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ResourcefulHDR

by sally purcell

Learn from insights, steal some strategies and discover different career paths that HDR candidates and graduates have followed. Important aspects of resourcefulness include being able to draw from knowledge and experiences, learn from others, be brave enough to ask for help & generous enough to provide it. The ResourcefulHDR podcast has been created for Researchers and prospective employers to show the value of a Higher Degree Research (HDR - PhD and M.Research) education - providing different perspectives.

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Episodes

  1. Episode 23: Dr. Catherine Fargher Dr. Egg Adventures STEAM Education

    Dr. Catherine Fargher is an AWGIE award-winning scriptwriter, leader and creative focused on combining storyworlds, and characters with interactivity. Catherine is passionate about harnessing the power of storytelling to deliver educational content, including STEM, English, and more, through...

  2. Episode 22: Kim Eberhard, Head of Historical Services for Westpac Group

    Kim is a professional archivist and historian and is the Head of Historical Services for Westpac Group. She contributed to the book produced for the Bank’s 200th Anniversary, and also arranged for the listing of the Bank’s earliest records – dating from 1816 – on UNESCO’s Memory of the World...

  3. Episode 21: Malene Ahern, Improvement Facilitator, Aged Care in the Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC)

    Malene Ahern is a physiotherapist with 20 years of experience in clinical practice working with clients neurological, orthopaedic and geriatric rehabilitation. She graduated from the University of Sydney (Bachelor of Applied Science, Physiotherapy Honours) and has also completed a Graduate…

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  4. Episode 20: Dr. Melanie Zeppel Data Analyst - career shift from academia

    Dr Melanie Zeppel is a Data Scientist and Researcher. Melanie's multi-disciplinary research spans experimental design and modelling impacts of customer user experience, climate change, as well as genomic medicine, including childhood cancer and other conditions. Melanie was awarded 2019 Scopus...

  5. Episode 19: Dr Alison Rice, CSIRO - Deputy Director, Synthetic Biology, Future Science Platform

    My guest this month on the ResourcefulHDR podcast is Dr. Alison Rice, Deputy Director of the Synthetic Biology Future Science Platform at CSIRO. I met Alison through the magic of Twitter and she kindly agreed to share her story. After completing a Bachelor of Science with Honours from the...

  6. Episode 18: Dr Rebecca Gelding. PhD Cognitive Science - investigating the Mental Imagery of Musical Pitch and Rhythm using MEG.

    My guest on the ResourcefulHDR podcast his month is Dr. Rebecca Gelding. Rebecca recently started a new job as Project Officer (ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Familes over the Life Course) Rebecca speaks about her research, her career choices and how important it is to stay true to...

  7. Episode 17: Dr Kate Maguire-Rosier PhD Dance Theatre and Disability

    Kate holds a PhD in dance theatre and disability from Macquarie University titled 'Performances of 'Care': Dance Theatre by and with Australian Artists with Disability'. She teaches across Performance Studies, Cultural Studies and Media Studies at Macquarie University, the University of Sydney…

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  8. Episode 16: Dr. Daniel Bateman, PhD Biological Sciences

    After completing a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Sydney in 1992, Daniel worked in a variety of jobs – as a storeman with David Jones and Grace Bros before travelling overseas to the USA and Europe and then around Australia. On returning to Sydney, Daniel took up a job with the NSW...

  9. Episode 15: Dr. Jacqueline Mackaway PhD, equitable student access to work-integrated learning

    Dr Jacqueline Mackaway is a lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Macquarie University (MU). For the past 4 years she has taught a social research unit which requires students to undertake an internship. Previously, she has worked with MQ’s Professional and Community Engagement (PACE)...

  10. Episode 14: Shivani Sachdev PhD, Molecular Pharmacology of Cannabinoids

    The ResourcefulHDR podcast guest for March is Shivani Sachdev. Shivani was awarded a Master of Research (Biomedical Science) in 2017 from Macquarie University and recently submitted her PhD thesis. Shivani’s research project was entitled “Molecular Pharmacology of Cannabinoids: beyond THC” which...

  11. Episode 13: Isaac Roberts - Master of Research, Indigenous Studies

    The latest guest on the ResourcefulHDR podcast is Isaac Roberts who is a Master of Research candidate in Indigenous Studies at Macquarie. Isaac is a proud Aboriginal man with ties along the east coast of Queensland and New South Wales. After losing his hearing to illness in 2013, he studied a...

