Resources from on campus programs
Presentations and other resources from on campus programs for research degree supervisors are provided here.
Please note: all UniSA-specific resources require a staff or student username and password to access.
- Supervising at UniSA
- Thesis models (staff and students)
- Human research ethics session (staff and students)
- Interpersonal strategies for successful supervision series
- Research writing for early career supervisors
- 2 for 1: writing a PhD and journal articles at the same time (staff and students)
- What examiners are looking for (staff and students)
- Life after the PhD (Education, Arts and Social Sciences)
- Research writing and discussion group series for supervisors
Supervising at UniSA
Supervising@UniSA is a one day program designed for academic staff who have applied (or intend applying) for admission to the UniSA Register of Postgraduate Research Degree Supervisors.
Workshop presentations
Audiovisual
Watch and hear two presenters talk about research supervision from your desktop using Windows Media Player
- Dr Peter Willis (.wmv file)
- Prof Roger Horn (.wmv file)
Print (PowerPoint)
- Supporting postgraduate research students in sciences & engineering (PPT file, 370kb)
- Supervising@UniSA (Library) (PPT file, 530kb) - overview of Library services
- Supervising@UniSA (Graduate Studies Office) (PPT file, 51kb) - admission, enrolment, candidacy, scholarship ranking and payment, examination, monitoring students' progress (re-enrolment), information management (Portia)
- The supervision project (PPT file, 194kb) - Dr Peter Willis (School of Education)
- Supervising PhD students (PPT file, 447kb) - Dr Sheila Scutter (School of Health Sciences)
- The colloquium for HDR students - what's involved? (PPT file, 503kb) - A/Prof Phil Cormack
- Research Education and Training: Meeting the challenges and realising the opportunities (new era under ERA) - Prof Nanthi Bolan, Dean of Graduate Studies (2.4mb) - staff access only
- Higher Degrees by Research: purposes and outcomes (PPT file, 422kb) - Di Bills PhD
- Practising kindness: postgraduate supervision (PPT file, 552kb) - A/Prof Suzanne Franzway (School of Communication, Information Studies and Languages)
Activities
- Roles and expectations (Activity)
- Expectations of the supervisor's role (RTF file) provides a list of expectations supervisors may have about their role. Workshop participants indicated how important they thought these roles should be in practice
- Negotiating expectations with the higher degree by research student (RTF file)
- Research Degree Graduate Qualities (Activity)
- How might Research Degree Graduate Qualities be expressed? (RTF file) provides comments from candidates on their research degree experience
- Supervision scenarios (Activity) - examples of these are
provided in RTF file format
- Scenario 3
- Scenario 4
- Scenario 8
- Scenario 12 (Literature review)
- Scenario 13 (RDGQs)
- Evaluation
Resources
- Current supervisors
- Online resources for supervisors
- PORTIA (ppt, 491kb) - a practical demonstration of what PORTIA is and how to use it
Thesis models
Diverse thesis models
Watch and hear this event from your desktop, in Windows Media Player (.wmv) file format. To view wmv files using a Mac computer, you will need to download software such as Flip4Mac or VLC
2009 workshop
- Introduction: Pathways to research education and models of thesis presentation (PPT file 1.33mb) - Professor Nanthi Bolan, Dean of Graduate Studies
- Doctor of Education A research professional doctorate (PPT file, 986kb) - Dr Margaret Hicks, Doctor of Education
- How may I serve you? Women receptionists' lived experience in the hospitality industry (PPT file, 954kb updated for 2009) - Dr Gayathri (Gee) Wijesinghe, PhD (Business and Management)
- My thesis structure and tips (PPT file, 358kb) - Dr Matthew Berryman, Phd (ITEE): Applying maths and software models to systems biology
- Using the research-question thesis model of Milech and Shilo (PPT file, 3.1mb) - Dr Robert Bloomfield, PhD (Creative Writing) by exegesis and artefact
- Why publish? An anthology of thesis by publication (PPT file, 3.8mb updated for 2009) - Dr Robyn Clark, PhD by Portfolio of Publications
2008 workshop
- Introduction (.wmv file, 26mb) - Dr Margaret Peters (EASS)
- How may I serve you? Women receptionists' lived experience in the hospitality industry (.wmv file, 32mb) - Dr Gayathri(Gee) Wijesinghe, PhD (Business and Management)
- Why publish? An anthology of thesis by publication (.wmv file, 39mb) - Dr Robyn Clark, PhD by Portfolio of Publications (Health Sciences)
- Video (.wmv file, 19mb) - Dr Gavin Sanderson, Deputy Director Academic Learning Services
-
Dr Jian Zuo, PhD
(Building) (PPT file, 1.1mb)
- Video (.wmv file, 20mb)
-
Writing a theoretical
thesis (PPT file, 745kb) - Dr Katrina Jaworski PhD (Social Sciences)
and Ian Davey Research Thesis Prize winner 2007
- Video (.wmv file, 22mb)
- PhD (Visual Arts) by exegesis and artefact (.wmv file, 23mb) - Dr Kathleen Connellan
Filming by Scott Parslow of dreamcoatmedia.com
Emerging thesis models 2007 workshop
This interactive workshop elaborated on innovative thesis models that are now emerging as alternatives to the traditional thesis format.
