With the best will in the world, an accomplished research academic may bring an element of unconscious bias to conversations with their HDR candidates around their future career direction. Statistics show that less than half of all HDR candidates in Australia will end up in higher education (GDS, 2022) thus, enabling conversations between supervisors and candidates around career development opportunities outside academia is increasingly important. Through discussion with a mix of HDR supervisors and experienced career practitioners working with HDR candidates this webinar will explore the experiences of academics having meaningful career conversations with their HDR candidates and provide expert advice on structuring productive HDR career conversations.

On Tuesday 23 July this free webinar featured:

Panel Chair

• Dr Alan McAlpine, Deputy Director Student Success, Curtin University

Panel members

• Ms Ruth Wilcock  – Career Development Manager, UTS
• Mr Ben Archer  – Associate Lecturer, JCU Taree Campus
• Dr. Shari Walsh – Psychologist and career practitioner, Resilient Researcher
• Dr. Cally Guerin – Research Developer, ANU
• Professor Kristin Laurens – School of Psychology & Counselling, QUT
• Dr. Troy Heffernan – Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Manchester

View the recording on the members section of the website.