HDR seminars

Every year the Faculty of Education runs a set of HDR seminars for its research students. These HDR seminars are free to all PhD, MEd (Research) and Honours students enrolled in the Faculty at any of the campuses.

Sessions run monthly on Fridays at Clayton, Room 110 (TLS main Seminar Room), or via Adobe Connect (see Attending sessions via Adobe Connect below).

HDR seminars for 2013

Bookings are essential!

Click on the topic to book your place in a session. Alternatively, book online via the Faculty of Education booking system (choose ‘HDR Seminars’ option from the ‘Category’ dropdown box).

Name	Date	Time
Open Forum - Joining the Discourse Community	Friday 15 February	11am - 12pm
Opening the conversation: What’s in a thesis?	Friday 15 February	1pm - 3pm
Working towards confirmation (Part I) - Mapping the territory: Writing the introduction	Friday 22 March	10am - 12pm
Finishing the conversation: Writing conclusions, issues in editing, preparing for examination	Friday 22 March	1pm - 3pm
Searching and managing literature (Part I): Searching the literature and using databases effectively	Friday 3 May	10am - 12pm
Searching and managing literature (Part II): Using EndNote and APA referencing	Friday 3 May	1pm - 3pm
Focusing the conversation: Developing research aims and narrowing research questions	Friday 17 May	10am - 12pm
Conversations with Others: Ethics Committee applications	Friday 17 May	1pm - 3pm
Building the structure: Transition from individual chapters to creating a unified thesis	Friday 14 June	10am - 12pm
Following the conversation: Reading the academic literature effectively	Friday 14 June	1pm - 3pm
Research Winter School July (date, time and venue to be announced closer to event) Writing Excellent Abstracts Abstracts are the first thing people read, yet the last item you write. Through a variety of examples we look at what makes a good abstract an effective invitation to readers and a stand-alone unit of the most important information. Academic presentations - Strategies and Ideas Presentations in various forms - conferences, the three presentations required in a PhD candidature, seminars and lectures - are part of our academic lives. This session discusses how to engage your audience when presenting complex ideas and theories.
Working towards confirmation (Part II) - Mapping the territory: Beyond the introduction	Friday 23 August	10am - 12pm
Qualitative and quantitative research - Writing about your research approach and design	Friday 20 September	10am - 12pm
Entering the wider debate: Discussing analysed data and making claims about findings	Friday 20 September	1pm - 3pm
Finishing the conversation: Writing conclusions, issues in editing, preparing for examination (REPEAT)	Friday 18 October	10am - 12pm
Writing for Publication	Friday 18 October	1pm - 3pm

Attending sessions via Adobe Connect

If you are unable to attend a session at Clayton campus, you can participate in that session virtually via Adobe Connect from Peninsula, Room A3.03, as well as from overseas locations.

Go to http://mufoed.adobeconnect.com/hdr/ (This link is only active when a meeting is in progress.)
Login as "guest" (You can choose your screen name but you must log in as 'guest'.)

Student participation is encouraged

Students are encouraged to bring their own questions and share strategies and ideas about their own research project.

We highly value your scholarly contribution and we are once again inviting HDR students to be part of the Panel of Presenters in individual sessions, thereby contributing to the discussion in a more pronounced manner.

If you are interested in co-presenting in any of the sessions, please contact us.

Unable to attend?

If you are unable to take part in a session because of work or other commitments, video recordings of the sessions will be available through Adobe Connect. In addition, electronic copies of all materials used will be available in the ‘HDR 2013’ folder on Moodle (access via my.monash portal) immediately before the commencement of each session.

Who to contact?

If you would like further information or would like to co-present in a session, please contact:

Dr Raqib Chowdhury
Academic Language & Literacy Development Advisor
Ph: +61 3 990 55396
Raqib.Chowdhury@monash.edu

Dr Anna Podorova
Academic Language & Literacy Development Advisor
Ph: +61 3 990 44346
Anna.Podorova@monash.edu