The HERO Group

At 8.30am on the first Tuesday of every month, a group of higher degree research students from CEDAM, along with a group of interested academics from ANU, UC, ADFA and ACU meet at CEDAM to critique a topical journal article.

While there are about forty members of this dynamic Higher Education Reading Opportunities (HERO) group, each meeting tends to generate around 10 active participants. One candidate volunteers to select an article at least one week prior to the meeting. This is sent to the group leader Rod Pitcher for distribution to all members, in order to facilitate discussion on the day.

Typically, conversation is animated although courteous, as budding and seasoned researchers struggle to get a word in. It's a good way not only to review articles that you would not normally read, but also to engage in some spirited academic debate. The coffee's not bad either at that time of the morning.

For further information contact Rod Pitcher [1].