Early-Mid Career Researchers
Committees
Westmead Research Hub EMCR Committee
The Westmead Research Hub EMCR Committee aims to improve engagement and foster unity between the early- and mid-career researchers from across our partner institutes. They host a variety of events throughout the year, inclusive of professional development workshops and seminars, as well as social and networking opportunities. It is chaired by Dr. Alexandra O’Donohue and is currently composed of 19 members from across our partner institutes.
If you would like to be involved or hear more about their initiatives, please sign up here or email the committee directly at emcrwestmead@gmail.com.
Sydney Early-Mid Career Academic Network (SEMCAN)
SEMCAN is a community of academics across the University of Sydney, supported by the DVC Research Portfolio. Their mission is to facilitate cross-pollination between disciplines and contexts among early- and mid-career academics at the University of Sydney. These activities are open to all academics regardless of academic focus (research, teaching, research and teaching) or position (permanent or fixed-term). There is no need to formally join SEMCAN. If you consider yourself an early- or mid-career academic at the University of Sydney, you are already a member!
More information can be found here.
The committee can be contacted via email at semcan.steering@mailman.sydney.edu.au
Skills Development
The Researcher Development Unit at University of Sydney run a host of workshops and training programs to help develop your skills in a range of topics from writing research impact statements, developing funding strategies, right through to increasing your profile through engagement. More information can be found at their online Researcher Development Hub. Note that you will need a University of Sydney UniKey to access this link.
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Careers
APR.Intern
Australian Postgraduate Research Intern (APR.Intern) is Australia’s only national PhD and Masters by Research internship program spanning all sectors and disciplines.
A not-for-profit, the program is the industry engagement arm of the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI), dedicated to strengthening industry-university collaboration, and empowering students to thrive in a practical research environment.
The program works with all universities, nationally, to streamline pathways for postgraduate research students to be industry-literate and career ready; to expand university research collaborations; and to connect businesses with the country’s brightest emerging research talent.
Sign up to our mailing list
Stay in the loop with EMCR news and activities, as well as seminars, grant and job opportunities and avenues for collaborative research by signing up to the Westmead Research Hub newsletter. Be sure to select “Early- and mid-career researcher activities and updates” for emails specifically related to the EMCR network at Westmead.