Indigenous Phd Familiarisation Program

Indigenous PhD Familiarisation Program

Board Room: Level 2, 161 Barry St Alan Gilbert Building University of Melbourne 29 September – 1 October, 2015

Program Day 1 Tuesday September 29th Board Room: Level 2, 161 Barry St, University of Melbourne

8.30am Arrival of Participants – informal networking

9:00am Welcome to Country: Aunty Di Kerr (Wurundjeri Elder)

9:20am Overview of Program: Prof Shaun Ewen/Warwick Padgham Outline of the Program, housekeeping, outcomes etc.

9:45am What’s your research idea?: Prof Shaun Ewen/Prof Kerry Arabena (9.00 until 10.30) Initial Exploration of Ideas: Each participant will be provided with specified time to briefly describe their proposed Morning tea included research ideas and topics. Common interests may become apparent and participants are encouraged to explore the possible connections between the cohorts.

Objectives. Participants will: -Communicate their research ideas to a supportive audience of their peers. -Develop connections with other participants in the program, through shared research interests, common themes and collaborative work shopping

12:00pm Not for the money - what are you doing a PhD for? Dr Misty Jenkins and Dr Simon Graham An exploration of issues relevant for navigating a research higher degree. Issues discussed will include identifying your own research pathway, mapping your research career and other considerations for post-PhD opportunities.

Objectives. Participants will: -Discuss the diverse motivations and goals for undertaking a PhD, and explore how a PhD can be used to build a career in a range of areas -Consider post-doctoral pathways (university {teaching vs. research}, research institute, public service, private sector, NGO, etc) and examine how they might structure their PhD experience to align with these 1:30pm Lunch

2:15pm What’s standing in your way?: Prof Ian Anderson & Prof Kerry Arabena Challenges and distractions: Participants will be encouraged to discuss and share their expected challenges, apprehensions, barriers and distractions when undertaking a PhD. The discussion will also include time for participants to outline what they need and expect from the University to support them to complete their PhD. What does the University of Melbourne offer for Indigenous research higher degree students above and beyond a standard entry? Extra-curricular programs supporting Indigenous leadership in research and higher education. Grad research e-portfolio.

Objectives. Participants will: -Examine potential barriers to success relevant to them, and explore ways in which these can be overcome both through the University and personally. -Articulate their concerns and challenges with regards to undertaking a PhD, and develop effective methods for managing these as part of a successful PhD candidature.

3:00pm Afternoon tea

3:30pm The University of Melbourne’s PhD+ Program, including the Winter School: Prof Ian Anderson/Kerry Arabena Responding to the barriers and distractions discussion prior to lunch, this session will provide participants with detailed feedback on how to succeed in their PhD study, what structures are imbedded across the University to help with achieving this success and an honest reflection of what gaps may still exist to support Indigenous early career researcher success.

Objectives. Participants will: - Review how to strategically use time and University of Melbourne resources to best achieve research higher degree targets - Identify the services and programs provided by the University of Melbourne for developing skills relevant to an academic career in teaching and research, and enhancing the PhD experience.

5:00pm Close for day: Warwick Padgham

6:30pm Familiarisation Program Dinner: Woodward Centre, Level 10, Law Building. Keynote: Prof Marcia Langton

Program Day 2 Wednesday September 30th Board Room: Level 2, 161 Barry St, University of Melbourne

8:30 – 9:30 Opportunity for students to meet with Supervisors

9:30am Recap of previous day, reflections, comments, questions: Prof Shaun Ewen

9:50am Enrolment and admissions: Dimity Evans/Ken Choong A PhD at the Faculty of Business and Economics (FBE) – an Providing some administrative guidance as to the overview (Hosted by Professor Graham Sewell, FBE Graduate enrolment process, a discussion around the admission Research Programs Director) criteria and Q&A opportunity This session, particularly for participants with a research interest in business and economics, will involve a Meet and Greet with Outcomes. Participants will: key Faculty staff including several of its leading academic -Develop an understanding of the enrolments and researchers working in economic and social policy and admissions process, specific to the University of management and marketing, an overview of the fully-funded FBE Melbourne 2+2 Doctoral Program, admission criteria, student support -Learn how best to structure their applications, who they activities and examples of how the Faculty works with industry. might approach as referees, and how to articulate any relevant work experience Outcomes. Participants will: -Gain an understanding of the unique Doctoral programs offered within FBE -Discuss their broad research ideas with FBE academics and begin to form connections across the Faculty -Hear from current candidates about their own experience of graduate research candidature in the Faculty in relevant fields 11:00am Morning Tea

