Site index

This A-Z index covers topics, terms, abbreviations and acronyms relevant to research education at UniSA. Most links go to webpages within the Research degrees website but some take you to relevant external sites.

See also the Index of research terms and acronyms in the Research and Innovation Services website.

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

A

Ability grant (for current students)
Academic referees report form
Academic regulations for higher degrees by research
Academic regulations for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (by Portfolio of Publications)
Activities policy (staff and student access only)
ADT - Australian Digital Theses (in arrow@UniSA digital repository)
APA - Australian Postgraduate Awards. See also the DEEWR website
APAI - Australian Postgraduate Awards - Industry
Application form for Australian and international applicants - see How to apply for online application form
Application to join the UniSA Register of Postgraduate Research Degree Supervisors
Apply online
arrow@UniSA (digital repository)
Assessment policy and procedures manual (UniSA)
ATN - Australian Technology Network
ATN LEAP - ATN Learning Employment Aptitudes Program
Artefact theses guidelines (Academic regulations appendix 2b)
Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research
Australian code of practice for the care and use of animals for scientific purposes (NHMRC) (PDF file, 469kb)
Australian Digital Theses Program (Library)
Author's consent form

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B

BAF - Our Universities: Backing Australia's future (DEEWR website)

C

Candidature information - Australian (RTF file, 500kb; Word file, 79kb) or international (RTF file, 318kb; Word file, 153kb)
CELUSA - Centre for English Language in the University of South Australia
Change of details form (current students)
Change of load or mode form
Change of program (upgrade/downgrade or school transfer) - information and form
Change of supervision form
Claim for living allowance (scholarship holders only)
Claim for relocation allowance
Claim for thesis allowance - scholarship holders only (information and form)
Code of good practice: Research degrees management and supervision
Completion Scholarships (for current students) - information and application
Confirmation of candidature (Australian and international students)
Confidentiality disclosure agreement
Copyright. See also the University's Copyright website
CRICOS - Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students
Creating and applying knowledge (PDF file, Research and Innovation Services) - brochure on research at UniSA

D

DEC - Divisional Ethics Committee (Research and Innovation Services)
DEEWR - Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (Australian Government)
DIAC - Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Directory of Research Expertise (DORE) - find a supervisor
Directory of Research Expertise Questionnaire - for supervisors
Doctoral degrees by research (UniSA policy RES 10)
Doing a research degree (Learning Connection)

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E

Ethics and safety
Examination checklist for supervisors and HDR students (RTF file)
Examiners nomination form
Examiners guidelines - theses and professional doctorates
Extension to lodge research proposal application
Extension to scholarship application form

F

FEE-HELP (Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations) - a loan (made under the Higher Education Loans Program) to assist eligible full fee paying students to pay their tuition fees
Fee relief scholarship - information and application form (for Australian current students)
Fees and enrolment (current students)
Final review of progress - information, form and resources
fIRST - for Improving Research Supervision and Training

G

GMOs (Research and Innovation Services) - Genetically Modified Organisms
Graduate Studies Office
Graduation
Graduation ceremonies
Guidelines for examiners of the professional doctorate by research
Guidelines for the presentation of artefact theses
Guidelines for the presentation of the thesis, or exegesis
Guidelines for the presentation of thesis by publication
Guide to submission and examination of theses at UniSA (checklist) (RTF file)
Guidelines on Authorship (Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research, PDF file, 829kb - Section 5)

H

HECS-HELP (Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations) - is only available to students in Commonwealth Supported Places who are also Australian citizens or holders of a permanent humanitarian visa
Higher degrees by research (UniSA policy RES 10)
HREC (Research and Innovation Services) - Human Research Ethics Committee
Human Research Ethics policy (UniSA policy RES 2)

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I

IELTS - International English Language Testing System test
IMVS - Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science
Induction for new students
International Research Scholars Scheme
IP - Intellectual Property. See also Legal services (Research and Innovation Services) and IP Australia
IP Agreement (RTF file, internal access only). Note: also called Student Participation Agreement
IPRS - Endeavour International Postgraduate Research Scholarship. See also the DEEWR website
ITEK Pty Ltd

OGTR - Office of the Gene Technology Regulator
Online resources for supervisors
Online resources index
OSHC - Overseas Student Health Cover. See Scholarships for international applicants and international candidature information (RTF file). See also Worldcare Health Assistance
Over time - application to go over the allocated time of candidature

P

PI - Principal Investigator
Plagiarism
Planning and review (higher degree by research students)
Planning, review and reporting of progress - forms and procedures
Policies (research degrees)
PORTIA (same information for both students and staff)
President's Scholarships (UPS)
President's Scholarship nomination form
Professional doctorates (information and application forms)
Program withdrawal application form
Progress planning and review report form

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Q

Quality Assurance and Improvement in Higher Degrees by Research
Quantum threshold see research quantum threshold

R

RDC (Research and Innovation Services) - Research Degrees Committee
RDGQs - Research Degree Graduate Qualities
Readmission - application for (to be completed by HDR students who have previously withdrawn/been withdrawn from a HDR program within the last three years)
Referee's report form
Register of Postgraduate Research Degree Supervisors
Relocation allowance claim form
RESA - Research Education Support Activities
Research Degree Coordinators (RTF file) and web version
Research Degree Graduate Qualities
Research Education Support Activities (RESA)
Research management
Research Marketing Toolkit (staff access only)
Research policies website
Research proposal database (Library)
Research proposal guidelines
Research quantum threshold (PDF file)
Research Training Scheme (RTS) - see the DEEWR website. Current students see also Fees and enrolment
Resources for higher degree by research students
Resources for Research Degree Graduate Qualities
Reviews of progress. See also Planning and review (higher degree by research students)
RFCD (Research and Innovation Services) - Research fields, courses and disciplines
RPC (Research and Innovation Services) - Research Policy Committee

S

Scholarship assessment criteria
Scholarship benefits and conditions
Scholarship extension application form
Scholarship ranking process
Search for a research supervisor
SEO (Australian Bureau of Statistics website) - Socio-economic objective. SEO Codes and Definitions
Sessional Academic Staff Register
SMG - Senior Management Group
SSR (Library) - Strategies for Successful Research
Statement and Guidelines on Research Practice (NHMRC/AVCC) - see Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research
Statement of Agreement form (includes explanatory information and checklist)
Statement of minimum resources for higher degree by research students
Strategies for Successful Research (Library)
Structure of research degrees management (RTF file)
Student Amenities Fee
Student mobility (travel grant for current students)
Student Participation Agreement
Supervision - change (form). See also Supervisors (responsibilities, roles and relationships)
Supervisor application to join the UniSA Register of Postgraduate Research Degree Supervisors
Supervisor training
Supervisor's change of status
Supervisor statement for completion of the degree
Supervisor statement for thesis examination
Supervisor web search (instructions for entering your details on your staff homepage)
Supervisors - online resources

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T

The Research EDGE newsletter
Thesis allowance
Thesis completions - divisions and institutes
Thesis examiner guidelines - see Examiner guidelines
Thesis presentation, submission and examination
Thesis template (Word for thesis writing online workshop) (staff and student access only)
Travel grant (for current students)

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