Helping HDR students to Flourish

through portfolios

Alison PootAustralian Director

Isolation

Direction

Motivation

HDR Challenges ……

Student

Supporting

Tracking

Recording

HDR Challenges ……

Supervisor

Coordination

Administration

Reporting

HDR Challenges ……

University

Introducing …

The Guided Development Space

• 1:1 Support

• Meetings

• Conversations

• Pathways, Milestones &

Tasks

• Track Progress

• View feedback & grades

StudentSupervisor

PersonalPrivate

ReflectionsTasks

Pathways & Milestones

Feedback& Grades

Guidance

Assessment

Reporting on resultsReporting on progress

Milestone

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Pathway

Year 1 HDR

Introductory Supervisor

Meeting

HDR Induction

Literature Review

PG Conf Presentation

Progress Report

Year 2 HDR

Thesis Plan

PG Conf Poster

Progress Report

Year 3 HDR

Thesis Draft

Bind & Submit

Viva Seminar

Defend Thesis

HDR 3 Year Program

One Pathway for all HDR student

Two distributions

Distributed to different cohorts

View Pathway progress for each cohort

View Milestone progress for each cohort

View all Tasks associated with the Pathway

View progress on any one Task

View students within my group

View highlights, flags and alerts for any one student

The big wins …..• Everything stored electronically in one place

• Clear pathways with the ability to track progress

• Easy communication between supervisor and student

• Communication opportunities across research teams

• Transparent recording and reporting for the institution

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