Developing as an Advisor
We offer a range of training opportunities for HDR Advisors. For more information please contact [email protected]
Respectful Relationships for HDR Advisors
JCU Respectful Relationships Workshops – Advisors is a compulsory, practical, interactive workshop that explores issues of gender, power, relationships, consent and ethics in contemporary Australian society, with particular relevance to research supervision. The workshop addresses sexual harassment and assault, safeguarding practices, and adviser obligations to ensure a safe and respectful research training environment.
Note: The workshop includes discussion of sexual assault, and sexual harassment, and is designed to be completed by all Higher Degree by Research Advisors. If you feel unable to complete the workshop for personal reasons, simply email or contact a Sexual Misconduct Officer requesting a confidential exemption.
The workshop is run by Zoom with 20 – 25 participants. You will need a good internet connection, working camera and speaker to participate.
Register for this workshop HERE.
| Date | Time (AEST) |
|---|---|
| Tuesday 28 February 2023 | 4pm - 5:30pm |
| Wednesday 8 March 2023 | 2:30 - 4:00pm |
| Monday 29 May 2023 | 4pm - 5:30pm |
| Wednesday 26 July 2023 | 3:30pm - 5pm |
| Tuesday 3 October 2023 | 4pm - 5:30pm |
| Monday 6 November 2023 | 9am - 10:30am |
Supporting our Supervisors
These optional workshops are intended to provide opportunities for HDR advisors to develop their practice within a community of peers. Off campus attendance is facilitated by a zoom link. An email invitation is issued to advisors via the Graduate Research School.
- Each workshop includes a 30 minute presentation of case studies and resources followed by a 30 minute practical session.
- Participants will leave each session with resources they can use when meeting with HDR candidates.
- During sessions participants are encouraged to work with other advisors to share practices and build networks.
- Topics will range from advice on use of resources and services, consideration of practices and introduction to new models of advising.
- Invitations will be sent to all staff when sessions are available, currently only via Zoom.
This session will assist you as an advisor and a researcher navigate the JCU research ethics environment. Craig Godfrey from the JCU Ethics team will explain their service, the national policy context in which research operates and the university’s requirements. Associate Professor Hilary Whitehouse, Deputy Dean, Graduate Research School, will share insights from her years of experience in assisting HDR candidates to make successful ethics applications and enact ethically compliant research work.
When: Monday 13 February 2022 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm AEST (10:00am - 11:00am SGT) via Zoom
At this session you will hear about JCU’s thesis guidelines and requirements including embargoes on loading of thesis to the JCU repository. Staff from the library will also attend to explain the implications of including publications and JCU Read and Publish Agreements. Experienced advisors will also speak about their experiences of working with students to structure their thesis in line with the nature of the topic, disciplinary requirements, and candidate career goals.
When: Tuesday 14 March 2023 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm AEST (10:00am - 11:00am SGT) via Zoom
At this session Fiona Whittenbury, Manager, HDR Partnerships Development will explain the policies and programs framing internship programs. Grant Rossiter, Senior Careers Development Advisor, will discuss services and strategies to support career planning. Two advisors from different colleges will speak of their experiences as mentors/internships and/or supporting career outcomes for candidates.
When: Wednesday 17 April 2023 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm AEST / 10:00am - 11:00am SGT via Zoom
Details coming soon.
When: Thursday 15 June 2023 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm AEST / 10:00am - 11:00am SGT via Zoom
Details coming soon.
When: Thursday 29 June 2023 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm AEST / 10:00am - 11:00am SGT via Zoom
Come and hear about the GRS HDR Professional Development program, and the introduction of the PD management system SkillsJCU. During this session Associate Professor Liz Tynan will explain how the new system will operate. It is anticipated SkillsJCU will be launched in May 2023. Hear more about the workshops, online modules and resources available to support HDR candidates conduct their research and prepare for careers in industry, the professions and academia. Confirm requirements for doctoral and masters candidates’ PD during candidature. Consider further how you might support your candidate in preparing their professional development plan for candidature.
When: Tuesday 28 March 2023 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm AEST / 10:00am - 11:00am SGT via Zoom
Details coming soon.
When: Tuesday 12 September 2023 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm AEST / 10:00am - 11:00am SGT via Zoom
Details coming soon.
When: Wednesday 11 October 2023 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm AEST / 10:00am - 11:00am SGT via Zoom
Details coming soon.
When: Thursday 16 November 2023 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm AEST / 10:00am - 11:00am SGT via Zoom
Details coming soon.
When: Monday 14 August 2023 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm AEST / 10:00am - 11:00am SGT via Zoom
Postdoc Training
Presenter: Dr. Kerstin Fritsches
Kerstin is a former research fellow who spent the majority of her 12-year research career on external grant and contract funding, with first-hand experience of the challenges facing early career researchers and a strong track record in postdoc affairs and career development. A lack of effective career training for PhDs led Kerstin to found Postdoc Training in 2011, to bridge a gap in professional development by delivering support tailored specifically for PhD students and postdocs. Postdoc Training delivers career development support and mentoring for researchers worldwide, and Kerstin has become a sought-after workshop facilitator on topics such as career planning and research leadership both in Australia and Europe.
‘Take Charge of your Career’ will equip researchers at JCU to be strategic, proactive and effective in planning and developing a career from a base in academic research. The programme will progress from mapping individual career paths based on strengths and preferences, to identifying ‘what’s out there‘, and examining how to build the contacts and capabilities to pursue target options successfully. The workshop will also provide practical advice on how early stage researchers should market themselves, establish networks and develop transferrable skills suited to specific career choices, whether within or outside academia.
