Postgraduate - UnitHED5071 - Strategy and leadership in research

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Education
Offered	Clayton Second semester (extended) 2014 (Flexible)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Hariz Halilovich

Synopsis

This unit provides participants with a structured introduction to the key dimensions of research leadership, including the development of a personal and team research strategy, project planning and management, collaboration - including working with external partners, ethics and governance for good-practice research, the development of intellectual property, financial management, research for lasting impact and reporting on project outcomes.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students should be able to:

apply the key dimensions of research leadership and a variety of materials to develop a research proposal that involves collaboration
explain how a research proposal might demonstrate alignment with national and international standards for best-practice research
identify governance practices that might be applied to ensure that a research project achieves lasting impact
articulate a personal and team research strategy in a variety of formats.

Assessment

Research plan (3000 words equivalent, 50%)
Class presentation (10 minutes) and participation in discussion (10 minutes) on teamwork and collaboration (50%)

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Hariz Halilovich

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload comprises:
(a.) Overall requirements:
+ students are expected to undertake 120 hours per semester of study and use their study time to attend on-campus lectures and workshops, undertake the unit tasks as set out in the unit guide, which include set readings, and to complete assessment tasks

Prerequisites

First degree or equivalent