Useful websites and resources
For postgraduate advisors (supervisors)
UQ Graduate School
http://www.uq.edu.au/grad-school/
Information for postgraduate students and advisors, including resources,
services and staff contact details.
fIRST
http://www.fIRST.edu.au
This website provides access to a range of resources that help universities
and individual advisors improve the quality of their postgraduate
research education. It was developed by a consortium of Australian
and New Zealand
universities.
To access the member pages, you will need to type in your user (login) name and password. UQ's user name and password are:
Username: uqedu
Password: uqedu4072qld
University of Manchester Graduate Education
http://www.campus.manchester.ac.uk/researchoffice/graduate/
A one-stop resource on the practice of research degree supervision
providing links to websites offering information, advice
and support useful for
new supervisors, experienced supervisors, policy makers and
training personnel in all fields of study.
Postgraduate Supervision (Flinders University)
http://www.flinders.edu.au/teaching/support/research-education/postgraduate-supervision/postgraduate-supervision_home.cfm
This website contains information on thesis examination,
supervision strategies, supervising international students
and links to
further resources.
Pat Cryer (UK)
http://www.postgrad_resources.btinternet.co.uk/
This website provides information guides to postgraduate
advising.
Quality in Postgraduate Research Conference
http://www.sapmea.asn.au/conventions/postgrad/index.htm
The 2002 conference gave particular attention to two
aspects of postgraduate education which have developed
strongly
over the recent
past: research
into the learning and assessment processes involved
in the postgraduate experience; and discussion of academic
literacy
at the postgraduate
level.
For research students
PhD: First Thoughts to Finished Writing
http://www.tedi.uq.edu.au/phdwriting/
This UQ website provides practical advice for PhD
students.
STAR: Skills to Advance Your Research (University of Technology Sydney)
http://www.star.uts.edu.au/
This website provides information on good work
practice, thesis and career development.
Thesis Submission and Graduation (University of Wollongong)
http://www.uow.edu.au/research/rsc/student/thesis/index.html
This site consists of two sets of resources:
one on thesis structure and one on
style. The first
set provides
an
overview of the structural
characteristics of different thesis
types. This overview is supplemented with examples
from thesis
chapters
in a range of disciplines.
The second set provides an overview
of style and language characteristics
of these
thesis types.
