2009 seminars and events

Semester 2 seminars and events

The following seminars and events for postgraduate students will be held at the Parkville campus during Semester 2, 2009.

• 4th Annual Postgraduate Research Symposium - Wednesday 30 September 2009, Parkville campus

Compulsory Honours Professional Development and Training Sessions

• Writing an Honours Thesis (2 compulsory workshops)

Recommended PhD/Masters & Honours Professional Development and Training Sessions

• Audience practice for research students - 3 September (note new time)
• Defending your Thesis using Powerpoint
• MS Word advanced for thesis writing - 26 November (2 sessions)
• Statistics methods sessions (3 workshops)
• Individual tutoring sessions in statistics and statistical programming 

Postgraduate events

Postgraduate associations organise educational events and social activities throughout the year.

• MPA free lunch and discussion - Thursday 19 November, Parkville

• Parkville Postgraduate Association  (PPA)
• Monash Postgraduate Association  (MPA)

ExPERT resources available

A number of exPERT DVDs are now available for loan from the library. Titles available are

• "How to build a thesis"
• "Confirmation of candidature"
• "How your thesis is examined"
• "Relating to your supervisor"
• exPERT stats - "Time series"
• exPERT stats - "Multivariate analysis"
• exPERT stats - "The fundamentals of statistical research"

Please contact Hong Bernard, Liaison Librarian, on x39615 to make arrangements for borrowing.