Presentation by Dr Merilyn Childs & Dr Bill Ashraf to peers in HDR and HDRO at Macquarie University.

1. Presentation to HDR and HDRO Peers
Towards ‘inspirational supervision’:
leading change in the HDR Supervision Enhancement Program.
An overview of mission, vision and practicalities.
Dr Merilyn Childs & Dr Bill Ashraf
Associate Professors & Convenors
Supervision Enhancement Program
HDR.Supervision@mq.edu.au
14/02/2017

2. About this presentation
2
This presentation outlines a broad
mission & vision for change in the
MQ HDR Supervision Enhancement
Program.
It then summarises practicalities
in the HDR Supervision Enhancement
Program that aim to animate our
broad mission & vision.

3. Outline of presentation
1. Overview of our driving
forces (Merilyn)
2. Our past and future
(Merilyn)
3. Practicalities: our ‘how’
(Merilyn & Bill)
4. Outstanding matters (Bill)
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4. 1.a Some of our driving forces
External
• ACOLA Review of Australia’s research Training System
• Higher Education Standards Framework (Threshold Standards) 2015 Section 4
• The Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research (under revision)
• The NSW Ombudsman's Complaints about the Supervision Post-Graduate Students Discussion Paper,
January 2016
• Guidelines for Ethical Research in Australian Indigenous Studies
• The changing nature of work
• Digital innovation
• Best practice in academic development in a digital age
Internal
• MQ Strategic Research Plan
• HDR Supervision Policy and Procedures
• HDRO Policy and Procedures
• MQ Indigenous Strategy
• L&T White Paper
• MQ employment practices
• Faculty workload policies and procedures
• Cultural practices (driving and constraining)

5. 1.b Our driving forces: MQ Governance
• Strategy: Strategic Research Framework 2015
- 2024: World-leading research, world-
changing impact.
• KEY OBJECTIVE TWO: PREPARE WORLD-
READY HIGHER DEGREE RESEARCH
CANDIDATES
• GOAL 2.2: INSPIRATIONAL SUPERVISION:
Provide outstanding supervisory expertise
and mentoring
• Target: Annually increase the number of
active supervisors on the MQSR, to meet
projected HDR candidate load
Our agency in pursuit of
‘outstanding supervisory
expertise & mentoring’ is vested
in our creativity & know-how;
in acute change to policy &
procedures; and in our capacity
to partner & collaborate with
Faculty, HDRO & Walanga Muru.

6. 1.c Our driving forces: our creativity and know-
how (best practice in professional learning)
Professional recognition of HDR
Supervision evidence against
inclusive criteria
Individual recognition
- PURE
Individual, candidate &
peer recognition
Fellowship Program (new) & MQ
Awards (existing)
Individual recognition
- Promotion & career
portability
Validate Reward Award

7. 2. Our past and future

8. Foundations &
gatekeeping
• 2000-2015
• Mandated
• Centralised
• Exclusive (Principal
Supervisors)
• Closed (MQSR)
Towards inclusivity
• 2016-2017
• Orientation pathways
• Foundation for CPD
• Policy & systems
review
• Open (PURE)
Towards inclusive professional
learning, validation &
recognition
• 2016 onwards
• Inclusive (all supervisors)
• Orientation pathways
• Embedded CPD/Faculty
• Fellowship Program
• Open (PURE ++)
2.a Our past and future

9. 4. Practicalities: Our ‘how’

10. iLearn sites:
• Orientation to HDR Supervision/MQSR Registration Pathway
• HDR Supervision - Upgrade to MQSR
• Orientation to HDR Supervision - Statement of Completion
• MQ Essentials for HDR Adjunct Supervisors (mid Feb 2017)
• Pending - 2017. In partnership with Walanga Muru, develop a
mandatory Cultural Competence for HDR Supervisors Module.
4.a Expand and Improve the Supervision Enhancement Program-
Orientation (Merilyn)

11. Work Integrated
Learning (Embedded)
Benchmarking
Promotion,
Mentoring
& Awards
Embedded
support
workshops
webinars
iLearn
MQ
Fellowship
Scheme
Central Program
4.b Expand and Improve the Supervision Enhancement Program-
Continuing Professional Learning & Recognition (Bill)
Emphasis going forward with Faculty
Partnership
with
Faculties

