AGC News 20 December - 3 January 2008
Table of Contents
- Christmas Message from the Dean
- Re-enrolment
- Postgraduate Research Induction – Semester 1, 2008
- 9th APRU Doctoral Students Conference
- Holiday Closures
- Postgraduate Scholarships Currently Available
Christmas Message from the Dean
I started my message last year with the words “Well Christmas is nearly upon us once again and no doubt many of you are wondering where the year has gone” The same seems to apply to 2007 except of course we had the RQF and time has flown even faster.
I would once again like to thank all the staff of the Adelaide Graduate Centre for being so supportive of change. Anne Witt as manager of the AGC and Diana Hill as her deputy have played a pivotal role in helping design the new HDR student management system which will come on line in February next year. This will greatly enhance the work flow for postgraduate coordinators and will for the first time give supervisors real time data about their students
This year saw the introduction of our Supervisors Register and a new suit of training programs for supervisors. These workshops have proved especially popular and have generated a wide range of ideas for improving the experience of HDR candidates. Whilst on the subject of IT we also introduced the online exit survey which again will hopefully provide quicker feed back to faculties and the annual reports will be run early in January 2008
This year also saw the introduction of a range of new HDR scholarships targeted at overseas students as a lead into the University’s next strategic plan. So far these have attracted wide interest and will ensure growth in our HDR cohort for 2008.
Can I take this opportunity to wish you all a happy and restful Christmas and an exciting new year at least from a research perspective.
Richard A Russell AM
Dean of Graduate Studies
Re-enrolments
All students who have returned and successfully completed an Annual Review are being automatically re-enrolled for 2008, providing that they have no outstanding financial obligation to the University. Please check your re-enrolment on Access Adelaide https://access.adelaide.edu.au/sa/login.asp in early January and if you have not been re-enrolled when you think that you should have been, contact the Graduate Centre on 8303 5882 or by email to graduate.centre@adelaide.edu.au. Once you have been re-enrolled, you will be able to renew your Student Identity Card for 2008 through Card Services. Further information about how, where and when to renew your Student Card is available from the Card Services web site at: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/unicard/student/#update.
Postgraduate Research Induction – Semester 1, 2008
The Adelaide Graduate Centre’s next Induction Program will be held on Thursday, 28 February 2008. The Induction, which is compulsory for all commencing PhD and Masters by Research students, provides a valuable orientation to life as a research student at The University of Adelaide.
For further information visit http://www.adelaide.edu.au/graduatecentre/induction/
To confirm your attendance for the Induction, please register online, by 22 February 2008 at: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/graduatecentre/induction/registration/
9th APRU Doctoral Students Conference
We are pleased to announce that the 9th Annual Association of Pacific Rim Universities Doctoral Students Conference (APRU DSC) will take place in the Far Eastern National University (FENU), Vladivostok, Russia, from 14 to 18 July 2008.
The FENU Organizing Committee calls for papers/panel proposals for presentations to be given at the 9th APRU DSC. The conference theme is “Leading Research for a Better Future: Pacific Scope, Global Impact”.
Doctoral students from all disciplines, including, but not limited to, the social sciences, the humanities, engineering, natural sciences, biological sciences, architectural designs, administration, and business are invited to submit an abstract and present a paper related to their doctoral research.
Holiday Closures
The Graduate Centre office will be closed from 5.00pm on Friday 21 December 2007, and re-open for business at 9.00am on Wednesday 2 January 2007.
The RED unit will close for over-the- counter and telephone enquiries on 21/12/2007, reopening on Monday 14/01/2008.
During this time however email enquiries may still be sent to researchereducation@adelaide.edu.au
In addition, on-line enrolments for our 2008 programs will continue to be operational. See: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/graduatecentre/rep/
If you need urgent assistance from Research Education staff during this time,
please contact the Adelaide Graduate Centre on 8303 5882
Email graduatecentre@adelaide.edu.au
Postgraduate Scholarships Currently Available
To view a list of currently available postgraduate scholarships go to: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/graduatecentre/scholarships/post grad/pgcurrent.html
