At UniSA our PhD connects research students to partnered grand challenges in research, and enhances employability and future careers.
At UniSA our PhD connects research students to partnered grand challenges in research, and enhances employability and future careers.
UniSA is committed to ensuring that research degree candidates experience excellent and contemporary research training and that, in the course of their candidature, they acquire a skill set that expands their employment choices post-PhD.
The UniSA PhD:
UniSAEDGE is a development model designed to support our PhD candidates' career preparation, through:
Enhanced end-user involvement in research, through supervisory panels, mentoring and internship experiences, allowing for:
Each candidate has a panel of qualified supervisors, established according to the needs of the candidate and their project. The panel may include supervisors from more than one discipline, and end-user advisors from industry partners, including private, government, not-for-profit or community groups.
Panel supervision provides:
Following the examination of the written thesis or exegesis, candidates discuss their work in depth with their examiners. This provides opportunity for:
“Having regular access to multiple supervisors on my panel provided diverse perspectives on my research, and paved the way to innovation in my project. My advisor helped me to meet others in his industry, and helped me frame my approach to maximise success when engaging with them.”
Dr Felicity Braithwaite, UniSA PhD graduate
“Being able to discuss my examiners’ written comments helped to cement my understanding and have real clarity around the meaning of their comments. And I guess it helped them understand my work better, because in the end, I only had to make some of the thesis changes identified in their written reports, rather than all of them.
The longer term benefit of the defence is feeling more confident about meeting my examiners in the future or, indeed, following up with them for future advice or collaboration.”
Dr Joel Fuller, UniSA PhD graduate
The UniSA PhD provides an opportunity for existing, and prospective partners to engage with UniSA to:
If you would like to know more about the unique partnering opportunities available at UniSA, please contact us at edge@unisa.edu.au