The Office of Graduate Research approves supervisors and maintains an up-to-date Supervisors Register. Academics listed on the register are approved to supervise Higher Degree Research (HDR) candidates. The Register has two levels of supervisor - Principal Supervisors and Co-supervisors.
To support HDR candidates in their research, all HDR supervisors must be currently engaged in research, and must have a qualification, such as a PhD, or have an equivalent record of academic or professional achievement.
For detailed information, refer to the Higher Degree by Research Procedure.
Criteria for addition to the University Register of Supervisors as a Co-supervisor only, a person must:
NB. Adjunct or honorary academic staff or a person external to the University appointed to a supervisory team need not complete Charles Sturt's Supervisors training and can be classified as an “External Expert”.
To be recorded on the register as a Principal Supervisor, a person must meet all the criteria for co-supervisors, and also:
To become apply for listing on the Supervisor Register, complete and submit the application form.
Academics must provide all of the following information to support their application.
IMPORTANT: Supervisors who do not meet their responsibilities and/or do not continue to meet the above conditions will be removed from the Register.
Current Co-supervisors wishing to move to Principal status should first seek the endorsement of their Faculty Sub-Dean Graduate Studies, and then email graduateresearch@csu.edu.au to request this, attaching a current CV. This application will then be considered by the Dean, Graduate Research. Additional training is also required.
All supervisors must undertake mandatory training, which involves both face-to-face online workshops, a workbook, and self-paced online training through the Research Supervisors Hub in Brightspace. Access will be granted pm approval by the Dean Graduate Research, and training must be completed within the first six months of registration. Supervisors are also expected to continue professional development in this area of their practice through participation in Communities of Practice, undertaking additional self-paced online training, attending workshops, and reading relevant materials.
Supervisors who are supervising First Nations HDR candidates or candidates undertaking on-Country research are also recommended to complete a short course: Supervising First Nations Candidates and on-Country Research, which is run several times throughout the year. An Expression of Interest process is used due to limited numbers.
Note that all supervisors are welcome to complete this short course.
For more information visit Supervisor Training