11:20am Why do I need a supervisor? A guiding light, a partner, a mentor or something else? Prof Marcia Langton & Prof Richard James Eleven practices of effective postgraduate supervisors (The role of a PhD supervisor, what traits exist in a good one)

Objectives. Participants will: - Examine the central role of a supervisor in effective PhD research, and develop skills and strategies for how they might manage a good relationship with their prospective supervisor - Review the traits, knowledge and they would like in their supervisor(s) taking in to account their own research interests and ways of working.

12.45pm Lunch Over lunch A/Prof Rachel Nordlinger will present a short description of her work on the preservation of Indigenous languages.

1:15pm PhD student/post doc panel session: current students to be involved in a Q&A style session to answer any questions participants might have/comments/words of wisdom. Panelists: Dr Simon Graham, Dr Sana Nakata, Lyndon Ormond-Parker, Lilly Brown

Shaun Ewen to address students regarding Thursday morning breakout sessions. 2:15pm Walk to MGSE

2:30pm – New Thinking in Māori Education 4.30pm Presentations by Dr Georgina Stewart, Professor Alison Jones & Dr Te Kawehau Hoskins Theatre Q227, Level 2, 234 Queensberry St, the Melbourne Graduate School of Education

2:30 – 4:30pm For those students not attending the New Thinking in Maori Education presentation , the opportunity to meet with Supervisors

4.45pm Billibellary’s Walk: Participants to make their way to Stop 1 on Swanston St to begin Walk

Program Day 3 Thursday October 1st Board Room: Level 2, 161 Barry St, University of Melbourne

7.45am Taxis depart outside Tune Hotel for Government House 8.00am Arrive Government House 8.15am Breakfast/Morning Tea with The Governor of Victoria, The Honourable Linda Dessau 9.15am Depart Government House 9:40am Interstate participants to check out of hotel No sessions planned until 10:15am 10.15am Participant’s choice: breakout session.

Getting Started: Comprehensive Library Research (UpSkills 2015): Mark Shepheard & Jim Berryman Tour – Ormond College

Structuring successful search strategies. Help find the An opportunity to visit Ormond College and get a research databases in your subject area and look more glimpse of life as a College resident, how you can closely at some of the major citation databases. contribute to shared learning and the benefits of a College network. 11:30am Morning Tea

11:45am Arrive back to 161 Barry St for College tour participants

11:50am Moving from the political to a PhD: Prof Liz McKinley Indigenous students everywhere often turn up to enroll in the PhD with a research agenda that often relates to a ‘grand plan'. But fighting injustices in 'the system' is different to getting a PhD. So how do you take time out from the research agenda and find a research question that can be achieved within 3 years? The key to survival is to lay down the political aspirations and systemic issues while pursuing the doctorate. Drawing on research carried out with Māori students in Aotearoa/New Zealand this session will address some of the issues related to putting aside the challenge for the sake of a different form of leadership.

Objectives. Participants will have the opportunity to: -Discuss their research idea, objective(s) and expected outcomes in a supportive and constructive environment -Engage with practical tips and methods for transitioning from a broad research plan to a thesis with a defined scope, characteristics and structure.

1:15pm Lunch No sessions scheduled until 2.30pm 1:15pm – 2:30pm Potential opportunity for students to meet with Supervisors during the lunch break

2:30pm Wrap up/Final Comments/Next steps: Prof Shaun Ewen Revisiting some of the themes and discussion from the Day One. Reflection on whether participants’ research ideas have changed, any differences regarding their approach towards their PhD and has their expectation/needs from the University been answered.

