Director's Message

Colleagues,

we’re in for a big week ….. a really big week! (D. Trump pers. Comm.)

Apart from teaching commencing, Discovery Grants being submitted and DECRA Fellowships being reviewed there is also the VC’s School visit today

Staff are reminded not to miss the meeting with the VC in the Jaeger Seminar Room at 1:15pm.  The VC will be talking about the new NIG Framework being rolled out across the University among other initiatives. Importantly, you will have a not to be missed opportunity to ask questions of the VC in a 45 minute Q&A. This will be followed by a School-provided afternoon tea. Note that there is room for a handful of students, so if you are one of our HDR student reps or are deeply involved in school affairs of any kind (e.g. on a Portfolio committee), please feel free to come along too. AND DON’T FORGET YOUR QUESTIONS!

Steve

VC visit

VC will be visiting the school today his schedule as outlined:

1pm: The VC will meet with the School Executive in the Jaeger 8 Boardroom at 1pm

1:15-2:15pm: The VC will address RSES academic and professional staff in the Jaeger 1 Seminar room for about 15 minutes

An ~45 min Q&A session will then occur, providing staff the opportunity to ask the VC about his views on the directions of and his plans for the ANU, and other relevant matters.

2:15-2:30pm: Afternoon tea with staff. This will provide an opportunity for further informal discussion with the VC

HDR Student Rep

As the outgoing HDR Student Representative it gives me great pleasure to announce the student team for 2018! Monika Misztela is taking on the role of HDR Student Representative with a fantastic group of volunteers on the different committees.

Education Committee: Tiah Penny & Bruna Contro de Godoy

Engagement Committee: Geoffrey Bonning

Experience Committee: Hannah James, Bei Chen & Taimoor Sohail

HDR Committee: Kathryn Hayward & Bethany Ellis

Work Health & Safety Committee: Johanna Sommer.

Laura Miller

ANU offers a range of counselling services for enrolled students (undergraduate or postgraduate) who might be experiencing a range of difficulties around mental health, stress, motivation, social anxiety and so on. 

 web-site is http://www.anu.edu.au/students/health-wellbeing/counselling

In addition to the group programs and workshops they also offer confidential counselling services for individuals. If you have concerns about the welfare of any of your students, please consider directing them towards this service,

Charlie - has style

Charlie was feeling the cooler temps of Canberra so the students helped him adjust.

Donations to keep Charlie can be made via this link http://www.anu.edu.au/giving/support-us/charlie-the-crocodile

Watch the donation gage rise.

Computer Resources for Researchers.

Seminar: I am a Researcher at RSES: what data and compute resources can I access?

Wednesday 21 February, 12.45pm - 3.30pm, J1 Seminar Room

Knowing how and where to access the most appropriate data and compute resources is becoming fundamental to research. This seminar at the Research School of Earth Sciences is designed to give researchers and graduate students information on what data and compute resources they can access (within RSES, the ANU, and elsewhere) and show how they can best make use of them. Come along to find out what resources are available to help you store, process, manage and publish your research data.

The program is available at http://rses.anu.edu.au/news-events/data-and-compute-resources-research

Contact Julia Martin or Paul Davidson with any enquiries.

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