Connect with your HDR peers
Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Meet and Mingle is a space for HDR students to come together, share the highs and lows of their research journeys, and build a strong network of support to remind you that you’re not alone.
We organise monthly meet and mingle events including social, wellbeing and networking events.
Upcoming events are listed below and on the HDR Mentors Facebook page.
2021 Meet & Mingle
We will kick off 2021 with the theme 'A New Leaf'. COVID-19 has affected all of us and we do need to be mindful of that. However, with vaccines around the corner, this new year brings some new light with it. At the upcoming Meet and Mingle, we intend to cultivate some cheer and a sense of togetherness among the HDR community. Everyone can share what their plans (resolutions, upcoming milestones etc) are for this year, what a new normal looks like for them and what the Mentors can do to improve your HDR experience.
Let’s learn from each other’s stories and progress together. RSVP for our Meet & Mingle now.
Date: Thursday, 11 February 2021
Time: 12pm – 1pm
PS: Feel free to be creative with the theme. Maybe you can dress up or have a zoom background in line with it.
2020 Meet & Mingle events
Meet and Mingle: Resilience and Motivation Workshop
In this time of COVID-19 we are aware of how much more difficult it is to maintain motivation and to keep focus on your research and writing. Therefore, this Zoom workshop by Ashwin Singh (Psychologist, Student Wellbeing) is for all HDRs who need Resilience and Motivation strategies more than ever in this difficult period.
Date: 25 May 2020
Time: 10am – 12pm
RSVP link: https://myrdc.mq.edu.au/registration/new/170061
Meet and Mingle: Stress Management Workshop
As a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, coping with the feeling of stress and anxiety has never been more challenging than now for HDR candidates.
Do you feel isolated? Does research overwhelm you? Do you stress-procrastinate? Want to learn strategies to de-stress? Interested to hear about how your peer HDR's manage stress? Keen to learn ways to self-care? Want to hear tips from an expert? Want to feel in control of stress than feeling controlled by stress?
If the answer to any of the above questions was yes, then the upcoming Stress Management Workshop is ideal for you!
This Zoom workshop will be led by Ashwin Singh (Psychologist, Student Wellbeing) who will help HDR's reflect on the stressors they have encountered during their HDR journeys and introduce effective tips to de-stress and help you stay on track.
Date: 11 May 2020
Time: 11.30am – 12.30pm
RSVP link: https://mqedu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9ozIjH0Dh26jim1
Note that the Zoom workshop link will be shared only with the registered participants a day before the workshop.
Meet and Mingle
Can’t get in??? Study wall not providing any inspiration at all. HDR Mentors is organising their first virtual ‘meet and mingle’ event especially designed for first year HDR candidates with the aim of sharing and normalising research experiences and challenges. Given the current crisis, we feel that new HDR candidates need peer support now more than ever. We strongly believe that together we will able to overcome this unprecedented situation.
We have created a RSVP link below where you can write questions related to your HDR experience (ie academic, wellbeing or social) from a peer to peer support perspective and we will try our best to address your needs at the online forum. We have also created the zoom link (below) and to attend the online forum you need to access the zoom link by log in using your Macquarie One ID. If you want to know more about how zoom works, visit this link: https://macquarie.zoom.us
Date: 17 April 2020
Time: 12.00pm – 1.30pm
RSVP link: RSVP here by 13 April 2020
Zoom Link: https://macquarie.zoom.us/j/92722304841?pwd=YmV2K3ZtRDY2czZuOWx5TFpaK2cvUT09
We are looking forward to meeting you soon!
Meet and Mingle: Coping with stress and anxiety in uncertain times
Stress and anxiety are normal responses to threats and uncertainty. A key to managing anxiety is to recognise and focus on what is in your control and take what action you can!
During this global pandemic of COVID-19, HDR Mentors invite you to join meet and mingle on zoom to check in with everyone on how are we doing, to check out on what's new that Student Wellbeing has currently. Our expert health advisor Ashwin Singh will provide some techniques and apps to stay calm in this challenging and rapid evolving situation.
