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Overview: Research Supervision Accreditation

Monash University has developed a fast-track approach to research supervision accreditation which acts as an alternative to the existing apprenticeship model. Our fast-track scheme is cited as world best practice in A Handbook for Doctoral Supervisors (2005) by Stan Taylor and Nigel Beasley.

Under the apprenticeship model, trainee supervisors need to first undertake the role of associate supervisor for the duration of a candidature, from admission through to submission of thesis and successful award of degree, before they are eligible to be a level 1 main supervisor in their own right.

In the fast-track model, intending supervisors need to complete a series of nine modules to be accredited as level 1 supervisors. Approximately 85 per cent of the requirements of these nine modules are covered by attendance at a Monash Research Graduate School Research Supervisor Training Workshop or faculty equivalent.

Level 1 supervisors can supervise no more than 4 full-time equivalent (FTE) HDR students/ up to 6 individual students as the main or associate supervisor.

Supervisors following the fast-track model need to complete master classes to obtain level 2 accreditation, which permits supervision as the main or associate supervisor of the maximum complement of students: no more than 8 FTE HDR students/ up to 12 individuals. Please note that the Faculty of Arts has additional requirements for accreditation.

Rules for Attributing Accreditation Levels and Supervision Percentages to Doctoral, MPhil & Research Masters Supervisors - effective 01 January 2007

Supervision Level

 Unaccredited Level 1 Level 2

Maximum Allowable Supervision %

Not more than 25%

100%

100%

Maximum Status Permitted

Associate

Main

Main

Maximum EFTSL/ Students

1 EFTSL or 3 students

4 EFTSL or 6 students

8 EFTSL or 12 students

Supervisor has had no completions and has not yet completed the Monash accreditation program
Supervisor has had 1 or 2 successful PhD completions, supervising from start to finish of candidature

AND

(after applying for exemption)
is deemed Level 1 by the Steering Committee of the Research Graduate School Committee

OR

has completed all 9 modules of the Monash accreditation program Level 1 		Experienced supervisor who has had 3 or more successful PhD completions as a MAIN supervisor from start to finish of candidature (one at Monash)

AND

(after applying for exemption)
is deemed Level 2 by the Steering Committee of the Research Graduate School Committee

OR

has attended 5 Master Classes in the Monash accreditation program Level 2

Note: Faculty of Arts has additional requirements for supervisors

Definitions

Completions must have been doctoral completions, or completions that commenced as research masters candidatures and then upgraded to PhD candidature. The supervisor can have been the associate or the main supervisor. They must have been registered from commencement of candidature until successful award of degree, with no interruption.

Monash research supervisor accreditation program  Level 1     Level 2