School Forum Agenda - Friday 11 March 2016

10-11.30am : RSPE Tea Room (all welcome)

1. Welcome and Apologies
2. Previous Minutes and Matters Arising
3. Director's Report
   • Building Master Planning Update (Mark Roehrs - Hassell Architects)
   • Campus Workshop Review
   • IT Review
4. Deputy Director (Research) Report
5. Deputy Director (Education) Report
6. Deputy Director (Technology Development) Report
7. School Representative Items
8. Other Business

Morning tea will be provided.

Welcome

Electronic Materials Engineering (EME)
Ms Ines Butz Physics exchange student from ETH-Zurich, undertaking a project with A/Prof Jodie Bradby in the area of ‘Indentation’ for the next 6 months.
Mr James Murray undertaking an MPhil with Prof Rob Elliman working on the project ‘Effect of irradiation on graphene and other 2D materials’.  You will remember James from when he was here last year working on an Honours project.
Mr Karun Paul Honours student undertaking a project with Dr Sudha Mokkapati in the area of ‘Junctionless Solar Cells’.

What are the biggest issues affecting women where you live?

From the RSPE Equity and Diversity Committee

On 8 March it is International Women’s Day, the annual celebration of women everywhere. 

This year we want to raise awareness of the most pressing issues that women are experiencing around the world, from FGM to pay inequality, to reproductive rights and misogynistic abuse.

To do this we are calling on female readers to tell us about what they perceive to be the biggest challenges women face where they live. 

Get involved by filling in the form below.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/18/biggest-feminist-issue-international-womens-day

Supervisor training course

ANU HDR supervisors have the opportunity to take up the following professional development activities offered by the research training team in the office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Research Training) and you are encouraged to attend if you can.  The professional development being offered is specific to your needs as a supervisor of HDR students. Come along and learn from experienced peers and share your own knowledge of supervision.  This is also an opportunity to build collegial networks across the ANU.

Research on supervision shows that supervisors perform five key roles for their students: keeping the research on track, helping students integrate with their community, challenging student's thinking, acting as a mentor and supporting students emotionally through the PhD journey.  Each session is geared around these key roles and restricted to HDR supervisors only.

Click on the links below to see details of each session and book your place. If you have missed out on the sessions of most interest several of them will be run again in semester two but places are limited. 

• 10 March Getting research supervision off to a good start.   FULLY BOOKED
• 17 March Providing effective and timely feedback for Supervisors.   FULLY BOOKED
• 1 April Effective supervisory panels and panel dynamics.
• 13 May Troubleshooting issues that arise in candidature.
• 19 May Thesis examination, a how to workshop.

Online Performance Development - Supervisor Familiarisation Information Sessions

Performance and Development (PDP) Supervisor Familiarisation Sessions – March 2016

• Tuesday 8 March, 10-11.30am - Professional Supervisors, Slatyer Seminar Room, Robertson Building 46
• Wednesday 16 March, 10-11.30am - Academic Supervisors, Slatyer Seminar Room, Robertson Building 46
• Thursday 24 March, 1-2.30pm - Academic Supervisors, Room 1.04A, Coombs Extension Building

Please note these sessions are not college specific. Please register via HORUS for any of these PDP supervisor familiarisation sessions.

Please use training code PDP01 to register for Academic Supervisor Sessions.
Please use training code PDP02 to register for Professional Supervisor Sessions.