for writing success.
8 | Journal Article Writing (Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences)
8 | Writing in company value+
8 | Write like an Olympian: Finding your focus
9 | Journal Article Writing (Science,Technology,Engineering and Math)
10 | Publishing in Journals (Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences)
11 | Building a second brain for writing
15 | NVivo Intermediate
15 | Publishing in Journals (Science,Technology,Engineering and Math)
15 | Writing in company value+
15 | Write like an Olympian: Deliberate practice for productive writing.
17 | Presenting your research
21 | Extra! Extra! Read all about it! From research to newspapers and magazines. 22 | Writing in company value+
22 | NVivo Advanced
22 | Write like an Olympian: (Self) Coaching and feedback
23 | Word formatting your document
28 | Working with Word to format your thesis

Opportunities & Announcements

CSIRO is currently offering Postgraduate Top-Up Scholarships

From the Thesis Whisperer

Do journal papers with jokey titles get more clicks? (learn more about this important subject in our Journal article writing boot camp!)

How to write a press release about your research findings

Are you only seeing the negative aspects of the PhD on social media?

Roll of honour of candidates approved to graduate

Alexander Emile D'Aloia, PhD CASS
Anuradha Wickramarachchi, PhD CECS
Ariel Ivanovici, PhD CoS
Bic Tieu, PhD CASS
Chung-Yen Yu, PhD CASS
Edmund Xian Chen Heng, PhD Co
Emma Browne, PhD CASS
Erin Louise Parker, PhD CHM
Ester Lazzari, PhD CASS
Fergus James McDonald Rogers, PhD CoS
Hong Xu, PhD CoS
Hugh Michael Barrett, PhD CASS
I-Chang Kuo, PhD CAP
Jacqui Lavis, PhD CHM
Jonathan Eric O'Neill, PhD CASS

Kaihao Zhang, PhD CECS
Kerry Simple, PhD CASS
Kirill Koshelev, PhD CoS
Lauren Maree Harrison, PhD CoS
Liam Anthony Hanlon, PhD CoS
Louisa Alexandra Talipski, PhD CHM
Masooma Iftikhar, PhD CECS
Matthew Pearce, MPhil CoS
Monika Agnieszka Misztela, PhD CoS
Qiongkai Xu, PhD CECS
Sheng Wang, PhD CoS
Theresa Meki, PhD CAP
Tongzhang Qu, PhD CoS
Vijini Gimhani Mallawaarachchi, PhD CECS
Wilbert Wong, PhD CASS
Zoe Irene Freney, PhD CASS

Helpful services around ANU

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