3:45pm Close of formal program. Time for meetings with supervisors

Presenters and Panelists

Professor Ian Anderson is Pro Vice Chancellor Engagement, The University of Melbourne. Ian is an Aboriginal Tasmanian, but has spent the majority of his life in the Koori community in Victoria, where he has extensive family and community network Ian Anderson is an Aboriginal Tasmanian, but has spent the majority of his life in the Koori Ian Anderson is an Aboriginal Tasmanian, but has spent the majority of his life in the Koori community in Victoria, where he has extensive family and community networks. These connections are deeply rooted through the colonial history of the Bass Strait. During his 25 years of working in Aboriginal (Koori) Health, Ian has been an Aboriginal health worker, a health educator and a general practitioner. He worked as the Chief Executive Officer of the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service before becoming the Medical Adviser to the Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health in the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care.

Professor Kerry Arabena is a social worker with a PhD and Chair for Indigenous Health at the University of Melbourne. Professor Arabena has an extensive background in sexual health, reproductive health, public health, remote area health service administration and community development with current research projects across sexual and reproductive health, health equity, community engagement and health service reform.

Jim Berryman is a liaison librarian (research support) in the Brownless Biomedical Library at the University of Melbourne.

Lilly Brown is an Education Specialist with The Aspiration Initiative; a program that supports Indigenous high school students and provides professional development for teachers. As a former Charlie Perkins Scholar, in 2013 she completed a Masters in Education at the University of Cambridge. Her interests lie in knowledge production and transfer, the link between knowledge and power, and the value of education as a tool to effect positive social change. Lilly is currently undertaking her PhD with the Youth Research Centre at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education while teaching into the Australian Indigenous Studies program at the University of Melbourne.

Ken Choong is the Graduate Research Admissions Officer in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (MDHS) at the University of Melbourne. He possesses broad knowledge of domestic and international tertiary level qualifications and is responsible for the preliminary assessment of all graduate research applications to MDHS. He gladly responds to prospective graduate research students regarding any admissions-related queries.

Dimity Evans is responsible for Faculty level support for research training. Dimity acts as a contact point in the Faculty for research training related matters with the Melbourne School of Graduate Research. Dimity also provides supervision and guidance to the Research Training Officer. Contact Dimity for information and advice relating to: • -research training policy implementation, monitoring and reporting on qualitative and quantitative performance measure • -coordination of and communication about policy matters in regard to graduate research candidature, courses and scholarships • -Faculty research training committees • -management of the Faculty’s graduate research scholarships program • -provision of statistics, analysis and reports on research training to schools, departments and the wider university

Professor Shaun Ewen is the Foundation Director of the Melbourne Poche Centre for Indigenous Health in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. Professor Ewen has held the position of Associate Dean (Indigenous Development) since its inception in 2010. In this role he was charged with working across the faculty to oversee the implementation of the Reconciliation Action Plan. Professor Ewen has a clinical background in physiotherapy, and holds postgraduate qualifications in international relations and education. His area of research expertise relates to Indigenous health and health professional education. Currently he co-leads an Office of Teaching and Learning project investigating how to assess Indigenous health curricula at AQF level 9, and he provides the academic and Indigenous leadership for the Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education (LIME) project, a bi-national project of Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand.

Presenters and Panelists

Dr Simon Graham has led to sustained health improvements in four NSW Aboriginal communities through better testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections. Dr Graham, a Narrunga man from the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia, spent two years working closely with Aboriginal communities in regional NSW on an intervention that has resulted in significant improvements in the rate of testing and treatment of gonorrhea and chlamydia in young people, preventing complications associated with these asymptomatic infections.

Professor Richard James is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic) and Director of the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education. He holds a chair in the field of higher education and is a researcher and commentator on higher education policy in Australia. He is a Fellow of the Australian Council for Educational Leaders. Professor James was a member of the inaugural Australian Higher Education Standards Panel (HESP) that prepared the standards framework used by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency for regulatory purposes. He is a member of the Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) Advisory Group that guides performance measurement for Australian universities.

Dr Misty Jenkins is a medical research scientist currently working as a NHMRC Biomedical Fellow at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, in Melbourne. Misty researches in the area of immunology and cell biology, and understanding how immune cells kill cancer cells. In addition to her research career, Misty is a passionate and engaging public speaker about the sciences and is involved with various programs aimed at increasing young people’s enthusiasm for science and education, particularly Indigenous students.

