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Activities for commencing students

Central Commencement Program - information about research at Macquarie University
ICS Commencement Program - Induction, research training, research plan and report documentation
Research Training - compulsory coursework units for research students normally undertaken in your first year.

Enrolment, Commencement, Progression and Review

e-Student Check your Statement of Outstanding Charges under My Finances via e-Student. No tax invoices will be sent to you.
Suggested research milestones
Research Plan Submission Form To be submitted with research plan
How to prepare research plan Issues that may be addressed in your research plan
Discussion Checklist Topics to be discussed with supervisor
Logistics checklist for new students
Commencement programs
Higher degree research candidate's progress report
Departmental progress reviews
Thesis submission
Changes of program & status, overseas research, leave and extensions

Activities for current students

Lucid, Seminars, eNewsletters, Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award (computer science)
Postgraduate Student Seminar Series
19 - 23 June 2006

Funding, Travel and Purchasing

ICS Postgraduate Research Fund (ICS PGRF)
Links to and advice on MU PGRF, Macquarie International Travel Grants, METS service requests and external funding
Research Office - internal and external funding schemes
All travel matters
Ordering and paying for books, journals, non-print publications through the library
Purchasing Policy - Best practice, fraud, quotes, orders, non-allowable expenditure

Resources

Resources - funding, training (help with writing, statistics, English, library and study skills), seminars, thesis writing, IT support, METS, getting help
File access, email, wireless and network, VPN for remote access and lots more
Poster Printing Take the link for the ICS poster printing procedure.
Macquarie logos in various formats for posters and other publications.

Policies

Postgraduate Research Policies
Macquarie University's Intellectual Property Policy
Personal and academic conduct, unacceptable behaviour and penalties
Safety and insurance for research students

Supervision

Supervisors, their responsibilities, checklist, problems with supervision
Includes Code of Supervisory Practice
External Supervision Policy on External Supervision

Administrative matters

Macquarie University PGR Rules & Policy - includes Leave of Absence, Extensions, Transfer, Examiners, Supervision, IP and other links
PGR Administrator, Committee Chair and Student Representatives
Other Contacts for PGR Students Various handy contacts across Macquarie University
Higher Degree Research Unit: Enrolment, Resources, Forms
Links to most often used forms
ICS Postgraduate Research Committee
Committee Reports Reports from the PGRC student representatives
ICS PGR Committee Terms of Reference

Nearing Completion

Thesis Examination Information, policies and forms for research candidates, examiners and supervisors
Articles of interest 2 interesting articles about written reports of thesis examiners and what makes a good thesis.
Thesis template in LaTeX An ICS-approved template for your thesis in LaTeX
Lots of useful links

 

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