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
How could youhelp your students
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