- Emerging models of thesis (PPT file, 1.8mb) - Dr Saravana Kumar (Centre for Allied Health Evidence)
- Doctor of Education (EdD) (PPT file, 155kb) - Associate Professor Betty Leask
-
The creative writing
thesis: a dialogue between an exegesis and creative artefact (PPT
file, 314kb) - Cameron Fuller
- Poems (Word doc, 25kb)
-
Our community since oyster
aquaculture: a Photovoice approach case study of Cowell (PDF file,
831kb) - Janine Pierce
- About Photovoice (Wikipedia)
- Studio-based PhD (Word doc, 80kb) - Irmina van Niele
Human research ethics session
Issues addressed in the Human research ethics session for HDR supervisors and students:
- Are you familiar with the new National statement on ethical conduct in human research (PDF file, 777kb)?
- Are you planning research involving human subjects?
- Do you know what kinds of human research require ethics approval?
- Do you know how to obtain ethics approval?
- Human research ethics at UniSA (PPT file, 67kb) - Prof Ian Richards
Interpersonal strategies for successful supervision series
Resource
- Session 1: Student/Supervisor relationships (PDF file, 221kb)
- Session 2: Managing the tricky times: conflict resolution and negotiating differences (PPT file, 470kb)
Links
- Code of good practice: Research degrees management and supervision
- Higher degree research supervision: a question of balance - Gilah C Leder, La Trobe University
- Responsibilities, roles and relationships
Research writing for early career supervisors
The Research Writing for Early Career Supervisor series is a university-wide initiative of the Graduate Studies Office and the Research Education team in the Learning and Teaching Unit. The 2009 program consists of a series of four interactive workshops incorporating small group discussions and writing:
- Workshop 1: Creating and sustaining a research-writing culture (PPT file, 450kb) - facilitated by Dr Dianne Bills 9 April
- Workshop 2: Developing authority in writing (PPT file, 532kb) - facilitated by Dr Dianne Bills 7 May
- Workshop 3: Providing feedback on writing (PPT file, 444kb) - facilitated by Dr Dianne Bills 11 June
- Workshop 4: Writing for publication - facilitated by Academic Development Research Education team 9 July
2 for 1: writing a PhD and journal articles at the same time
- Do you want to learn more about how to publish from your PhD?
- Would you like advice on how to structure the PhD into more manageable 'chunks'?
Presentations
Watch and hear this event from your desktop, in Windows Media Player (.wmv) file format. To view wmv files using a Mac computer, you will need to download software such as Flip4Mac or VLC
- Prof Peter Høj (Vice Chancellor and President) - downloadable version (25mb)
- Prof Phyllis Tharenou (Dean of Research BUE) - downloadable version (126mb)
Other resources
- 'Publishing from the thesis: two for one' (staff and student access only)
- Publishing your research (RESA Online workshop) has a section Two for one - publish as you go, as well as other useful information
What examiners are looking for
- Are you preparing to submit your thesis?
- Would you like to know more about the examination process?
This interactive workshop provided information on the thesis submission process. A panel of experienced thesis examiners discussed the examination process.
Podcasts
2008
Download these files and listen to them on your computer or transfer files to your iPod or MP3 player:
- Prof Nanthi Bolan (Dean of Graduate Studies)
- Jayne Taylor (Manager: Research Education and Training)
- Dr Barry Jeromson (Project Editor, RESA Online)
- Panel discussion
Presentations 2008
- Thesis submission and examination process (PPT file, 299kb) - Jayne Taylor, Manager: Research Education and Training
- Experiences as a supervisor and examiner (PPT file, 879kb) - Prof Nanthi Bolan
- Choosing the examiner (and what examiners look for) (PPT file, 456kb) - Prof Ed Carson
Life after the PhD (Education, Arts and Social Sciences)
Life
after the PhD - a workshop for higher degree by research students and
staff in the Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences
Part 1: Preparing for Academic Practice
This session explores some of the key issues involved in preparing for academic practice in the contemporary higher education environment. The session aimed to increase awareness of key roles involved in being an academic. Insights into the role and responsibilities of being a post-doctoral research fellow were further provided in the ECR panel.
Presentations: Key roles involved in being an academic
- Scholarly inquiry: Dr Sarah Wendt: Lecturer Social Work and Social Policy (PPT file, 506kb)
- Presenting and publishing: Rob Hattam: Associate Professor of Education (PPT file, 68kb)
- Teaching and supervision: Alistair McCulloch: Professor of Public Administration, Academic Development Research Education (PPT file, 245kb)
- Service to institution, discipline, profession and wider community: Suzanne Franzway, Associate Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies (PPT file, 197kb)
- Podcast - coming soon
Early career researcher (ECR) interactive panel
Dr Chris Bearman: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Applied
Behavioural Science
Dr Laura Dales: Lecturer: Japanese and International Studies, School of
Communication, International Studies and Languages
Dr Lisa McDonald: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Postcolonial
Studies, HRI
Dr Alan Campbell: Program Director, School of Psychology, Social Work and
Social Policy
Part 2: Preparing for the Applied Professions
This session explores some of the key issues involved in preparing for applied professions in industry. Students were provided with information concerning how the labour market operates and how this affects job-search strategies, and the importance of targeting job search. Students were also provided with advice on how to prepare a professional profile for self-marketing purposes.
Presentation: The labour market, targeting job search and preparing a professional profile
- Career planning for life after the PhD: Anthony McAvaney, Careers Adviser, Learning and Teaching Unit (PPT file, 992kb)
Research writing and discussion group series for supervisors
This series has four main objectives:
- To enhance the research profile of supervisors
- To develop a collegial support network for supervisors
- To assist supervisors in the further development and publication of their research writing projects
- To develop and maintain an online resource for supervisors focussed on research writing