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Research Bulletin Education

No. 2 1st March 2012

Students and Staff

A/P Heather Fehring 1. A successful Research Seminar was held on Friday the 24th of Deputy Head Research & February combining Jonathan O'Donnell from R&I in the D&SC, Innovation School of Education demonstrating the COS database that helps staff to find educational 220.03.04 research funding sources Location http://pivot.cos.com/ Ph: 9925 7840 Email: This was followed by a Higher Degrees by Research Supervisor Q&A session [email protected] facilitated by Deputy Head R&I, A/P Heather Fehring. This was an opportunity to clarify any issues about supervision and to pick up the latest 2012 HDR Induction CD that contains useful links and documents.

Ms Anne Mulcahy Administrative Assistant The School of Education librarian, June Frost, updated everyone on services Monday – Tuesday and resources the library can provide to make the research journey easier in 220.04 2012. New Endnote sessions are already running in the library for Endnote Ph: 99257877 X5. Fax: 99257235 [email protected] 2. The next research seminar is Friday the 30th of March; Dr. Emily Gray will be presenting her research.

3. The 2012 research student induction is on the 14th March. Please Ms Louise Prentice. encourage new and returning students to attend and contact Louise Administrative Assistant Wednesday - Friday Prentice for location and time details. 220.04. Ph: 99257877 Staff and Supervisors Fax: 99257235 Email: 1. Professional Development and the Research and Innovation Portfolio [email protected] have arranged for Larry Marlow, of Marlow Hampshire Pty Ltd, to run his 2 day grant writing workshop on 23 and 24 May. The workshop is designed to assist participants with the knowledge and skills Ms Karen Corneille required to make high quality and competitive submissions for research CRESSI Research Officer Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday funding to government, university and industry/community organisations. 220.2.13 Learning outcomes: Ph: 9925 7427 * An understanding of the place of grant proposal writing in the context of research Email: activities. [email protected] * An appreciation of the importance of grant proposal writing skills for research career success. * Knowledge of external and internal science funding programs and eligibility requirements. * Comprehension of the challenges required in this competitive arena. * Practical knowledge and skills to enhance chances of grant success and contribution to personal career development as a consequence. * Opportunity to learn from the experience and success of senior researchers at your organisation with an established record of grants success. * Time to reflect on personal level of grant writing skills and to design an action plan for further development. * Opportunity to develop a wider network of research colleagues from within your organisation and to consider the ongoing benefits of research collaboration and peer support. For more information and to register go to: http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=3dwygdqsrpf3z

www.rmit.edu.au/education Congratulations Shatha Al Fayez on the birth of her new son, Ibrahim, on the 7th of February. Both mother and son are doing fine.

Congratulations – Student Publications Wang, J. (2012). Culturally Inclusive Practice: A Case Study of an International Student Support Initiative at an Australian University. Asian Social Science, 8(5, May).

Welcome A warm welcome is extended to Ivan Oakes who is commencing the Master of Education program this semester.

General information 1. The following policy change was recommended by SCRAB to the RMIT Research Committee March 2012.

Change to the identification of ‘Investigators’ on human research ethics applications at RMIT. Under current procedures for human research ethics applications research students can be nominated as the ‘Principal Investigator’ on an application. When a student is conducting research with human participants they are identified on the ethics application form and for administrative purposes as the investigator, even though the student may be undertaking an Honours year, Postgraduate Coursework degree or Masters/Doctoral degree. Their academic supervisor is identified on the application as the supervisor.

It has become clear that, for a variety of reasons, this labelling of a student as the investigator is inappropriate and that a research student’s supervisor should be identified as the principal or first investigator.

Therefore it is proposed to amend relevant documentation so that in the case of a research student applying for ethics approval the application would be made under the senior supervisor’s name; i.e. the supervisor would be identified as the first investigator.

2. Sue Bullen from QSR. is running the NVivo 9 PD session scheduled for 9.30am on Wednesday the 21st March, 2012 Location 220.03.28 (computer lab). Contact Louise Prentice to see if there are any places left.

3. QUALTRICS a new Upmarket alternative to Survey Monkey is here

As you are probably aware RMIT has invested in Qualtrics software providing an option for free and secure online surveys. The launch of Qualtrics is just 1-2 weeks away.

More information on Qualtrics is available here:

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Qualtrics have agreed to run a webinar for researchers on Qualtrics basics. This webinar will run on 9.30am on Monday 5 March 2012. The session will take less than an hour. Places are limited for this session so if you would like to attend then please RSVP to Peter Burke [email protected] as soon as possible. There are also links available on RMIT Qualtrics website to the Qualtrics training videos that can be viewed online at any time.

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