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 AshrafAssociate Professors & ConvenorsSupervision Enhancement ProgramHDR.Supervision@mq.edu.au14/02/2017

About this presentation

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This presentation outlines a broad mission & vision for change in the MQ HDR Supervision Enhancement Program.

It then summarises practicalitiesin the HDR Supervision EnhancementProgram that aim to animate our broad mission & vision.

Outline of presentation1. 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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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)

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.

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) & MQAwards (existing)

Individual recognition - Promotion & careerportability

Validate Reward Award

2. Our past and future

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

4. Practicalities: Our ‘how’

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)

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

4.c Expand and Improve the Supervision Enhancement Program – 2017 workshops – and towards an embedded approach in 2018 (Bill)

HDR Supervision Enhancement 2017Workshops

• 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

4.d Expand and Improve the Supervision Enhancement Program – Towards an HDR Supervision Fellowship Scheme (Bill)

Proposed: MQ HDR SupervisorFellowship Scheme

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

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.

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

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

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

Professional Qualifications29 November 2016 HDR Supervision – Candidature Management Planning, HDR06.

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

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 Supervisionevidence against inclusive criteria

Expand and Improve the Supervision Enhancement Program- Integrate systems HR Online = PURE (Merilyn & Bill)

Merilyn

5. Outstanding matters

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)

6. Attachments

An overview of the Supervision Enhancement Strategy

Orientation Program

Improved MQ Promotions Policy

Improved Recognition

Revised Policy and Procedures

Embedded in partnership with Faculty