Information About How to Register as a Supervisor
The Centre for Research and Graduate Training shall maintain a Supervisors’ Register. The Register shall have two levels and contain the names and other details of persons who may be appointed as a Principal Supervisor or appointed only as a Co-supervisor.
Admission to the Register as a Principal Supervisor
To be admitted to the Register as a Principal Supervisor a person shall normally satisfy each of the following conditions:
- be a member of the academic staff of the University or a person who has been granted an honorary or adjunct academic position of the University or approved by the Board to supervise;
- hold a higher degree by research or have an equivalent record of scholarly achievement;
- be currently engaged in research or, for research professional doctoral supervision, be a leading scholar or practitioner in the relevant profession;
- be, or have recently been a Principal Supervisor or Co-Supervisor for a minimum of one year for a student enrolled in a research degree or been a Principal Supervisor of a completed dissertation of a Masters by coursework or a Bachelor (Honours) degree student at CSU or another university;
- have undertaken, or agree to undertake within a specified period appropriate training in research higher degree supervision as stipulated by the University; and
- agree to supervise research degree candidates in accordance with University requirements.
Principal Supervisors who do not meet their responsibilities and/or do not continue to meet the above conditions shall be removed from the Register by the Board.
Admission to the Register as a Co-supervisor
Staff who meet all the necessary criteria stipulated above except for (d), and whom the Board believes should, with guidance from an experienced supervisor, be capable of supervising research candidates will be admitted to the register with the restriction that they may only act as co-supervisors.
Applications for Admission to the Register
Applicants shall provide the following information on the application form in support of their application for admission to the Register:
- details of academic qualifications;
- details of previous experience as Principal and Co-supervisor including the number and level of candidates supervised to completion and relevant dates;
- the areas of research in which the person wishes to be considered as a Supervisor;
- a list of research projects, funded and unfunded, undertaken as chief investigator in the areas of research nominated during the last five years;
- a list of publications (last five years) relevant to the areas of research nominated;
- details of research supervision workshops attended at CSU or elsewhere; and
- any other details required by the Faculty.