Australian Awards PhD Extension Program Topics
April sees the Urban Frontiers team member Brian Roberts, under a contract to Coffey International, in Jakarta teaching a PhD Extension to 23 students coming to Australia who are part of the Australian Awards program funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Featured below is a list of topics taught under the program in the following weeks:
Day 1: What is a PhD. Planning your PhD, Defining a Research Topic and Title for your PhD
Day 2: Research Context, Problem, Questions and Objectives (+ Presentations)
Day 3: Research Theory and Philosophy
Day 4: Reading skills and Literature review
Day 5 Research Ethics and Methodology (+ presentation Research Questions and Literature review)
Day 6: Research and Analysis (fieldwork, note taking, survey, data collection and compilation, statistics) (+ presentation research methods)
Day 7: Writing up your Results and Conclusions, Preparing for PhD and Confirmation and Final Research Seminars (+ presentation research methodology cont.)
Day 8: Housekeeping and PhD time management, work/life balance, stress and crisis management)
Day 9: Presentations 1 research proposal and panel feedback
Day 10: Presentations 2 research proposal and panel feedback