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Unit of Study TCH03412 - Being a Researcher: Career Development and Planning (2015)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    PG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • AQF level

    8

  • Level of learning

    Introductory

  • Former School/College

    Former School of Education

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Provides early and mid career researchers with an opportunity to plan their research career within contemporary higher education. The unit explores the international debates on quality of research undertaken in higher education. Participants develop the research component of their professional portfolio and develop an action plan.

Unit content

1. The international context within which quality research in universities is defined and measured 
2. Being a researcher - knowledge and abilities: subject knowledge, research methods, information literacy, higher order abilities and creativity 
3. Being a researcher - personal effectiveness: personal qualities, self-management, professional and career development 
4. Being a researcher - organisation: professional conduct, research management and finance, funding and resources 
5. Being a researcher - engagement, influence and impact: working with others, communication and dissemination, engagement and impact 
6. Academic career planning and portfolio development (research component).

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2015

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 Critically evaluate personal research practice and goals in relation to local, national and international debates on the quality of research undertaken in higher education contexts
2 Evaluate personal skills and capabilities against published researcher development frameworks and the wider academic practice priorities
3 Demonstrate a capacity for collegial approaches to research, including mentoring
4 Devise immediate and longer term research career development plans through action planning and portfolio development.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. Critically evaluate personal research practice and goals in relation to local, national and international debates on the quality of research undertaken in higher education contexts
    • GA3:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
  2. Evaluate personal skills and capabilities against published researcher development frameworks and the wider academic practice priorities
    • GA5:
  3. Demonstrate a capacity for collegial approaches to research, including mentoring
    • GA5:
  4. Devise immediate and longer term research career development plans through action planning and portfolio development.
    • GA3:
    • GA6: