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Supervisor web search - entering your information

The University has established a new search facility called the Directory of Research Expertise that potential research students can use to locate supervisors and their field of expertise.

Please update your staff homepage so that future higher degree by research students can find out about your potential as a research degree supervisor when they go to your homepage (linked from the Directory of Research Expertise). Make sure your entry is up-to-date by reviewing it regularly. Please ensure that your staff homepage also contains other information about you, particularly Research interests and Research publications (add links if possible).

To access your homepage you will need to:

  1. Log on to your work computer in the normal way
  2. Go to Directory
  3. In the Search for staff by staff homepage box, type in your name (if you have no homepage available please contact your head of school for access)
  4. Click on 'change' at the bottom of your homepage screen
  5. Log in (domain/username and password)
  6. Scroll down to Research Degree Supervisor
  7. Click on 'change' and log in again
  8. In the 'Research Degree Supervisor Details and Projects' screen, click on 'change' to add details.
  9. In the next screen, make sure you select 'Yes' to the question 'Publish on homepage?' or your information will not be visible to the user
  10. In the 'Supervisor Description' box, type in details of your areas of expertise, research methods etc using a range of keywords. This is the box the search engine will use to find search results
  11. From the lists provided, choose relevant 'Keywords' and 'DEEWR Class Codes' (this relates to the Topic area of the search engine)
  12. Click 'Confirm Change'
  13. Back in the 'Research Degree Supervisor Details and Projects' screen, check your details and if relevant 'Add new Project'. (The search results screen gives the user the option of viewing this information by ticking the box 'Display current projects for Your Name')

Results of a search will show:

Your Name  
Position (and location)  
View staff homepage for Your Name Email Your Name
Description  

 

 

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