A monthly newsletter keeping our HDR community informed and connected.
H D R I N F O C U S
HDR Student Representatives August update
It has been another busy month in the world of the University Higher Degree by Research Committee (UHDRC). There have also been some interesting developments in relation to student scholarships and candidature management which I am very excited to share with you.
Get to know PhD Student Lauren Newman
Lauren received outstanding results for her thesis titled, "EVolving the Liquid Biopsy: Extracellular Vesicles for Assessing Liver Function and Disease"
Get to know PhD Student D-Yin (Indy) Lin
Indy received outstanding results for her thesis titled, "Improving Perioperative Care and Patient Outcomes in Orthopaedic Surgery of the Lower Limb".
Celebrating Success - Dee Trewartha
Science and Engineering PhD student Dee Trewartha was recently awarded the prize for the Best Student Conservation Talk at the recent World Congress for Herpetology (WCH) in Kuching, Malaysia.
W E L C O M E
Introducing our new higher degree by research students who started this month. We welcome you into the Flinders HDR community and look forward to following your journey.
Thi Thuy Ngan Nguyen (BGL)
Jiaqi Fan (BGL)
Glenn Fawcett (NHS)
Ardianto Wibowo (SE)
R E C E N T L Y C O M P L E T E D S T U D E N T S
Congratulations to the students who completed in the last month. The University recognises that a higher degree by research represents a considerable achievement, reflecting hard work and a high level of commitment and dedication. Congratulations on your outstanding accomplishment!
Eliana Kasichon Buonaiuto (EPSW)
Madeleine Curtis (EPSW)
Kasia Robinson (EPSW)
Grace Wahome (EPSW)
Thomas Altree (MPH)
Alexander Barnes (MPH)
Angela Chen (MPH)
Philip Choi (MPH)
Indy Lin (MPH)
Richard Newland (MPH)
Leanne Winner (MPH)
Ammar Aroury (NHS)
Qingcai Liu (NHS)
Clare Flower (NHS)
Joshua Dennis (SE)
Bradley Donnelly (SE)
Max Hardwick-Morris (SE)
Emma Kuhn (SE)
W H A T ' S N E W
FUSA Student Elections - nominations open now!
Are you ready to take the next step in your leadership journey, represent your community and make your mark at Flinders? Student Elections are around the corner, and we think you should consider nominating for a position.
Registrations for the 2024 Southern Adelaide Local Health Network (SALHN) Research Week are now open
Held from 16-20 September 2024, Research Week at SALHN provides an opportunity to hear about the important research being undertaken by talented health and medical research teams from across across SALHN and Flinders University. With a packed schedule including keynote sessions with national and international experts and networking opportunities, don’t miss this important event on the research calendar.
Research scholarships for US citizens to spend time at Flinders
Scholarship programs are currently open for US citizens to spend time at Flinders in support of AUKUS being offered by the American Australian Association.
Undertaking health and medical research?
There’s a new joint Statement on Sex, Gender, Variations of Sex Characteristics and Sexual Orientation in Health and Medical Research. This has been developed by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and the Department of Health and Aged Care to help make health and medical research more inclusive by improving knowledge of research gaps related to historical underrepresentation of sex, gender, variations of sex characteristics and sexual orientation.
Safety and Respect at Sturt
On Tuesday, 27 August 2024 hundreds of students visited the “Safety and Respect at Sturt” event hosted by the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Sturt Campus.
All HDR students are encouraged to complete the Consent and Respectful Relationships as well as the MATE Active Bystander Awareness online training modules. Both are available on FLO (Canvas) using the links above.
M I N D Y O U R S E L F
Quick guide to wellbeing focused services, programs, facilities, resources, topics and social media
There are many wellbeing-focused services, programs, resources and media coming out of Health, Counselling and Disability Services, Oasis and our partners around the university. If you want/ need a quick overview of them, this is the post for you
Safety and Respect at Flinders
The Safety and Respect at Flinders webpage provides essential information about the support and reporting options available to students who experience sexual harassment or sexual assault . Along with links to relevant policies, procedures and additional resources.
Wellbeing Week is the 9th to 13th September!
Oh hey there! Imagine seeing you here! Did you know Wellbeing Week is coming up? When you get to the level of power that we have in wellbeing services, we can just claim a week for ourselves. So we have.
U P C O M I N G D E V E L O P M E N T W O R K S H O P S
3MT University Winner
Congratulations to Thomas Beltrame from the College of Science and Engineering for winning the 2024 3MT Competition with his presentation titled ‘Music is Magical’.
HDR Supervision: Giving Effective Feedback
Wednesday 25 September 2.00-4.00pm
Many graduate students cite getting and dealing with feedback from their supervisors as one of the most frustrating areas of candidature. Feedback is essential to help the student make progress and improve the quality of their outputs. So, what can you, as a supervisor, do to ensure they get the feedback they need? This workshop is aimed at HDR Supervisors and will be facilitated by Hugh Kearns from Thinkwell.
More Opportunities
- Monday 2 September - HDR Development Drop in Session - in person
Monday 2 September - HDR Development Drop in Session - online
Tuesday 3 September - Human Research Ethics - Information Session
Tuesday 3 September - Good feedback: Asking for it, getting it and responding to it
Tuesday 3 September - IBM SPSS - Introduction
Wednesday 4 September - Understanding Research Income: HERDC Information Session
Wednesday 4 September - Stress, Resilience and Mindfulness
Wednesday 4 September - Building confidence
Thursday 5 September - Open Research Practices
Thursday 5 September - Introduction to Statistical Analysis
Monday 9 September - HDR Development Drop in Session - in person
Monday 9 September - HDR Development Drop in Session - online
Tuesday 10 September - IBM SPSS - Intermediate: Exploring Your Data (Descriptive Statistics, Graphs and Custom Tables)
Wednesday 11 September - Forest Walks at Bedford Park
Wednesday 11 September - Public speaking skills for great presentations
Tuesday 17 September - IBM SPSS - Intermediate: Missing Data Analysis
Wednesday 18 September - Where can I publish? Selecting a journal for your article
Wednesday 18 September - Problem solving
Thursday 19 September - Thesis Writing Discussion Group
Monday 23 September - HDR Development Drop in Session - in person
Monday 23 September - HDR Development Drop in Session - online
Tuesday 24 September - IBM SPSS - Intermediate: Correlation
Tuesday 24 September - Public speaking skills for great presentations
Wednesday 25 September - Introduction to Endnote
Thursday 26 September - IBM SPSS - Intermediate: Multiple Regression
Monday 30 September - HDR Development Drop in Session - in person
Monday 30 September - HDR Development Drop in Session - online
N E E D H E L P ?
Any questions about your HDR studies? Please reach out!
Dean of Graduate Research - Leadership, Policy, Strategy
HDR Admissions - Admissions, Enrolments, Change of Supervisor
HDR Progression - Milestones, Intermissions, Candidature Management
HDR Exams - Turnitin, Thesis Submission, Examinations
HDR Development - Skills Development, REST, HDR Induction, Supervisor Register
HDR Engagement - All Engagement, Industry and Cotutelle related inquiries
You can also contact HDR Student Representatives with any HDR candidature matters.
Do you have any suggestions, feedback or concerns about your HDR services? Let us know via the Student Experience Idea Gateway Form
