Connect with ANU HDR communities

There are several student-led communities for HDRs at ANU. If you can't find something that works for you, the research training team can help you start your own!

• ANU Postgraduate and Research Students' Association (PARSA);
• PARSA's Shut Up and Write! sessions: come along and work with other HDRs from all over the University and get some productive writing done!
• ANU International Students' Department;
• ANU Climate café: a relaxed gathering of researchers from all disciplines interested in climate change.

Connect with other candidates via social media

There is a lot of community to be found online. The #academictwitter hashtag on Twitter is active at all times of the day and night. You can also find other research students posting on #acwri (academic writing), #ecrchat, #phdlife, #phdchat, #virtualnotviral and many other hashtags.

Blogs are also an invaluable source of community and expert advice. Here are some of the best: 

• The Thesis Whisperer
• The Research Whisperer
• Patter
• Explorations of Style
• Doctoral Writing SIG
• PhD to Published
• Writing for research