Every PhD student at CSIRO Plant Industry is added
to the PhD email list, PIPhDs@csiro.au,
where CSIRO Plant Industry PhD students may post messages to other
PhD students.
These email addresses are to help students communicate
effectively with each other, exchange ideas and suggestions and
to discuss issues and ways of dealing with them. If you are a PhD
student and not on these lists and would like to be please contact
Sophie Clayton on sophie.clayton@csiro.au.
CSIRO Plant Industry runs a peer support program for all new staff
including PhD students. This program will match new PhD students
with a Peer Support Officer (normally another student) who has been
at CSIRO Plant Industry for some time to:
Provide the PhD student with a point of contact for general
queries regarding day-to-day operational issues (such as the location
of facilities, 'how we do things around here' and relevant CSIRO
Plant Industry policies) and introduce them to their work colleagues;
Help the new PhD student integrate with CSIRO Plant Industry
by providing access to someone who is familiar with our culture,
attitude and expectations; and
Where required, offer advice on a range of issues prior to
commencement, such as schools, real estate, public transport etc.
The Peer Support Officer will make contact with their allocated
new PhD student in the first instance via phone or email on or before
commencement. On commencement the Peer Support Officer will assist
the new PhD student to settle in to their role as outlined above
and meet with them on a regular basis over the following months,
and then on an 'as needs' basis once the new PhD student begins
to feel more familiar with their role and surroundings.
Universities offer a great deal of support and training
opportunities for students undertaking PhDs. CSIRO Plant Industry
encourages students to take advantages of these opportunities to
assist in researching, writing and submitting PhD theses.
The following links will be helpful to PhD students:
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