Hi everybody! My name is Bec, and I would like to be a HDR representative for the college of health and medicine. I am a member of the ticket called Empower. Empower’s main aim is to improve both academic and social experience at ANU for all postgraduate students. If you would like to learn more about our team, you can visit our website, and like our Instagram and Facebook profiles. Right now I am in the third year of my research PhD in psychology. Being a later year HDR student, I have come to see and understand many of the challenges we might experience during our research candidature. I would like the chance to be a college rep to help improve how HDR students are able to navigate their way through these issues. For example, I would like to better HDR processes such as milestone reporting, the transparency and communication of guidelines for administrative and academic processes in the college, as well as increase opportunities for socialisation for the college HDR students, through both in person and online communities. Most importantly however, I want to know what you as a HDR student would like to improve, and I will work hard to achieve your ideas.