Postgraduate Study in Australia

Table Of Contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• About the author(s)/editor(s)
• About the book
• This eBook can be cited
• Contents
• Foreword: Making Sense of Experience (Pat Thomson)
• References
• Preface and Acknowledgments
• Part One: Postgrads at Work
• Chapter One: Red Pen Blues: Dealing with Rejection and Critical Feedback (Clare Rhoden)
• Introduction
• Responding to a Call for Papers (CFP)
• Why submit papers?
• How can you submit your work?
• Where would you submit your work?
• What Kind of Feedback can you Expect?
• Rejections, and how to make the most of them
• When the message hurts
• A recipe for responding
• Maybes
• Acceptances
• The Other Side
• Seven Steps to Improve your Chances
• Conclusion
• References
• Chapter Two: An Academic Apprenticeship: Publishing during Doctoral Candidature (Courtenay Atwell / Jenny Buchan)
• Introduction
• Publishing during Candidature
• Benefits to Candidature
• Build Your Brand
• Post Candidature Benefits of Publishing
• How to Start Writing
• Difficulties
• What you can Expect from your Supervisor
• An Unsupportive Supervisor
• Conclusion
• References
• Chapter Three: A Word to the Wise about Creating a Thesis Including Publications (Lara Corr)
• Introduction
• Different types of theses that include Publications
• Thesis by publication
• Thesis with publication(s)
• Traditional thesis
• First Year: The World is your Oyster!
• Support in writing your article(s)
• How much of the article needs to be my work?
• How many articles do I need?
• How many publications can I produce?
• Data, data, data
• Second Year: No Time to Waste!
• PhD timelines with publication in mind
• Where should I publish my research?
• ‘Bonus’ time!?
• Third and Final Years: The Highs and Lows of Publishing
• Revision, rejection and resubmission
• Fitting your data into the word limit
• ‘Frozen in time’: You change but your papers stay the same
• Bringing it all together: Creating a cohesive story
• Worst case scenarios: Rewriting articles into chapters
• Submitting a Thesis with Publications: Gaining an Edge Worth Fighting For
• Reference
• Chapter Four: Three-minute Thesis Competition: Ready, Set, Go! (Haiyan Liang)
• Introduction
• Structure
• Judging criteria
• Background
• The research topic
• The research design
• Methods and results
• Verbal Language and Body Language
• An eye-catching title
• Jargon-free verbal language
• Importance of repetition
• Involving your audience
• Maintaining eye contact
• Hand movements
• Powerpoint Slide
• Concluding Remarks
• Recommended List of Digital Recordings
• Chapter Five: You Do Not Have to Be the Next Great Australian Writer: Battling the Creative Thesis (Alexia Champion)
• What is the Creative Thesis? What does that Even Mean?
• Freedom isn’t Freeing
• Pressure from all Sides
• Everything is Rubbish and that’s Okay
• References
• Chapter Six: Teaching as a Strategic Choice (Federico Davila / Walter Reinhardt)
• Introduction
• The Scope of Teaching
• The Benefits of Teaching during your Postgraduate Study
• The Costs of Teaching, or, Know your ‘Time Vortex’
• The Danger Zone
• The Strategic Choice
• References
• Chapter Seven: Playing, Moving and Shifting: Finding Your Academic Voice (Sharon Mcdonough)
• Introduction
• Move 1: Become Open to Change
• Move 2: Examine the Language and Writing in your Field
• Move 3: Take a Journey through Some of the ‘Ologies’
• Move 4: Start to see yourself as a Writer
• Move 5: Make Writing a Habituated Practice
• Move 6: Write yourself into Knowing and Being
• Conclusion
• References
• Part Two: Learning Important Lessons
• Chapter Eight: From Wagyu Steak to 2-Minute Noodles: Surviving the Financial Downturn of a PhD (Peiyi Wang)
• Introduction
• Part One: The Sinking Begins
• Keep your eyes on the ball
• Look out for lifeboats
• Part Two: Converting Research Skills to Survival Skills
• Define the problem
• Identify the significance
• State the contributions
• Meet ethical standards
• Acknowledge the limitations
• Live to Tell the Tale
• Chapter Nine: Who Am I?: Surviving the Battle of the Roles (Bessie Stone)
• Introduction
• Teacher Scrambled-brain
• Someone to ‘Role’ With
• Something Needed to Give
• Academic Seclusion and Guilt
• Goodbye Guilt
• What will Work for You?
• Final Reflections
• Conclusion
• Reference
• Chapter Ten: Parenting Through a PhD (Quinn Eades)
• Introduction
• Imposter!
• Subject Librarians
• Accessing a Range of Resource Pools
• Building Networks
• The Shut up and Write Technique
• Presenting your Ideas in a Public Forum
• When Life gets in the Way
• Conclusion
• References
• Chapter Eleven: How to Become a Researcher: Developmental Opportunities on Campus and Beyond (Lilia Mantai)
• Introduction
• Developing as a Researcher in the PhD
• The Benefits of Engaging in Developmental Activities during the PhD
• The Value of Supportive and Social Connections
• References
• Chapter Twelve: Surviving Your Supervisors: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Thesis (Eliza Howard)
• Introduction
• Lesson One: Every Little Thing is Going to be Alright ...
• Lesson Two: Choose your Supervisors Wisely
• Lesson Three: Listen to your Supervisor(s), then your Peers
• Lesson Four: Manage Up
• Lesson Learned: Surviving your Supervisors
• References
• Chapter Thirteen: Stereotypes and Self-Belief: The Perpetual Student and the ‘False Finish’ Dilemma (Benjamin Hayward)
• Introducing the Stereotypical, Perpetual Student
• Cause: Understanding the False Finish, and Why it might Occur
• Effect: Understand and Anticipate the False Finish
• Self-belief and Weathering the Storm
• Conclusion: Reflections from a Post-PhD Perspective
• References
• Chapter Fourteen: Where Did It All Go Wrong?: Ethical Dilemmas of a Murdered Research Participant (Anne Ferguson)
• Introduction
• In the Field
• Which way should I Go?