Aunty Di Kerr Wurundjeri Elder has worked tirelessly for the last 25 years on social, health and well-being issues that affect Indigenous People. Her working career has included community work at Dandenong & District Aboriginal Co-operative, Child care, Native Title, link up (part of Stolen Generations), education and cultural awareness to the wider community. All of this has led her to her current path of looking for ways to strengthen the social and emotional well-being of Aboriginal Peoples.

Professor Marcia Langton AM PhD Macquarie U, BA (Hons) ANU, FASSA is an anthropologist and geographer, and holds the Foundation Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies at the University of Melbourne. She has produced a large body of knowledge in the areas of political and legal anthropology, Indigenous agreements and engagement with the minerals industry, and Indigenous culture and art. Her role in the Prime Minister and Cabinet sponsored Empowered Communities project, as member of the Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians and the Forrest Review is a recent demonstration of Professor Langton’s academic reputation, policy commitment and impact, alongside her role as a prominent public intellectual (e.g. her 2012 Boyer lectures titled ‘The Quiet Revolution: Indigenous People and the Resources Boom’), and her influence and reputation in government and private sector circles.

In the private sector Professor Langton serves on a number of boards, including as Chairperson of Guma ICRG JV Pty Ltd, as a director of Indigenous Construction Resource Group Pty Ltd, and as a Co-Chair of Cape York Partnership.

Awarded B.A. (Hons) from the Australian National University and a PhD from Macquarie University. She is a Fellow of Trinity College, Melbourne, a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences of Australia, and a member of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.

Presenters and Panelists

Sana Nakata has been a Lecturer in Political Science at The University of Melbourne since graduating with her PhD in 2012. She also holds Arts and Law degrees from the university. As a student, she worked at Victoria Legal Aid, Department of Premier and Cabinet (Victoria) and the United States House of Representatives. She has also worked as a research assistant, library assistant and academic tutor. Her first book, Childhood citizenship, Governance and Policy: the politics of becoming adult based on her PhD research was published with Routledge in early 2015. Her current research explores representations of childhood in Australian political controversies since 2001.

Rachel Nordlinger, Director of the Research Unit for Indigenous Language, School of Languages and Linguistics: Rachel's work centres around the description and documentation of Australia's indigenous languages. She has worked with a number of Indigenous communities across the Northern Territory of Australia to record, describe, document and preserve their traditional languages, including the Bilinarra, Wambaya, Gudanji, Murrinhpatha and Marri Ngarr communities.

Lyndon Ormond-Parker is an ARC Indigenous Research Fellow with the Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, MDHS and with the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation, Faculty of Arts. He was born in Darwin and of Alyawarre decent. His research is focused on Information Technology and Indigenous Communities. In 2010, Lyndon was instrumental in organising and co-convening the Information Technology and Indigenous Communities Symposium with the support of AIATSIS, ANU and National Film and the National Film and Sound Archive, and co-editor of an e-book of the same title. Lyndon is currently a committee member of the: Australian Heritage Council; Advisory Committee for Indigenous Repatriation, Ministry for the Arts; Oxfam Australia Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Reference Group; ANU National Centre for Indigenous Genomics Research Advisory Committee; The University of Melbourne Indigenous Cultural Collections Advisory Group; Indigenous Remote Communications Association Remote Media Archiving Working Party; Monash University Centre for Organisational and Social Informatics Advisory Board; and Rotary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Tertiary Scholarship Advisory Committee.

Warwick Padgham is the Senior Project Officer at the Melbourne Poche Centre for Indigenous Health in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. Warwick's role will focus on one of the main goals for the Melbourne Poche Centre, achieving 20 new Indigenous PhD enrolments at the University in health by 2020. . Through his grandmother, Warwick is a descendant of the Taungurong people of central Victoria.

Mark Shepheard is the University Library Research Consultant, responsible for the Library’s support programs for graduate research students. He is a PhD student himself, in the final year of a thesis in art history.