Notes from the Burnley early career workshop

Thanks again to everyone who came down to Burnley for the MeNUER workshop. There were about 35 enthusiastic attendees, including a number of new faces. As promised, we’ve compiled sets of notes from the day for people who forgot their pens or couldn’t make it. We’ve also endeavoured to include links to reports or websites that were referred to on the day, or that are on relevant topics. PLEASE add to these (you can leave a comment on this post, or if you’ve signed up to be an author, you can start a new post). We think it would be helpful to share tips and experiences on these topics, or others that you might think are important.

Kate Auty, Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability, Victoria, led a session on communication of scientific work and engaging the public. Notes from this session can be found here.

Here are links to the reports Kate referred to during her talk, and relevant websites.

• Website of the Commissioner: http://www.ces.vic.gov.au/ (includes links to facebook page and blog)
• State of the Environment Reports: http://www.ces.vic.gov.au/publications-and-media-releases/state-of-environment-report
• The ‘Pink’ report: http://www.ces.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/137229/CPreport12_LR-bookmarks.pdf
• CSIRO state of the climate brochure 2012: http://www.csiro.au/Outcomes/Climate/Understanding/State-of-the-Climate-2012.aspx

Barb Downes, Professor, University of Melbourne, led a session on grant writing strategies. The slides from Barb’s presentation are here, and the example she shared with use of one of her successful ARC grants is here.

Some other websites which may be of assistance with grant writing are…

• ARC website: http://www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/default.htm. Includes instructions, and ‘summaries’ of successful grants
• University of Melbourne’s ARC info website (requires login): http://research.unimelb.edu.au/rgc/grants/find/schemes/arc
• Monash University’s grants website: http://www.monash.edu.au/researchoffice/index.php
• Jason – postgrad scholarships for Australia: http://www.jason.edu.au/

Tim Fletcher, Professor, University of Melbourne, led the final session of the day on strategies for successful paper writing. Here you can find notes from that session. Other resources which you may find useful are:

• Geoff Vietz’s ‘Post-it Paper Planner (PPP)’. A photo and explanation are available here.
• Blog by an early career researcher compiling tips for successful publication: http://clearasblog.wordpress.com/2012/06/19/some-resources-for-phd-students-who-want-to-publish/

Please add your own useful links as well!!

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