UNE Moodle: Choosing a Research Degree

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  Why do a research degree at UNE?

  

  The University of New England is one of Australia’s oldest universities and is located in picturesque New South Wales half way between Sydney and Brisbane. It has a 77 year tradition of excellence in teaching, learning and research and has repeatedly been given a 5 star rating. It is also one of Australia’s most experienced distance education providers and has a recognised national and international reputation for its commitment to distance education, providing high quality postgraduate research supervision, and for setting high standards for research and academic learning.

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  Features of the PhD program at UNE

  With the support from academic supervisors, students can pursue a program of research at the doctoral or masters honours level researching a topic usually based on their academic interests and/or the workplace research priorities of their organisation. Students can choose to study either full-time (on or off campus) or part-time.

  Students have access to UNE facilities such as the University’s library collection of electronic journals and documents and e-learning tools. It is expected that you will be in regular contact with your supervisors which can be via on-campus meetings, teleconferences or videoconferences. You have the option of attending a postgraduate research residential conference once a year held on campus in Australia allowing you to interact with the Faculty, your supervisors and fellow postgraduate research students from Australia, and overseas including Canada, USA, Asia, South America, and Europe.

  Today supervision is easily facilitated using face to face opportunities through net conferencing such as Skype, phone and email communication. This means that expert supervision teams and supervisors are more readily accessable whether you are on campus, within Australia or studying from from overseas.

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  Choosing an area of study

  

  The University offers a number of different Doctoral programs which suit students with a variety of needs and aspirations.

  The schools in The Faculty of The Professions include: Education, Health, Rural Medicine, Business, Economics and Public Policy, and Law.

  The schools in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences include: Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology, Environmental and Rural Science,and Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences.

  Centres of Research Excellence at UNE

  Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs)
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  School Contacts

  

  Please contact the School HDR Coordinatoror the  School HDR Administrative Assistant for further information or help.

  The Faculty of The Professions

  Associate Professor Terrence Hays (Faculty HDR Coordinator) Ext 3649   thays@une.edu.au

  Professor Rafat Hussain(School of Rural Medicine) Ext: 3678   rhussain@une.edu.au

  Dr Judith Miller (School of Education) Ext: 5071    jmiller7@une.edu.au

  Dr Barry Tolchard (School of Health) Ext: 3643   btolchar@une.edu.au

  Dr Same Varayudej (School of Law) Ext: 3806   svarayud@une.edu.au

  Professor Oscar Cacho (School of Business) Ext: 3215   ocacho@une.edu.au

   

  Faculty of Arts and Sciences

  Dr Stephen Harris (School of Arts) Ext 2964    sharris9@une.edu.au

  Professor Lynda Garland (School of Humanities) Ext 2133    fndhlovu@une.edu.au

  Dr Finex Ndhlovu (School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences) Ext 3447  mreid24@une.edu.au

  Dr Pierre Moens (School of Science and Technology) Ext 3740    pmoens@une.edu.au

  Associate Professor Paul Iji (School of Environmental and Rural Science) Ext 2082  pihi@une.edu.au

   

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  Getting started

  

  This section will lead you through the process of considering admission to a higher degree research program.

  We would like to assist you with thinking about your intended research topic and degree as you begin the application process.

  This information will be helpful to share with the UNE contact when you make an appointment for advice.

  • Why study a research degree?

  • Now that you have a better idea of the programs UNE offers and the expertise available it is useful for you to consider your reasons for proceeding towards admission to a research degree. Please take take a few minutes to reflect on the questions accessed via the link below.

  • Why are you thinking of a research degree? Page

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    Follow the next steps below to begin. These are different for International and Domestic students so we have divided this section into 2 relevant pathways:

  • Australian Domestic Applicants

  • Information for Domestic Students Page
  • Domestic Student's Application Form File

  • International Applicants

  • Information for International students Page
  • International Student Application Form File
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  Getting Help, Guidance and Assistance

  

  Using your reflections, you might now like to make time for a discussion about your motivations....

  HDR Coordinators contacts

  Research Training Scheme (RTS) for HDR Students

  HDR Related Policies and Forms (for Prospective Students)

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  Preparing your Research Proposal and Application

  

  Your Research Proposal should be a clear and concise outline of the objectives of your study and the means by which the goals will be achieved.

  The University looks for research proposals which demonstrate that, with the advice of the Supervisors, the applicant has the capacity to translate the ideas into an appropriate research thesis, with potential outcomes appropriate to the level of study i.e. Masters Research or Doctoral.
  
  
  

  • Examples of Research Proposals File
  • Preparing a Research Proposal Page
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  Scholarship Information

  

  UNE offers a variety of Scholarships. Information about these, as well as links to relevant forms are available from this link.

  Applications for UNE scholarships are accepted on an on-going basis throughout the year (subject to funding).

  Further information about Australian Scholarships