Adelaide Graduate Centre Induction Program

Each year, an induction program for commencing postgraduate research students is organised by the Graduate Centre. It is usually held on a Friday morning in late February and repeated in late March and late July each year.

The induction provides a valuable introduction to life as a research student at the University of Adelaide, and is intended to complement your School level induction program.

The Induction is run in two sessions over a half day; morning tea provides an opportunity to informally network with other participants. The first session introduces you to a range of topics and services including:

• the roles of the Graduate Centre and your supervisors
• keeping your research on track and what to do when things go wrong
• the professional development opportunities available to you
• student services on campus
• computing services and
• the role of the Education Welfare Officers (EWOs) and the postgraduate students association (PGSA).

In the second session, students are divided into smaller discipline focussed discussion groups where a panel comprising an experienced supervisor, a member of library staff and two later year research students will talk about some of the important aspects of research candidature from their perspectives before inviting questions from the audience.

Attendance at a Graduate Centre induction program is a prerequisite for the confirmation of candidature (twelve months or half time equivalent from commencement) and under normal circumstances all commencing higher degree by research students (including remote students) are expected to attend the first available induction program following enrolment.

For further information, to see the evaluations from previous inductions and to register your intention to attend the next induction, go to: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/graduatecentre/induction/