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Telling your full story: building a research portfolio for academic success

admin — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 00:58:00 +0000

Location: Liggins seminar room – 505-003

Date: Monday 21^st October

Time: 2:00-4:30 PM

As part of Open Access Week join STRATUS and the Libraries and Learning Services for a discussion exploring the changing landscape of measuring scientific output. Joining us will be Andrew Preston, founder of Publons (https://publons.com/) a platform where scientists can gain credit for reviewing papers, and Jason Priem co-founder of Impact Story (http://impactstory.org/) which tracks the impact of publications, datasets, software and other outputs of the scientific process.

Afternoon tea will be served.

Promotions Workshop

admin — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:40:34 +0000

Are you thinking of applying for promotion?

Stratus are holding a workshop to provide advice for science and engineering applicants.

Where: OGGB Case Room 2 Rm 260-057
When: Tuesday 2nd July, 13:30-15:00

Please RSVP to secretary @stratus.ac.nz with “Promotions workshop” in the subject line

Upcoming funding opportunitites

admin — Tue, 21 May 2013 03:39:43 +0000

Here you can find more information on the major research funding opportunities in New Zealand.

Funding Opportunities Calendar – April 2013 to March 2014

Stratus 2012 Annual Report

admin — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 02:56:32 +0000

The STRATUS Annual Report for 2011 is now available, it gives a summary of all our events and activities this year. If you would like to have a read, download the report from the following link:

Stratus 2012 Annual Report

STRATUS E-Bulletin 2: April 2013

admin — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:39:17 +0000

Is it really April already? Time flies, what with research grant deadlines, conferences and teaching. All the latest from us below, starting with…

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Stand-up Science

Our first event of 2013 was Stand-up Science on the 20th March. The event followed the successful speed-dating format which was utilized to great effect in 2012. Participants had three minutes to talk to every other participant about their research and potential areas of collaboration before moving to the next researcher.

Figure 1. Scientific speed-dating at Stand up Science. What would you say in just 3 minutes about your research?

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Hot off the press: Annual Report

Our 2012 annual report has just been printed and will be published shortly on our newly refreshed web-site. If you would like to be sent a copy please contact secretary@stratus.ac.nz.

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STRATUS sponsored events

STRATUS offered a scholarship covering full course fees for the Science Media Centre Auckland SAVVY workshop held on the 14-15th March. STRATUS also sponsored a ScienceOnline Watch Party organised by the Science Communicators Association of NZ (SCANZ) at the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences on the 12th February.

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Events in the second quarter of 2013

We will be running workshops in May and June on grant writing and promotions, with a special emphasis on the new academic standards.

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THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Stand-up Science 2013

admin — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:20:51 +0000

STRATUS presents our annual networking event STAND-UP SCIENCE. This an opportunity to present your research in one minute and network with scientists and engineers. The event takes place on Wednesday 20th March, 2013, 5-7 pm in Old Government House. For more information please read the following link:

Stand-up Science 2013

Media skills workshop for scientists

admin — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:26:51 +0000

The Science Media Centre is seeking applicants for an upcoming media skills workshop for scientists to be held in Auckland, 14-15 March.

These workshops are unique in that they are designed specifically for scientists, and we not only take participants through a series of practical exercises and full-on practice interviews, but also spend time visiting a newsroom, discussing issues with a panel of working journalists and putting perfected story pitches to the test on our media panel, who are often keen to follow up.

STRATUS is offering one scholarship covering full course fees to a qualifying early to mid-career researcher. Preference will be given to a STRATUS or UoA applicant. Please indicate on your application that you are a member of STRATUS. Please also indicate whether you would be able to take up a place on the workshop without the scholarship.

Applications close this February, the 8^th February.

Please contact dacia@sciencemediacentre.co.nz with any queries.

STRATUS Panel Discussion – November 2012

admin — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 02:46:33 +0000

Streaming video is now available for the 2012 Panel Discussion – Sharing Science with Society.

Speakers included (with the starting time of each speaker in the video): Jacquie Bay: 4:20; Mark Quigley 14:30; Peter Griffin 33:00; Richard Meylan 50:30; Siouxsie Wiles 65:50; Tom Trnski 72:00; Question time 78:00.

STRATUS E-Bulletin: January 2013

admin — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 05:14:55 +0000

Happy New Year one and all…we hope that you are refreshed and ready for the year ahead. STRATUS has been busier than ever in recent months and with six events planned for 2013 we’re hitting the ground running. This is the first of our quarterly bulletins where we aim to update you on STRATUS activities and events.

Figure 1. Our panelists at the Sharing Science with Society event (Peter Griffin, Mark Quigley, Richard Meylan & Jacqui Bay who were hosted by Phil Johnstone our moderator for the event)

Looking back to 2012

STRATUS hosted the following 2012 events: Stand-up Science (10/5/12); Rutherford Discovery Fellowship Workshop (7/6/12); Promotions Workshop (17/7/12); Planning & advancing YOUR career event (18/9/12); Strategies for Success in research (25/10/12), and Sharing Science with Society: panel discussion (13/11/12). For more information about our events please visit our web-site and look out for our annual report in early 2013.

STRATUS also made several written submissions on behalf of our members including a response to the draft University of Auckland Strategic Plan 2013-2020; a response to the proposed Academic Standards policy, and the recently published article: Do Emerging Scientists Have a Future in New Zealand?Debbie Hay et al (2012) NZ Science Reviews 69 (3), 56-60.

Figure 2. Some of our current committee (left to right): Drs Cate Macinnis-Ng, Alex Taylor, Simon O’Carroll, James Dalton, Lorna Strachan & Siouxsie Wiles

New committee

STRATUS would like to acknowledge the generous support and hard work of our departing committee members, particularly our outgoing Chair Senior Research Fellow Jo Perry and Secretary Associate Professor Donna-Rose Addis. We warmly welcome our new committee members Giovanni Russello & Fabiana Kubke.

Your 2013 STRATUS committee comprises: Drs Lorna Strachan (chair), Siouxsie Wiles (deputy chair), Jo Perry (secretary), Simon O’Carroll (treasurer), Peng Du (webmaster), Alex Taylor, Cate Macinnis-Ng, Duncan McGillivray, Giovanni Russello, Fabiana Kubke & James Dalton.

Annual report

We are currently preparing our 2012 annual report. This will be published on our web-site in early 2013 and will provide a comprehensive report of our 2012 activities. If you would like to be sent a personal copy please contact secretary@stratus.ac.nz.

Stand up Science

Our first event of 2013 will be Stand-up Science in March. This fun event is a firm favourite with STRATUS members and is an opportunity to present your research in to a wide network of scientists and engineers. Several new collaborations and friendships were formed from the 40 or so who attended the 2012 event.

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THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Do Emerging Scientists Have a Future in New Zealand?

admin — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:59:36 +0000

At the 2012 New Zealand Association of Scientists conference, “Do Emerging Scientists Have a Future in New Zealand?”, Associate Professor Deborah Hay was given the opportunity to introduce the Stratus network and describe the way in which it is contributing to supporting New Zealand science. From this stemmed an article on Stratus, which was published in a recent issue of New Zealand Science Review (vol 69(3), 2012).

Stratus continues to have discussions with the Vice Chancellor regarding issues with career development for post-doctoral fellows. A thorough process of consultation with Deans and HR is almost complete and Stratus hopes to have good news on this topic before long. In relation to this, Deborah has been invited to join the focus group on Academic Standards. This is an important opportunity for Stratus.