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Research Supervisor Training for Faculty of Science staff

Academic staff members and research fellows who wish to be ‘main’ supervisors of doctoral students at Monash University need to be accredited as such with the Monash Research Graduate School (MRGS). This page gives an overview of the accreditation procedures, provides details of resources for supervisors, and lists upcoming training opportunities.

  1. Monash University accreditation procedures
  2. Research Supervisor Training Program
  3. Training events for prospective supervisors
  4. Resources for supervisors

1. Monash University accreditation procedures

(This document describes the major categories of supervisor, their respective eligibility requirements, and options for gaining accreditation as a main supervisor.)

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2. Research Supervisor Training Program

(This page describes the program and includes links to resources for self-directed learning.)

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3. Training events for prospective supervisors

Faculty of Science

There are no Faculty of Science training events planned at present.

Monash Research Graduate School (MRGS)

There are no training events planned at present.

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4. Resources for supervisors

fIRST (for Improving Research Supervision Training)

Monash has joined the fIRST consortium of Australian and New Zealand universities. The fIRST website provides online access to a range of resources that help universities and individual supervisors improve the quality of their postgraduate research education. These include online activities to help individuals develop expertise as postgraduate research supervisors; materials and instructions for providing face-to-face staff development workshops; and tools, case studies, bibliographies, and links to other relevant web sites.

Please note that login is required. The username and password are available from the Manager, Research and Research Training.

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Further information