Thesis Boot Camp
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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 17 Nov 2022.
2-4 Dec | Thesis Boot Camp |
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Writing for The Conversation, Newspapers and Magazines
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Sharing your research on screen and in print is an extremely effective way of raising your own profile and attracting interest in your work. There is a huge audience out there with a seemingly insatiable appetite who regularly turn to The Conversation and commercial newspapers and magazines to find out what's going on within the walls of academia. This two-hour session will show you how to pitch your stories to these outlets and write them in a way that will leave the audience wanting for more.
21 Nov | Writing for The Conversation, Newspapers and Magazines |
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Preparing for the Academic Job Market
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The competition for good jobs in academia is fierce - what sort of skills and capabilities do you need to stand out? In this 4-hour workshop, Professor Inger Mewburn shares the research on academic job ads, which shows that academic jobs require a broad range of "non-research" skills, which you have the opportunity to sharpen while you are enrolled in a PhD. In this workshop we will go through the most valuable skill sets and think about how and where you develop them. We will then look at how to craft answers to ‘key selection criteria’ and other writing that you need to do in the job hunt, including making your CV. Finally, we will think about the most crucial set of skills you need to make you the “stand out, must have” candidate.
12 Dec | Preparing for the academic job market |
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Write Like an Olympian!
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Do you think of yourself as a high performer? Do you approach your writing like a high performer? Dr Derek Panchuk has worked with some of the best coaches and athletes in the world to help them achieve their potential. In this 1.5-hour workshop, we’ll explore how you can ask for great feedback and introduce a framework that can help you coach yourself through the writing hurdles that are getting in your way!
22 Nov | (Self) Coaching and Feedback |
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Writing in company-value+
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These sessions provide some structure for your writing week while enjoying the company of positive, productive HDRs. We will do two 50-minute writing sprints, with a bit of stretching and chatting in the middle. Come along, get some writing done, and feel good about making some progress towards completing your thesis.
22 Nov | Writing in company-value+
29 Nov | Writing in company-value+ |
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Take a break!
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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 | Take a break! |
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