Exploring Supervision Program: full module requirements
Academic staff can become eligible for registration as principal HDR supervisors by enrolling in the 'full module' of the Exploring Supervision program. This requires: participation in the three workshops; the writing up of a reflective journal; completion of a short assignment; and the undertaking of an independent research project. If they have not done so already, staff will also need to attend an HDR Supervisor Induction workshop.
On this page we set out the tasks required for successful completion of the full module. For further information, with links to workshop timetable & registration, program enrolment etc., please see our full module overview page.
For more general information on professional development for HDR supervisors, please see our Exploring Supervision program overview page.
Do I have to attend ALL the Exploring Supervision workshops?
Why do I also have to attend an HDR Supervisor Induction Workshop?
What does the supervisory journal involve?
What does the short assignment involve?
What am I expected to do for the research project?
Do I have to attend ALL the Exploring Supervision workshops?
Yes. 
Why do I also have to attend an HDR Supervisor Induction Workshop?
ALL
new staff, or staff planning to participate in HDR supervision for the
first time, are required to attend the HDR Supervisor Induction workshop. This workshop provides essential information on the policy,
procedures, practice and strategic context of HDR supervision at the
University of Adelaide, and complements the material covered in the
Exploring Supervision program.
What does the supervisory journal involve?
Through
the course of your participation in the program you should maintain a learning journal that
reflects on HDR supervision issues, practices and procedures. The
learning journal should include some commentary on the usefulness,
validity, etc. of the ideas and techniques raised in the Exploring
Supervision workshops.
A learning journal is a diary of your
growth, development etc as a supervisor (or aspiring supervisor), and
should trace how you engage with and build your command of one or two
key issues as the semester progresses. It should include reference to
the literature, theoretical constructs, analytical discussion, etc., but
ultimately it is about your personal journey.
You should begin the journal at the first opportunity, and you should add to it on a weekly basis.
Format: any medium or format that you think appropriate (e.g. traditional diary;
blog; powerpoint or keynote presentation; multimedia, etc.)
Length: minimum 1500 wds (or equivalent multi-media)
Due date: you will be advised in class, generally you have one semester to complete this
What does the short assignment involve?
For the short assignment you need to either:
- identify a supervisory tool, resource, technique etc. that you find interesting and provide a critical assessment of it (based on your own experimentation with it as appropriate); OR
- develop and present a supervisory tool, resource, technique etc., explaining how this will enhance HDR supervision.
Format: any medium or format you think appropriate
Length: minimum 750 words (or equivalent in multi-media)
Due date: you will be advised in class, generally you have one semester to complete this
What am I expected to do for the research project?
For the research project you need to:
- identify an issue, or issues, in researcher education and development in their Faculty/School/Discipline(s) or other relevant community;
- review relevant research literature, theory and policy documents;
- review practices, and consult stakeholders (including students); and
- develop an approach, recognizing current policy contexts and resource limitations, to resolving the issue(s) that can be expressed ultimately as a set of recommendations to an appropriate person/body.
The project is to be presented either as a school or discipline
seminar (you will need to make these arrangements) or at a relevant
conference or symposium (e.g. such as ERGA, HERDSA etc.). Project
presentations should take 30 minutes each (including 10 minutes
question time). While presentations should be appropriately supported
by powerpoint slides, handouts, etc., no written paper needs to be
submitted.
The projects will be assessed by a panel convened by
the Researcher Education and Development unit, and drawn from senior
supervisors and research education specialists. Projects will be rated
by the panel as ‘satisfactory’, ‘requiring further negotiated work’ or
‘unsatisfactory’. Participants receiving an ‘unsatisfactory’ assessment
have the option of delivering a revised presentation.
The
research project may be undertaken on an individual or group basis.
Group projects will, of course, need to be proportionally larger in
scope or length.
Due date: The research project must be presented within 18 months of your first enrolment in the Exploring Supervision program.
