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Identifying risks for cross-disciplinary higher degree research students
Author/Creator
Blackmore, Karen L.;  Nesbitt, Keith V.
Institution
The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Science & Information Technology, School of Design, Communication and Information Technology
Description
Managing attrition rates and completion times of higher degree research students are key considerations for Universities as they are directly tied to future funding for research places. Even where higher degree research students are focused within a single discipline there are a number of risks that can impact on completion. However, there is also evidence of an increase in cross-disciplinary research within Australia. The nature of cross-disciplinary research raises further issues concerning the supervision and progression of PhD candidates and the examination of their works. We discuss a number of issues from a case study of the authors’ own PhD experience, which spanned the computing and business disciplines. We conclude by drawing on some experiences in project management from the software engineering community and finally recommend that all participants in higher degree research consider a strategy of preventive risk management.
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Tenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2008). Computing Education 2008: Proceedings of the Tenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2008) (Wollongong, N.S.W. 22-25 January, 2008) p. 43-52
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http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=show&conID=200801081214207219
Date
2008
Publisher
Australian Computer Society
Keyword(s)
cross-discipline;  attrition;  doctoral supervision;  risk management;  software processes
Resource Type
conference paper
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http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/45152
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ISBN:9781920682590
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