12. 4.c Expand and Improve the Supervision Enhancement Program –
2017 workshops – and towards an embedded approach in 2018 (Bill)
HDR Supervision Enhancement 2017
Workshops
• Candidature Management Planning
• Research Training in a Digital Age
• Career Development for Supervisors
• MQ HDR Policy/Procedures Refresher
• HDR Supervision-Hot Topics
• Making Time
• Digital Literacies
• Ethics & Integrity Refresher
• Year 2 in the MRes
• Open Research
• Mental Health First Aid
Faculty Engagement 2017-2018
• Faculty needs identified
• HDR Student Voice
• Strategy and operations developed
• Bespoke / crafted workshops
• Face-2-Face, Blended and Online
• MQ Fellowship scheme pilots in at least two
faculties
• Framework Development
• Evaluation and evidence driven pathways to
HDR Supervision success
• Identification of Success Factors

13. 4.d Expand and Improve the Supervision Enhancement Program
– Towards an HDR Supervision Fellowship Scheme (Bill)
Proposed:
MQ HDR Supervisor
Fellowship Scheme

14. 4.e Expand and Improve the Supervision Enhancement Program-
Influence MQ Promotions Policy (Merilyn)
Old system Evidence of completions
New system Evidence of stage of career criteria
For example:
Level B:
The scholarship of discovery:
• Engagement in Scholarship of HDR Supervision
• Completion of HDR Supervision training
• Articulation of (developing) personal HDR supervision philosophy with evidence of
reflection
Leadership and citizenship:
• Any one of the criteria could pertain to HDR Supervision

15. The HDR Supervision Policy is currently under
review, and the future policy aims to:
• Embed threshold standards
• Clarify categories of appointment
• Be inclusive
• Maximise MQ supervisory talents across
employment categories & types
• Disconnect ‘registration’ from
‘appointment’ procedures
• Be agnostic about registration ‘tool’
• Rethink ‘registration’ and ‘appointment’
procedures in the light of PURE
4.f Expand and Improve the Supervision Enhancement Program-
Improve policy & procedures (Merilyn)
• HDR Supervision Procedures will be
included in the review
• A Code of Supervisory Practice for
Supervisors & for HDR Candidates will be
crafted.

16. 4.g Expand and Improve the Supervision Enhancement Program-
integrate systems (Merilyn)

17. 4.g Expand and Improve the Supervision Enhancement Program-
integrate systems (Merilyn) – HR Online

18. Go: Logon to HR Online.
My HR – Training and Development – Training History –
Use the ‘Course History’ query tool.
4.g Expand and Improve the Supervision Enhancement Program-
integrate systems (Merilyn) – HR Online

19. Professional Qualifications
29 November 2016 HDR Supervision –
Candidature Management Planning, HDR06.
4.g Expand and Improve the Supervision Enhancement Program-
integrate systems (Merilyn) – HR Online = PURE

20. Expand and Improve the Supervision
Enhancement Program – Towards an HDR
Supervision Fellowship Scheme (Bill)
Expand and Improve the Supervision
Enhancement Program- Influence MQ
Promotions Policy
(Merilyn)
Professional recognition
of HDR Supervision
evidence against
inclusive criteria
Expand and Improve the Supervision
Enhancement Program- Integrate systems
HR Online = PURE (Merilyn & Bill)
Merilyn

21. 5. Outstanding matters

22. 5. Outstanding matters
• Maintaining registration of
Supervisors
- Once the Policy is revised, this will flow
on to the fit-for-purpose of the MQSR
- Is there any way of using PURE for
registration purposes?
- How could this be assured and
reported centrally?
- If not, what process should be used?
• Improving data and evidence-based
decision making
• Supervising MRes (lack of: evidence
about what works; candidature
management exemplars etc etc)
• Faculty ownership of the quality of
HDR Supervision
- How to grow Faculty ownership with
limited resources and competing
priorities?
- What will Faculty ownership look like
once PURE is rolled out?
• Collaboration across HDR and HDRO
(journey maps, policy & procedure
revision, resource development)

23. 6. Attachments

24. An overview of the Supervision Enhancement Strategy
Orientation
Program
Improved MQ
Promotions Policy
Improved
Recognition
Revised Policy and
Procedures
Embedded in partnership with Faculty