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Research workshop looks 'beyond the thesis'

March 15, 2006

SHESpost.thumb.JPGResearch students from as far away as Melbourne are taking part in a three-day workshop at The University of New England that is preparing them for the successful completion of their research projects – and what might lie beyond.

The Research Students’ Workshop, in UNE’s School of Human and Environmental Studies, is running from Monday 13 to Wednesday 15 March.

The workshop participants are both on-campus and external students, and represent the full, diverse range of disciplines – Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology, Geography, and Urban and Regional Planning – within the School.

Associate Professor Wendy Beck, who organised the workshop in collaboration with Catherine Clarke from UNE’s Teaching and Learning Centre, said it involved 11 of the School’s academic staff. "The students are working at all levels of research – from undergraduate Honours to PhD," Dr Beck said. "The School conducts these programs twice a year, and the theme of this week’s workshop is 'how to write your thesis'".

She said a major aim of the current participants was to have submitted a research paper for publication by the end of the year. "The workshop aims to set them on course to achieve that goal," she said. "In addition, some of the students are able to present, during the three days, formal talks that are a requirement of their degree programs."

Other subjects covered over the three days include applications for research funding, "ethics" approval for research procedures, and jobs. "It’s all within the context of finishing a thesis or dissertation, and what might happen then," Dr Beck said.

The photograph displayed here shows Dr Barbara Rugendyke, Senior Lecturer in Geography, with student Robert Pursche during the workshop.


Posted by Jim Scanlan at March 15, 2006 04:44 PM