What Paperwork Reflections of an Associate Supervisor at QUT

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What Paperwork?Reflections of an Associate
Supervisor at QUT

• David Hurwood - Assoc. Lecturer
• School of Natural Resource Sciences
• QIPS 16/02/09

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My Background

• PhD 2001
• Postdoc (QUT) 2002/03
• Faculty of Science ( Technology)
• Research Associate P/T Lecturer
• Associate lecturer (Dec 2008)
• Principle supervision of Honours students only
• Associate supervisor
• 2 PhDs completed (2 international)
• 2 PhDs continuing (1 international)
• 2 MScs continuing (2 international)
• Recently completed ECARD
• Learning how to be a good supervisor

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Role of an Associate Supervisor?

• Compulsory at QUT
• i.e. necessary to complete the paperwork
• Identified by the principle supervisor rather
  than the student
• Someone with expertise in the area of research
• Someone with complementary skills

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My Experience with Paperwork

• Almost non-existent
• Stage 1 (enrolment)??
• Scholarships (domestic, international)
• Fee waivers
• IELT
• etc.
• Stage 2 documents (autograph)
• Do I want to be involved?
• Learning the ropes vs. avoiding bureacracy
• Understudy with little responsibility
• Research activity
• PPRAS
• Ethics, IP etc.

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My Concept of Paperwork

• Enrolment
• Stage 2
• Project development
• What the students wants/expects
• What their employer/institution wants
• What is required for a PhD
• Preparation of Stage 2 document
• When is it due?
• Confirmation (whats required, when is it due?)
• Change of topic/supervisors (what is required?)
• Thesis and Final Seminar (the process)
• extensions
• Internal Review (selecting reviewers)
• External Review (selecting reviewers)
• Publications (authors)

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The Paperwork

• Allocation of percent supervision by the Research
  Students Centre
• Principle 80
• Associate 20
• Affects loads and completions
• Negotiated with principle supervisor by Stage 2

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The Paperwork

• Is there an advantage of signing on as associate
  supervisor?
• Are we just signing on the dotted line??
• Should associate supervisors be more involved in
  paperwork?
• Thrown in the deep end