Research Strategy Office

Supervisor Training 

 SUPERVISION WORKSHOPS FOR SEPTEMBER 2009

A diverse suite of workshops have been designed to support supervisors of higher degree research students at UNSW.  Please click on links below to find out further information and to register online.

UNSW Higher Degree Research Policy Workshop
 Date:  15 September 09
Time:   10.00am – 12 noon
Venue: Law 388
Registration Link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=jKAjVLVqBUogU8TJctjVwA_3d_3d
Facilitator:  Prof. Margaret Harding, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Strategy), Dean of Graduate Research

This workshop is suitable to all staff who are new to UNSW.  This workshop will explain:

• The role of the Graduate Research School
• Importance of HDR Completions
• Candidature - length/confirmation/termination
• Tuition fees & International Students
• UNSW Policy on HDR Supervision
• UNSW Code of Conduct for Responsible Research
• The Role of the Supervisor
• The importance of the Annual Review
• Student Complaint Policy
• Overview of Thesis Submission & Examination process
• Obligations of Supervisors

Effective Annual Reviews Workshop
Date:    15 September 09
Time:   2.00pm – 4.00pm
Venue: Law 388
Registration Link:  http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=jKAjVLVqBUogU8TJctjVwA_3d_3d
Facilitator:  Prof. Margaret Harding, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Strategy), Dean of Graduate Research

 This workshop will provide an overview of the annual review process and include a discussion of:

• The importance of the annual review in the management of HDR candidatures
• Confirmation of candidature
• Supporting and advising students whose progress is not satisfactory
• Obligations and the role of the Chair of the Review Panel, and panel members
• Assessment of supervision as part of the review process
• Options available to the panel

Case scenarios of different types of progress reviews will be used to illustrate the above points. Participants are welcome to also highlight (anonymous) reviews that they have been involved with as a supervisor, student or panel member. 

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Dr Margaret Kiley (PhD, M.Ed.Admin, Grad Dip (Ed Admin), B.Ed. Dip T.)
Senior Lecturer Centre for Educational Development & Academic Methods (CEDAM), Australian National University. will be facilitating the following 4 sessions.

Dr Kiley is the convenor of the ANU’s Masters and Graduate Certificate in Higher Education and also runs programs for staff in areas of research supervision and research education. Dr Kiley has worked in the Centre for Educational Development & Academic Methods at the ANU since December 2004 after working for four years in the Centre for the Enhancement of Learning, Teaching and Scholarship (CELTS) at the University of Canberra and eight years at the University of Adelaide in the Advisory Centre for University Education (ACUE).

Working with Part-Time and/or off Campus Candidates
Providing Quality Advice on Candidates Writing
Supervising International Research Candidates
How to Examine a Doctoral Thesis

Working with Part-Time and/or off Campus Candidates Workshop
Date:    Monday 21 September 09
Time:   9.30am – 12.30pm
Venue: CivEng 109 Map Ref H20
Registration Link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=5SycjnzLQnWryTYb4BBb0g_3d_3d
Facilitator:  Dr Margaret Kiley

This workshop, suitable for all staff levels, will examine some of the issues for part-time candidates and their supervisors.The data for Australian higher degree candidates suggests that almost 40% of them will be enrolled part-time for at least some of their candidature. For many of these part-timers there is the additional issue of being located off-campus for much of their candidature.

This short workshop will assist you and your candidates to :

• Structure a program taking into account access & isolation needs
• Give timely feedback on work  & monitor progress
• Understand isolation and lack of access issues and assist with strategies to overcome these
• Monitor progress & set clear timelines

Providing Quality Advice on Candidates Writing Workshop
Date:    Monday 21 September
Time     1.30pm – 4.30pm
Venue: CivEng 109 Map Ref H20
Registration Link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=acxZThQXXeksWvqDc84SWQ_3d_3d
Facilitator:  Dr Margaret Kiley
Presenter:   A/Prof. Sue Starfield is the Director of The Learning Centre and Associate Professor in the School of Education at UNSW.  She is co-author with Brian Paltridge of Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language: A Handbook for Supervisors published by Routledge in 2007.  She is co-editor of the journal English for Specific Purposes. She is the recipient of a 2008 Australian Learning and Teaching Council citation for an Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning for the development of a research-led innovative curriculum to support postgraduate research students' writing with significant impact on the field of postgraduate writing.

This workshop, in being presented in conjunction with A/Prof. Sue Starfield and is particularly suitable for Early Career Researchers.
While many academics can themselves write well, it is often difficult to assist research candidates to reach a suitably scholarly level for PhD examination. The aim of the workshop is to enhance supervisors’ skills and knowledge related assist candidates with writing.

Supervising International Research Candidates Workshop
Date:    Tuesday 22 September 09
Time:   9.30pm – 12.30pm
Venue: CivEng 109 Map Ref H20
Registration Link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=cEl8TSqPKRrSVRrjhJnt5Q_3d_3d
Facilitator:    Dr Margaret Kiley
Margaret’s own PhD was related to Indonesian students undertaking their degrees in Australian universities

This workshop is suitable for all supervisors at all research career levels. 
The aim of the workshop is to provide research supervisors with enhanced understanding and skills related to supervising a diverse research candidate population. With a steady increase in the diverse cultural backgrounds of research candidates, and with an increasing number of academics from different cultural backgrounds, addressing issues related to supervising international candidates is critical.

This short workshop will assist you and your candidates to :

• Get started – expectations, memorandum of understanding, learning needs analysis
• Plan for critical challenges
• Highlight expectations and resources to assist the candidate
• Establish feedback on a tight schedule

How to Examine a Doctoral Thesis Workshop
Date:    Tuesday 22 September 09
Time:   1.30pm – 4.30pm
Venue: CivEng 109 Map Ref H20
Registration Link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=i27KJnsuKzIp_2bCdFwZ_2bWSQ_3d_3d
It is essential to register for this session
Facilitator:  Dr Margaret Kiley
Margaret’s research has had a particular focus on the doctoral examination process, an area in which she has published widely.

This workshop is suitable for staff at all research career levels and most suitable for those who have not attended on of the student supervision workshops conducted at UNSW over the past three years.

 The aim of the workshop is to enhance knowledge and skill in:

 a) Selecting examiners for PhD theses
 b) Assisting candidates prepare for examination
 c) Acting as an examiner for the doctoral thesis

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