Director's Message

Dear Colleagues,

To lead us into the new week is one of our familiar School guardians, reminding us the place will be well cared for in our absence. My thanks to Murdock Grewar (Applied Maths) for sending in this beautifully shot image taken last week on campus.  Apart from the possums, my sincere thanks go to the few staff permitted to maintain our vital infrastructure over the next few months.  Their names will be posted in the Infrastructure Portfolio over the next few days (see below).

Ok, hand on heart, I promise not to send any more long emails over the next 3 months!  However, if you’ve not yet done so please scan over the Wednesday and Friday whole-school emails.  They will help you understand why we are establishing the Portfolio sections in the new look Event Horizon.

Over the next few weeks the Heads, Executive and I will be identifying a “community chest”.  This pool of funds will be aggregated from budget lines that, given the current environment, will not be accessed and will be available to assist with case-by-case relief of some of your most pressing concerns.  We are grateful to the VC for his generous pledge of support in many forms and it is clear that our local solutions will also play a big part.  As we all find a new equilibrium, please use the Portfolios to assist you.  The Equity and Diversity section is now front and centre, and will span the Portfolios. 

I couldn’t leave without adding a second weekly pic. Professor Ben Buchler (Acting Head DQS), a self-declared chicken herder, introduces the family Plymouth Rock and her flock.  It’s a lovely image from one of our many new offices.

Enjoy the week and if you have any questions please flick them to our Portfolio teams, or look at the ANU home page.

Best regards,

Tim

RSPhys Equity and Diversity Committee Message

The committee and its principles will be active in all portfolios. Weekly messages will remain in this section.  From this week all supervisors, mentors and lecturers and encouraged to actively check in on all members of their teams and classes during this time of working remotely.  Now that we won’t have any “bump-into-you” opportunities it is becoming increasingly important to schedule a one-on-one chats or group chats each week.  Supervisors and mentors should seek to balance their contacts so all of their cohort have equal opportunity to interact.

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Information for all Honours and PhB students, as well as their mentors and supervisors can be found in this section. We will be updating this link continuously with FAQs, the communications strategy, key contact people and support strategies. 

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Information for all MPhil and PhD and supervisors can be found in this section. We will be updating this link continuously with FAQs, the communications strategy, key contact people and support strategies.

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Information for all technical staff, facility managers and their supervisors can be found in this section. We will also post updates on our infrastructure as it comes to hand. The link will be continuously updated with FAQs, the communications strategy, key contact people and support strategies.

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Information for all Departmental research and professional staff can be found in this section. We will be updating this link continuously with FAQs, the communications strategy, key contact people and support strategies.

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