Engage with your HDR peers
Get involved, socialise and have fun at Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Mentor social events! We host lunches, dinners, board game and movie nights throughout the year for HDR students.
Upcoming events
HDR Mentors BBQ/Picnic
Are you an HDR candidate? Feeling lonely during this long period of isolation? Sick of online/zoom meetings? Want to meet and connect with other HDR students face to face? If this is you, then come and join the HDR Mentors BBQ/picnic on Saturday, 10th April 2021! It will be an informal gathering open to all HDR students. Please feel free to bring your choice of food. An electric BBQ is also available at the venue.
Date: 10 April 2021
Time: 12pm - 3pm
Venue: Waterloo Park (199 Waterloo Rd, Marsfield NSW 2122)
*Please RSVP (https://mqedu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cuOuzw1eZUKnpxY) by 6th April 2021 so that we can keep in touch regarding this event. The maximum number of people for outdoor gatherings, following health/MQU covid safe guidelines, is currently 50.
Please note that if it rains heavily on the day, we are going to have to change the venue to 1 Central Courtyard Macquarie University, in a form of a picnic. There would be no BBQ, so please feel free to bring along your snack/lunch.
Information will be updated accordingly on the HDR mentors' Facebook page.
HDR Mentors Welcome Lunch
Welcome to Macquarie's research community!
HDR Mentors is organising a welcome lunch for all new PhD and MRes students. This welcome lunch is an excellent opportunity for new candidates to know about HDR mentoring program at Macquarie University and ask questions to our mentors. This event will provide you with a chance to meet fellow students, socialise, build networks and make new friends.
Register for the HDR Mentors Welcome Lunch
Date: Friday, 13 March 2020
Time: 12pm – 1.30pm
Venue: 7 Wally's Walk, 149 Briefing Room
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 Social Events
HDR Mentors Annual Potluck Dinner
We are excited to announce our 5th annual ‘Potluck Dinner 2019’!
You and your family are warmly invited to join us at this upcoming event. Our ‘Potluck Dinner’ is an opportunity to share culture and food, and to get to know each other better. Please stay connected to know about date and venue.
Date: Friday, 15 November 2019
Time: 6pm – 8pm
Venue: 12WW 801-803 Function Area
HDR Mentors Board Games
This time in meet and mingle, HDR Mentors is 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: 12.30 – 1.30pm
Venue: Briefing Room 149, 7WW
HDR Mentors Potluck Dinner with Nick Mansfield
HDR Mentors is organising a special Mentors Only Potluck dinner to celebrate Pro-Vice Chancellor Nick Mansfield’s farewell. There will be also a certificate giving ceremony to acknowledge the significant contribution of our mentors to the mentoring program.
Date: 5 July 2019
Time: 4.30 – 6.30pm
Venue: Tute Room 310, 12SW
HDR Mentors Meet and Mingle at Macquarie 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
HDR Mentors Welcome Lunch 2019
Welcome to Macquarie Research Community!
HDR Mentors is organising a welcome lunch for all new PhD and MRes students. This welcome lunch is an excellent opportunity for new candidates to know about HDR mentoring program at Macquarie University and ask questions to our mentors. This event will provide you a chance to meet fellow students, socialise, build networks and make new friends.
Date: 7 March 2019
Time: 12pm – 1.30pm
Venue: 75 Talavera, Continuum, Level 3
Organizing committee: Muhammad Chutiyami, Ehsan Kachooei, Rabia Bashir and Samia Amin
HDR Mentors Welcome Lunch 2018
Welcome to Macquarie Research Community!
This welcome lunch is a chance for you to ask our mentors questions you might be having about starting you PhD/MRes but most importantly it is a chance to meet fellow students, build networks and make new friends. We will be holding icebreaker activities followed by a Q&A session about adjusting to research at MQ in a casual environment.
Date: Thursday, 15 March 2018
Time: 12pm – 2pm
Venue: 7 Wally’s Walk, 149 Briefing Room
We are excited to announce our third annual ‘Pot Luck Dinner’!
You, and your family are warmly invited to join us at this upcoming event. Our ‘Pot Luck Dinner’ is an opportunity to share culture and food, and to get to know each other better. As research students, we can often feel isolated and exhausted on our research journeys. What better way to combat this, than to join a community of fellow HDR candidates over dinner?
Date: 3 November 2017
Time: 6pm – 8pm
Venue : Graduation Hall located in E7B (ground floor)
Welcome Lunch 2017
Welcome to MQ Research Community
Date: Friday, 7 April 2017
Time: 12pm – 2pm
Venue: 75T Talavera Rd, Continuum
Organizing committee: Andrew Locke (Chair), Meena Saverimuttu and Ngoc Anh Phuong Le.
Movie Night
Date: 27 October 2016
Time: 5pm – 7.30 pm
Venue: W5AT1
Facilitators: HDR Mentors
Date: 19 August 2016
Time: 5.30pm – 7.30pm
Venue: Macquarie University Food Court
Facilitators: HDR Mentors
Welcome Lunch 2016
Welcome to Macquarie Research Community!
Date: Friday, 7 April 2016
Time: 12pm – 2pm
Venue: 75T Talavera Rd, Continuum
Facilitators: HDR Mentors