• Inside Prison Walls
• Interviewer to Interviewee
• Where to now?
• Where does that Leave me?
• Do I have Any Advice?
• References
• Part Three: Grounded in Oz: Honouring Indigeneity
• Chapter Fifteen: Our Mob are Researchers Too!: The Story of an Aboriginal Researcher Seeking New Paradigms (Marnee Shay)
• Introduction
• Personal storying
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and Higher Education Access
• From the ‘Researched’ to the ‘Researcher’
• Conclusion
• References
• Chapter Sixteen: Die, Brain Demons, Die!: The Internal Monologue of an Aboriginal Researcher (Melitta Hogarth)
• Introduction
• Hindsight is a Beautiful Thing
• Stage 1: Pre-enrolment of the Masters
• Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
• Stage 2: Six months since enrolment
• The Methodology of Research
• Stage 3: The day of confirmation
• The Light at the End of the Tunnel
• Stage 4: Post ethical clearance
• Hook, Line and Sinker
• Stage 5: Final seminar and examination
• Conclusion
• References
• Chapter Seventeen: Learning to Become a Storyteller: Breaking the Cycle of Academic Colonialism (Rebecca H. Bilous)
• Introduction
• Building Reciprocal Relationships
• The Importance of Time in Building Relationships
• Becoming Part of a Community of Researchers
• Place Matters and has an Active Role to Play
• Learning to Hear Stories
• Learning to Tell Stories: Becoming a Storyteller
• Final Words
• References
• Part Four: Supporting Student Needs and Student Aspirations
• Chapter Eighteen: Validating your Access Card: How to Strive Beyond Equality to Equity (or Something Close Enough) (Gabrielle Hodge)
• Equality or Equity?
• Equality is Conditional, Equity is Not
• Ask your University
• Talk to your Support Personnel
• Pretend you are Someone else and Decide for Yourself
• Find Money and Spend It
• Workers United will never be Defeated
• Play the Email Game
• Prepare for Other People to Question your Identity
• Advocate from the Bottom-up and the Top-down
• Get Cracking
• Chapter Nineteen: Treading the Tricky Terrain of Disclosure (Georgia Geller)
• Introduction
• Disclosure
• Risks of Disclosure
• The Importance of Documentation
• Stigma
• Supportive Supervision
• Strategies for Successful Completion: Exploring the Possibilities
• References
• Chapter Twenty: What Limits Should Not Define: Achieving in Postgraduate Study with a Disability or Impairment (Brian R. Basham)
• Introduction
• Defining a Word
• Setting the Scene
• My Hurdles
• Hurdle 1: Mental stresses and anxiety overload
• Hurdle 2: Going to class (or not)
• Hurdle 3: Handling feedback
• Coping Strategies
• Explain but don’t excuse
• Seeking assistance: Internally
• Seeking assistance: Externally
• Create a sacred space
• Get distracted every now and then
• Supervisory relationship
• Critical friend
• Final Thoughts
• References
• Chapter Twenty-one: An Entrepreneurial Roadmap to Managing Postgraduate Stress (Bronwyn Elizabeth Eager)
• Out of the Frying Pan and into the ...
• Keep an Eye on your 'Why'
• Diversifying Risk
• Stakeholder Management
• Launch in Beta Mode
• Developing your Network
• Crafting ‘Brand you’
• Return on Investment
• Concluding Thoughts
• Note
• Chapter Twenty-two: It’s Your Body: Maintaining Chronic Wellness During a Doctorate (Katie Buckley)
• Introduction
• Your Musculoskeletal Health
• Managing your musculoskeletal health
• Your Work Environment
• Your Mind
• Find your Flow
• Move your Body
• References
• Part Five: Backpacks and Books
• Chapter Twenty-three: Where’s My Comfort Zone?: Reflections of Two Aussie Researchers Abroad (Kate Neely / Ben Whitburn)
• Introduction
• Travelogue
• Why Go? and Why There?
• Who are you Responsible to?
• Is it Ethical?
• Is it Ok to Fly by the Seat of your Pants?
• Cultural Understanding (and Being Restrained by Language)
• Doing Research in the Abyss
• References
• Chapter Twenty-four: Fieldwork in Far-flung Places (Nicole Dicker)
• A Chapter for the Intrepid PhD Student
• A Lonely Planet Guide of Sorts
• The Author
• Getting Started on your Fieldwork Journey
• Where to Go
• When to Go
• Budget Travel
• Culture
• Language
• Beaches
• Food and Drink
• Health and Safety
• Don’t Leave Home without …
• Chapter Twenty-five: Dancing the Postgrad Tango: Flourishing in the Online University Environment (Carolyn Leslie)
• Introduction
• Warming up: Stretching and Preparing to Dance
• Stage I: Practice your Basic Dance Steps
• Stage 2: Refining your Technique
• Stage 3: Developing your Musicality
• Conclusion: Stage 4: Dancing Intimately with your Partner
• Reference
• Chapter Twenty-six: It Should Not Be a Lonely Journey: Being an International Student in Australia (Khoi Ngoc Mai)
• Introduction
• Improving English
• Adjusting to Life in Australia
• Avoiding Isolation and making Friends
• Going to Conferences and Networking
• Working in Australia
• Maintaining Relationships with Friends and Family Back Home
• Conclusion
• Reference
• About the Contributors