Date: Thursday 09 April, 2020
Time: 12:00-1:00pm
Meet and Mingle: Friday Speed Gaming
Would you like to meet fellow MRes and PhD students from across campus? The HDR Mentors would like to invite you to our upcoming Meet & Mingle on "Friday Speed-Gaming"!
No registration needed, but feel free to bring your own board game to share the fun.
Date: Friday, 27 March 2020
Time: 4pm – 5.30pm
Venue: 7 Wally's Walk, 149 Briefing Room
Previous Events
Meet and Mingle: Board games
After receiving a successful response of our previous board games session, we are again organising an interactive gaming session. Come along to have more fun!
Date: October 25, 2019
Time: 12.30pm – 2.30pm
Venue: 7 Wally's Walk 149 Briefing Room
Meet and Mingle: Board games
This time in meet and mingle, we are bringing something new and different. We are holding a gaming session where you will get a chance to enjoy, relax and unwind with other HDR fellows. Don’t forget to turn up in our board game session!
Date: 23 August 2019
Time: 12.30pm – 1.30pm
Venue: 7 Wally's Walk 149 Briefing Room
Meet and Mingle: Stress management
Do you feel isolated? Does research overwhelm you? Do you want to hear tips from expert? If your answer to all these questions is ‘yes’ then don’t miss out an opportunity to stress-less. This time HDR Mentors are organising a meet and mingle session on theme of stress management where you will get a chance to meet our expert Ashwin Singh health advisor from Campus Wellbeing who will talk about stress and how to deal with it.
Date: 18 July 2019
Time: 12.15pm – 2.00pm
Venue: Room 430, 12SW
Meet and Mingle: Meeting at the Lake
Come and join us in meet and mingle session at Macquarie lake to have a great fun time.
Date: 27 June 2019
Time: 12pm – 1pm
Venue: Macquarie lake
Meet and Mingle
Would you like to meet fellow MRes and PhD students from across campus? The HDR Mentors would like to invite you to our upcoming 'Meet & Mingle' session. It will allow you to make new connections and to find new friends.
Date: 30 May 2019
Time: 12pm – 1pm
Venue: Macquarie Lake
Meet and Mingle: Meet your mentors
Would you like to meet our mentors? HDR Mentors community is inviting all new higher degree research students to come and mingle with HDR Mentors. This event will give the opportunity to HDR candidates to meet our mentors with an aim of sharing and normalising research experiences and challenges.
Date: 28 March 2019
Time: 1pm – 2pm
Venue: Function Room 801, 12WW
Meet your mentors
When: Friday, 7 September 2018
Time: 3pm – 4.30pm
Where: 7 Wally’s Walk, 149 Briefing room
This event gives new HDR candidates the opportunity to meet our mentors with an aim of sharing and normalising research experiences and challenges. It will allow you to make new connections & to find new friends. We hope that by meeting lots of different mentors from different disciplines, you will see that there is more than just one mentor out there for you. Your whole HDR community is here for you!
HDR CAFE 2018
HDR Café is a space for the HDR students to come together, share their highs and lows of the research journey, and build a strong network of support! (And also, to remind you that, you are not alone, and we are ALWAYS here for you)
Join us for a warm (AND FREEEEE) cuppa while Ashwin Singh health advisor from Campus Wellbeing talks about Stress and how to DE-STRESS! (And hear the mentors share what stressed them during their HDR Journey and what helped them de-stress)
Date: Friday, 11 May 2018
Time: 12.30pm – 2pm
Venue: 10MW 244 Seminar Room
Facilitator: HDR Mentors
HDR CAFE 2017
HDR Café is a space for the HDR students to share their highs and lows of the research journey, and to create research networks among peers.
Date: 1 September 2017
Time: 12pm – 1pm
Venue: C5C 209
Facilitators: HDR Mentors
HDR CAFE 2016
Date: 11 November 2016
Time: 12pm – 1pm
Venue: C5C 209
Facilitators: HDR Mentors