The ANU Higher Degree Research (HDR) Supervisor of the Month Award recognises good practice in ANU HDR supervision.
All HDR supervisors, conveners, administrators, and anyone else who works to support HDR candidates, are eligible to be nominated.
The awardee will receive ANU-wide recognition.
Nominations are welcome from all members of the ANU community. Nomination involves completion of the simple HDR Supervisor of the Month – Nomination Form.
Information about previous awardees is available on the HDR Supervision Portal - Supervisor of the Month page.
Current HDR Supervisor of the Month awardee
August 2026
Professor Kate Ogg
ANU Law School
ANU College of Law, Governance & Policy
Kate’s supervisory approach:
Working with PhD students both formally as part of a panel and also informally is one of the best parts of academic life. I have wonderful PhD students, and it is a pleasure to watch them develop on their academic journey. I think that there are two modes that PhD students have to shift between, and they both have forest metaphors. One is ‘walking through the foggy forest’ where PhD students must veer off their disciplinary path and explore different literature and materials to help foster creativity. The second is the ability to ‘see the forest for the trees’. While branching out and getting obsessive about details is all necessary, students always need to remember what their research is all about and keep returning to that big idea.
Find out more about Kate's work by visiting his profile on the Research Portal webpage.
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