Desired learning outcomes: Establish principles, build awareness and provide strategies and tools to enable participants to take effective charge of their own career development. Participants completing the workshop will leave with a clear understanding of how to plan, pursue and develop their preferred career paths. The programme will also create a platform for peer mentoring relationships among participants beyond the workshop.
Target Audience and format: The workshop is designed for mainly early career researchers at different levels of experience. Using the Zoom platform the sessions will be held over 2 half days and contain short presentations alternating with individual exercises and small group discussions via virtual break-out rooms. In preparation for the workshop, registered participants will be asked to complete a short survey on their career aspirations and challenges. This will help Postdoc Training further refine the presentation and guide discussions during the workshop. Participation in the survey is voluntary and anonymous.
When: Thursday 8 and Friday 9 June 2023 at 11am - 3pm AEST
Register here
Limited places available.
This half-day workshop addresses the reality that researchers must develop effective working habits if they are to succeed long-term in the highly competitive academic environment, and if they are to achieve a sustainable, healthy balance between work and their personal lives. The time management skills tackled in the workshop are equally applicable to success in roles outside academia. The training provides practical strategies and tools to increase researchers’ productivity by helping them recognise their chief time management challenges and develop relevant solutions. It tackles common issues such as prioritising constructively, making time for research and writing, managing interruptions and effectively running multiple projects at the same time.
When: 2023 TBC at 1-4pm AEST via Zoom
from 12:45pm AEST | Zoom room opens, please connect a few minutes early for an 1pm start |
1 - 2pm AEST | Introduction and overview of the morning Context: what it takes to develop effective working habits and why it matters Group Exercises
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2 - 2:10pm AEST | Short e-tea / coffee break |
2:10 - 3:10pm AEST | Spring-clean your schedule and use planning to increase productivity Focus: strategies and tools to improve working habits Discussions on challenges including: prioritising constructively, managing meetings, making time for research/writing, dealing with interruptions, managing parallel projects, managing email and other communications |
| 3:10 - 3:20pm AEST | Short e-tea / coffee break |
| 3:20 - 4pm AEST | Applying strategies and tools to personal time management goals Focus: participant-specific plan for optimising use of time, and working more effectively and productively Group discussion and solo exercises |
| 4 - 4:30pm AEST | Optional post-workshop Q&A |
Registrations will open in 2023
Limited places available.
Higher Degree by Research Advisor Organisation
This organisation in LearnJCU contains a range of resources and development opportunities. Modules support advisor registration requirements as detailed in Becoming an Advisor. Events and Resources are drawn from JCU Professional Development Events. Workshop materials are to support you in providing advisor events.
This course contains 9 modules with 8 quizzes and a range of portfolio activities to meet registration requirements.
Epigeum is a UK based publisher of online courses designed to transform the way in which universities and colleges support their core activities of research, teaching and learning.
Modules:
- Introduction: the research higher degree context
- Attracting and selecting HDR applicants
- Approaching Supervision
- Setting your candidate on the right course
- Managing Progress
- Expectations and preparing for examination
- Issues in advising research candidates
- Continuing your advisory development
- Conclusion: Practise scenarios and full program resources
Written tasks and resources are available here for advisors wishing to elevate from Secondary to Primary; Primary to Primary Advanced and Advisor Mentor.
The material provided will support experienced advisors, approved by their College ADRE, to Chair HDR milestone committees.
Every 4 years advisors can confirm their continuing engagement with JCU's research education culture by completing a short quiz.
Here you will find information and resources about events to support advisor development
A series of materials to inform the individual advisor or to inform an HDR advisor workshop or seminar presentation.
If you have not previously accessed the organisation please email [email protected] providing your JC number to be added.
- Open the link to LearnJCU
- Click on Organisation in the side menu bar
- Click on the Higher Degree by Research Advisors icon or title
Qualitative Research - Professor David Silverman
Professor David Silverman is Professor Emeritus in the Sociology Department at Goldsmiths College, London, Visiting Professor in the Management Department at King's College, University of London and the Business School, University of Technology, Sydney as well as Adjunct Professor at QUT, Faculty of Education. He has authored 15 books and 45 journal articles on qualitative research, ethnography and conversation analysis. He has supervised over 30 successful PhD students, three of whom are now full Professors.
Professor David Silverman will be presenting this workshop on qualitative research.
Qualitative research is often regarded as the poor relation of quantitative research: less rigorous and less credible. For instance, in managing the Covid 19 epidemic, governments have largely turned to research which can be expressed in numbers.
To some extent this is understandable. We live in a world where numbers talk. On the other hand, qualitative researchers have not helped themselves by research frequently based on a few interviews with conclusions derived from telling examples rather than detailed analysis of whole datasets.
By contrast, David suggests that qualitative researchers are more likely to convince policymakers and practitioners when they employ rigorous data analysis to study behavior using naturalistic data. Rather than compete with quantitative researchers, this means our work can be complementary to them, studying phenomena unavailable to quantitative methods. David uses some examples from his own research on healthcare settings to illustrate his argument.
David concludes by drawing out some implications for PhD students and early career researchers. He will show how to avoid two dangerous orthodoxies about research and recommend, where possible, delaying consideration of practical relevance until the conclusion of a research project rather than beginning with a set of pre-defined policy aims.
When: 2023 TBC
Thinkwell Workshops
Suitable for HDR Advisors, Academics, Researchers and ECRs
Maria Gardiner and Hugh Kearns have worked as an award winning team for the past fifteen years. They are well known as leading practitioners and researchers in cognitive behavioural coaching. As well as publishing ten books that have sold many thousands of copies, they are regular contributors to Australian media, including a popular segment on ABC radio.
Their particular expertise is in working with high performers and they have a long history of providing specialist services to the medical and academic professions.
For more information visit the Thinkwell website.