Getting Started
Application, Admission and Enrolment
Flowchart of application, admission and enrolmentInitial Research Proposal Guidelines [AR.07] (including PhD Initial Proposal: Components and Features)
Expectations and Roles
Policies
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Rules for Candidature [AR.09]
PhD Milestones Policy [AR.05]
Code of supervisory practice [AR.26]
Avondale Links
Proposal guidance and examples on The Researcher’s Little Helper (for Avondale staff)
Progress Report Forms to be completed by higher degree research supervisors and candidates are accessible on The Researcher’s Little Helper (for Avondale staff)
Other links
The Supervisory Relationship in HDR Candidature: The Role Perception Scale (Paltridge & Starfield 2007)
Case study in cross-cultural context: Expectations of Supervisory Relationship (Macquarie University)
Clarifying Expectations and Establishing Good Communications (Oxford Learning Institute University of Oxford, 2014) and Supervision Expectations (Kiley & Cadman, 1997)
Supervision Expectations, University of Adelaide (Kiley & Cadman, 1997)
Case study in cross-cultural context: Supervisor Teams - Roles of Primary and Associate Supervisors (Macquarie University)
Supervisor Selection
Policies
Code of supervisory practice [AR.26]
Selection of Supervisors Policy [AR.02]
Conflicts of Interest Policy, Avoiding [G.20]
Avondale Links
Other links
Example: Guidelines on Accreditation of Supervisors (The University of Auckland, School of Graduate Studies)
Graduate research: Good practice (Council of Deans and Directors of Graduate Research (DDOGs Australia), 2014)
Supervisor Capacity
Factsheets
Avondale Policies about Supervising HDR students (for staff)
External resources for HDR supervisors (for staff)
Supervising Cross-cultural HDR Students (for staff)
Supervising distance HDR Students (for staff)
Publishing opportunities during candidature (for staff and students)
Readings about Supervising HDR students (for staff and students)
Supervising part-time HDR Students (for staff)
Policies
Avondale Links
Other links
Research Skills Development Framework (Willison, 2010) (University of Adelaide)
Attributes of effective supervisors, Durham University (Table 2 in: Taylor, 2014, pp. 5-8)
The Supervisory Relationship in HDR Candidature: The Role Perception Scale, University of Western Sydney (Paltridge & Starfield 2007)
Getting into Supervision: A Checklist for Supervisors (School of Graduate Studies The University of Auckland, 2014)
Candidate Capacity
Factsheets
Avondale Policies about Postgraduate Study (for students)
Dealing with feedback from supervisors about chapter and thesis drafts (for students)
External resources for HDR students (for students)
Publishing opportunities during candidature (for staff and students)
Readings about Supervising HDR students (for staff and students)
Avondale Links
Other links
Getting into supervision: A checklist for students (School of Graduate Studies The University of Auckland, 2014)
Research Skills Development Framework (Willison, 2010) (University of Adelaide)
The Research Process
Policies
Avondale Links
Other links
Research Skills Development Framework (Willison, 2010) (University of Adelaide)
Edith Cowan University: Good Practice Framework for Research Training, based on diagram of wheel and spokes (Luca, 2014)
The University of Auckland: Supervising a PhD: Supervisor’s Calendar, based on a snake-like diagram (Grant, 2003)