Research Training. 5.2.1 Commonwealth objectives The Commonwealth encourages excellence in the provision of research training. Particular objectives are to: support research excellence and develop an internationally competitive research workforce in Australia through high quality research training; develop an internationally competitive research workforce in Australia through high quality research training; and significantly increase the number of students completing higher degrees by research over the next decade.
Research Training. It is required for the fellow to attend and/or have access to courses in clinical research, research design, biostatistics and epidemiology. Ideally, the fellow may be given the opportunity to work towards an advanced degree (e.g. MPH) or certificate in clinical research. This can be accomplished in a classroom setting or through a fellowship director approved online course. The institution should provide financial support for research training activities. Research training should:
Research Training. The number of students enrolled in PhD programs or professional doctorates has increased significantly over the past 5 years. 2013 will see the biggest ever enrolled cohort of PhD students and the largest intake. . This increase in HDR numbers has seen considerable strain placed on supervisory capacity, infrastructure and resources and the administrative processes related to HDR students. Over the past few years, our HDR policies and policy framework has been reviewed and renewed. In 2012, a restructure of the administrative support for research training saw the creation of the Graduate Research Office whose role is to ensure that the university provides a quality research training environment including the development of generic skills and innovation capability. Improved infrastructure and support provisions have been introduced in 2011 and will be monitored and further improved in the coming years. PROGRAM QUALITY Research training needs to ideally occur in research-intensive environments, with research supervisors who have the skills and support to provide the strong technical training required to become a highly proficient researcher. As outlined elsewhere in this document, the university will focus its research in specific research domains and thus it will also focus its research training in these areas to ensure that the conditions described above are fulfilled. The university intends to establish a number of “Flagship” PhD programs in areas of research strength and in 2013 will begin a trial through the establishment of 2-3 programs. Further programs will be established in later years. Research supervisors will be provided with professional development opportunities and support to facilitate the development of the requisite skills. A new program of supervisor development has commenced in 2013 and will be enhanced in future years. The research environment should also ideally provide opportunities for a) inter-disciplinary work, b) links with the professions in business, industry and government and c) links to the international research community. Opportunities will be created for research students to carry out projects with partners outside of academia and to experience research in an international setting. The university is developing an “internship” program for research students working in the MDB Futures CRN with the various government and government agency partners in the CRN and the learnings from this program will be used to develop further ave...
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