EHSE Research and Postgraduates

Requirements

Starting UTROP

Having been accepted into UTROP, you and your UTROP supervisor will organise the times when you will work.  This may be library, archive or computer-based research, laboratory-based research, fieldwork or a combination of each.  If your host organisation is CDU, a staff member will contact you to organise your participation in relevant safety courses.  Should your UTROP placement be elsewhere, your supervisor will organise this for you.

Expectation of all parties

Participants must be honourable in their intentions to participate in UTROP.  This means that UTROP students should actively pursue the opportunity to learn research skills enthusiastically and not simply participate in the program for the monetary benefit.  UTROP supervisors are expected to take an active interest in the student’s apprenticeship as a research assistant.

UTROP reporting requirements

The aim of UTROP is to give students realistic experience in research.  A UTROP participant will be treated as a professional member of the research team from the beginning of participation in the program.

A compulsory requirement of UTROP is that students complete a written report on their project (EHSE123 – Student Evaluation Report).

Discontinuation

UTROP students must notify the PGResearch Office and their supervisor(s) of their intention to discontinue UTROP and come to an agreement about the date when their UTROP will cease.  The PGResearch Office, in consultation with the UTROP student and supervisor(s), may request that a UTROP student discontinue in the program if the student has not met the UTROP expectations, criteria and guidelines.

Other project difficulties

If you are having any problems with your project or placement, please contact the PGResearch Office by phone on 8946 6471 or by email to pgresearch@cdu.edu.au.

Evaluation

UTROP students will be asked to complete a Student Evaluation Report (EHSE123) at the conclusion of their project.  UTROP supervisors will be asked to complete a Supervisor Evaluation Report (EHSE122), a copy of which will be provided to the student on completion of their project.  Both forms are available from this web site.