Published in the Research School of Physics Event Horizon
Vol45 Issue24 15–19 June 2020

HDR

Information for all PhD and supervisors can be found in this section. We will be updating this link continuously with FAQs, the communications strategy, key contact people and support strategies.

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

• communitywelbeing@anu.edu.au
• Your supervisor or mentor
• Your Departmental Administrator
• Your Head of Department
• Associate Director (HDR): Lan Fu Lan Fu Lan.Fu@anu.edu.au
• Deputy Convenor: Stuart Szigeti Stuart.Szigeti@anu.edu.au
• HDR Team: Luda Mangos and Karen Nulty  hdr.physics@anu.edu.au

Updates

A reminder to all HDR supervisors to please complete Supervisor Registration. For RSPhys the registration rate is around 27%.

Registration is required by 31 December 2020, for those who wish to continue to supervise HDR students [note that staff who do not currently supervise HDR students are not required to register, although we welcome them doing so; and that staff who currently supervise but elect not to register will be able to continue supervising their current students, but not any new ones];

Registration is via either:

• the online Pulse module (HDR Supervision at ANU; 45 – 60 minutes). There are different versions of the module for experienced and new supervisors;
• participation in a face-to-face or virtual workshop (60 minutes; as circumstances and preferences allow) for your area, delivered in conjunction with HDR Conveners. We’ll be offering these again from July;
• for those new to HDR supervision (defined as not yet having supervised a student through to completion at ANU or a similar university), participation in a Foundations of HDR Supervision workshop (details here).

Information about the HDR Supervision Framework, supporting resources, and related activities (eg workshops and panels) is at the HDR Supervision Development webpages. The most recent material on the HDR Supervision Portal addresses how supervisors can help support HDR students’ mental health; that’s also the topic of our next workshop on 21 July. Other recent resources include recordings of HASS and STEM best-practice panel discussions.

Our team is in contact with Prof Peter Kanowski to arrange a face-to-face Supervisor Registration workshop and we will advise of the workshop date as soon as possible.

Digest of past updates HDR Updates @ 1 June