  12. Episode 12: Gillian Smith, PhD candidate, MQ 3MT winner

    The winner of the 2019 Macquarie University 3MT Gillian Smith, PhD candidate in the department of Ancient History, is the latest guest on the ResourcefulHDR podcast. Gillian went on to win the Asia Pacific 3MT Peoples' Choice awared and in this episode she talks about how she decided to enter the...

  13. Episode 11. Associate Professor Tracy Rushmer Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

    Associate Professor Tracy Rushmer, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Associate Dean (Higher Degree Research), Faculty of Science and Engineering Macquarie University. Tracy's academic background is as an Experimental Petrologist plus Rock Mechanics. She overseas several experimental...

  14. Episode 10. Belinda Fabian, PhD candidate Molecular Science

    Belinda Fabian is a PhD candidate in the Department of Molecular Sciences at Macquarie University where she’s using cutting edge molecular biology and sequencing techniques to study the genes of beneficial bacteria that colonise plant roots. Belinda is in her 3rdyear and is supervised by...

  15. Episode 9: Dr. Florence Chiew, HDR Learning Adviser, Macquarie University

    Florence is the HDR Learning Advisor for Social Science at Macquarie University and earned her PhD in Sociology at the University of New South Wales. She has published on a broad range of topics, including social theory, educational philosophy, the sociology of neuroscience, new materialist...

  16. Episode 8: Dr. Cameron Ferris, Chief Operating Officer Inventia Life Science Pty Ltd

    Dr Cameron Ferris Chief Operating Officer Inventia Life Science Pty Ltd My guest today on the ResourcefulHDR podcast is Dr. Cameron Ferris who is the Chief Operating Officer at Inventia Life Science, a fast-growing Sydney startup advancing 3D bioprinting technology to revolutionise medical…

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  17. Episode 7: Claire Jackson UniSA

    Claire joined the University of South Australia as the Associate Head Graduate Research & Manager Research Training Support in February 2017. This role provides leadership in the development, planning and implementation of initiatives to achieve the University’s strategic research objectives, in...

  18. Episode 6: David Evans PhD Ancient History

    ResourcefulHDR podcast Episode 6: David Evans PhD candidate Ancient History My guest today on the ResourcefulHDR podcast is David Evans. David is located in Brisbane and is a PhD candidate in the Department of Ancient History at Macquarie University and his thesis is Paul and the Foundation of…

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  19. Episode 5: Luke Mills, PhD Cognitive Science

    Luke Mills is a PhD candidate at Macquarie University in Cognitive Science with a strong background in using data to gain novel insights into people and their behaviour. Luke’s PhD topic is Investigating the Role of Attention in Reading and he is currently part of the IMNIS Mentor program for PhD...

  20. Episode 4: Dr Karina Luzia Higher Education Academic Development

    Dr Karina Luzia is a social geographer, academic developer, researcher and higher education project manager. She came to Macquarie University in 2005 for a 6-month part-time contract role in the Faculty of Science in the Department of Human Geography. Years later, she is still at Macquarie,...

  21. Episode 3: Wasin Praditsilp, PhD International Communication

    Wasin Praditsilp is a PhD candidate in International Communication at Macquarie University. Prior to enrolling in PhD Wasin completed an M.A. Communication Arts & Innovation (Hons) Innovative Communication for Development at the National Institute of development Administration in Thailand and a...

  22. Episode 2: Dr Agnes Bosanquet, (Blog) The Slow Academic

    The Slow Academic, Dr Agnes Bosanquet with Sally Purcell Agnes shares her own experiences as a PhD candidate and her career journey since then - the highs and lows. Agnes Bosanquet is Associate Dean (Curriculum Quality) in Human Sciences at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Her focus is...

  23. Episode 1: Prof. Nick Mansfield, PVC HDR Training & Partnerships

    PVC HDR Training & Partnerships, Prof. Nick Mansfield with Sally Purcell Prof Nick Mansfield talks about the changes in the research landscape and the value of PhDs in the 21st Century. As the Dean HDR, Nick is the senior academic responsible for research training across all Faculties and...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Learn from insights, steal some strategies and discover different career paths that HDR candidates and graduates have followed. Important aspects of resourcefulness include being able to draw from knowledge and experiences, learn from others, be brave enough to ask for help & generous enough to provide it. The ResourcefulHDR podcast has been created for Researchers and prospective employers to show the value of a Higher Degree Research (HDR - PhD and M.Research) education - providing different perspectives.

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sally purcell

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Learn from insights, steal some strategies and discover different career paths that HDR candidates and graduates have followed. Important aspects of resourcefulness include being able to draw from knowledge and experiences, learn from others, be brave enough to ask for help & generous enough to...

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