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Chapter 10: Facilities and services
  

Chapter 10: Facilities and services

10.1 Monash Research Graduate School

The Monash Research Graduate School is located on the ground floor of the Research Services building (3D) on the Clayton campus. Front counter office hours are:

Monday to Thursday
10:00 am to 1:00 pm
2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Friday
10:30 am to 1:00 pm
2:00 pm to 5:00 pm

The school is responsible for:

  • administrative coordination of doctoral and research masters degree programs including HDR load planning and determination of Research Training Scheme (RTS)-funded places
  • PhD, MD, MPhil, higher doctorate and professional doctorate course approvals, admission, candidature and thesis examination
  • administration and payroll of postgraduate research scholarships, awards and grants,
  • dissemination of research training information, and
  • day-to-day administration of the Monash Research Graduate Centre, including the coordination of the exPERT program of employment and research training.

In addition, the school provides information on postgraduate study and scholarships at other Australian and international institutions.

Contact details are provided in chapter 11.

10.1.1 Monash Research Graduate Centre

The Research Graduate Centre (building 3E) is located immediately to the north of the Monash Research Graduate School central offices on the Clayton campus. The centre provides a collegial atmosphere in which candidates can pursue their own individual research projects and also participate in a range of social, cultural and intellectual activities with other research postgraduates from a variety of disciplines.

Offices are shared by two postgraduates and are equipped with internal telephones, bookshelves and desks. PCs are installed in many of these offices, and network connections are provided for all workstations. A computer laboratory housing PCs, a printer, a scanner and a photocopying machine is open to all registered centre users. An in-house centre supervisor and technical support officer are available during office hours to provide computer assistance for research candidates.

The centre has a well equipped dining area and lounge on the ground floor. Coffee and tea-making facilities, a snack machine, refrigerators and microwave ovens are housed in two kitchens. These spaces allow candidates to meet with colleagues from other disciplines and create an opportunity for postgraduates to share experiences and ideas.

10.1.2 exPERT program

The Monash Research Graduate School's popular exPERT program focuses on key aspects of employment and research training. The program currently consists of seminars and workshops organised into several categories:

10.1.2.1 exPERT General

The school's exPERT general workshops and seminars cover a broad range of employment and research training issues.

10.1.2.2 exPERT IT

These workshops seek to develop a series of IT skills that candidates may require. Training is provided in the use of Word, Endnote, PowerPoint, and more.

10.1.2.3 exPERT Stats

A series of basic and advanced statistical workshops are offered on subjects of relevance to research candidates.

10.1.2.4 Other programs

exPERT Teaching, exPERT Writing, exPERT Final Year and exPERT IP seminars are also offered under the program.

10.1.2.5 exPERT Summer school

A range of special programs run over summer between 1 December and 1 March.

10.1.3 Information services

The Research Graduate Centre offers a range of information services on research and employment training matters. MRGS News is an e-newsletter emailed fortnightly to registered candidates. It contains the latest information on seminars, conferences, scholarships, research opportunities and other events relevant to postgraduate research candidates.

Candidates are also able to access the JASON (Joint Academic Scholarships Online Network) database, the first and only Australian information database for postgraduate scholarships. JASON provides a comprehensive source of scholarships that will allow students to study either at a university in Australia or to travel overseas as part of their program.