Published in the Research School of Physics Event Horizon
Vol45 Issue20 18–22 May 2020

HDR

Aim

We can still use this time to stay productive and positive.  Let someone know what you are doing, whether that is a colleague or supervisor.  Please stay in touch, and most of all use this time to be inventive and plan for the future.

Contacts

Updates

As we gradually return to researching on campus, it is important that supervisors remain in regular contact with HDR candidates. The stress and uncertainty associated with COVID-19 is likely having an impact on a candidate’s wellbeing. The remote working period poses additional challenges for HDR supervisors in supporting students to maintain their progress, motivation and wellbeing. The HDR Supervision Portal now provides additional resources and advice for remote supervision, as well as about COVID-19-related mental health issues.  Amongst them are a recording of and slides from Dr Shari Walsh’s very helpful recent workshop, Simple strategies for supporting HDR students’ mental health. From Prof Keith Nugent DVC (RI) 

Although our face-to-face workshops have been suspended for the duration of remote working arrangements, HDR supervisors can continue to access online HDR Supervision Development resources. These include the HDR Supervision at ANU module required for HDR supervisor registration (by 31 December 2020), and the HDR Supervision Portal. The Foundations of HDR Supervision workshops, a registration requirement for those new to HDR supervision, have been suspended during the remote working period. In the meantime, the Supervising Doctoral Studies modules available through the HDR Supervision Portal are an informative resource.

Please contact the HDR Supervision Development Team (Peter Kanowski, Jacqui Hoepner, and Justin Wood) at hdr.supervision@anu.edu.au with any questions, suggestions or requests.

Many April HDR Supervisor of the Month nominations recognised the efforts of supervisors under remote working arrangements. We congratulate joint awardees Associate Professor Rob Lanfear (Biology),  Professor Hugh O'Neil (Earth Sciences) and Dr Sonia Pertsinidis (Classics), each of whom have demonstrated outstanding practice in supervision and candidate support under the ‘new normal’. Read more about their approaches to HDR supervision here. 

The ANU Researcher Development team have provided an update for HDR Candidates here.

HDR - Working Party

Working Party Terms of Reference

Members
Angela White
Ilya Shadrivov
James Sullivan
Karen Nulty
Lan Fu (Chair)
Luda Mangos
Patrick Kluth
Ping-Koy Lam
Stuart Szigeti
Tibor Kibedi
Vanessa Robins
Vladimir Mangazeev
Yan Sheng
Zoe Cheong (Mx Zhi Hong Cheong)

Digest of past updates

HDR Updates @ 11 May