Master Classes: Online Resources

The resources from the fIRST (for Improving Research Supervision and Training) website have been selected to complement the Monash University master class topics.You can access the member login with the username: monash. You will need to contact your Faculty Research Administration Officer or the Supervision Accreditation Coordinator  for the password.

MC1 Case Studies on the Breakdown of the Student-Supervisor Relationship

• An academic minefield: Identifying potential problems and recommending solutions
• Case studies: Concern over completion rates
• Tools: Student-supervisor alignment tool kit 
• Master class presentation - handout (twice 2005/2006) 

MC2 External Supervision & Supervision in Teams

• How to set up effective joint or co-supervision
• Co-supervision: when supervisors disagree
• Working with a novice supervisor
• How to use case studies: small-group task followed by a plenary Case study about appointment of co-supervisors
  
• Master class presentation - handout (twice 2005/2006) 

MC3 Power Relationships & Dealing with Students from Different Cultures

• Power relationships between students and supervisors
• Gender issues
• Cultural issues
• Dealing with problems: counselling, violence, sexual harassment, financial hardship
• Supervision, gender and equity 
• Master class presentation - handout (twice 2005/2006) 

MC4 IP and authorship

• Intellectual property links
• Chapter 6 of the Handbook for Doctoral and MPhil Degrees

MC5 How to Examine a Thesis

• Examination of theses
• Master class presentation - handout (2005) 

MC6 Case studies in building research teams

• Master class presentation - handout (2005) 

MC7 Project Design in the Humanities & Social Sciences (Faculty of Arts)

• Master class presentation - handout (2006)