Complete this form to register as a supervisor or upgrade to principal level
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You can register as a supervisor only if you are research active, as defined by this Research Active Policy
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You can register as a a principal supervisor only if you have supervised a candidate, enrolled at the level you want to supervise, from commencement to completion
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However, you can also register as a principal supervisor if
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you attend 4 hours of training dedicated to upgrade to principal level
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you agree to attend 8 additional hours of optional supervisory training and workshops
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you agree to receive 4 hours of mentoring from a principal supervisor
This checklist will be updated occasionally and reminds supervisors of the tasks and roles they should complete with each candidate
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before they agree to supervise this person
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during the first meeting after enrolment
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during the first year
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throughout candidature
To comply with the Higher Education Standards Framework, supervisors must access and complete this training, either online or in person.
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If you attend in person, the training session will last four hours
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If you complete the training online, you might need between two and six hours, depending on your experience
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You will be invited to complete this training every four years.
Throughout the year, supervisors can attend these monthly workshops each lasting two hours. Specifically
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during one hour, supervisors can share challenges they have experienced and potential solutions, facilitated by an experienced supervisor or specialist
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during the other hour, a specialist will present insights about a specific topic—each designed to help supervisors assist their most challenging candidates and to save time
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These topics may include
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how to read drafts and deliver feedback more rapidly
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how to address suicidal ideation, depression, aggression, and other mental health problems as well as inspire candidates
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how to resolve conflict and avoid litigation
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how to support Indigenous candidates, international candidates, remote candidates, and diverse candidates more effectively
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how to prepare more effective meetings and enhance the skills of candidates more efficiently
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how to attract and to select the best applicants
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how to increase the likelihood your candidates receive a scholarship—such as how to increase their alliance index: a score that measures the degree to which a research proposal overlaps with the strengths of UOW
This online discussion forum​​ enables academics to share resources or insights—on both supervision and research in general—that could assist their peers. For example, supervisors might
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post links to videos, tutorials, or guidelines that might benefit students
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disclose concerns or questions they would like other supervisors to answer
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share insights they have recently discovered on how to solve a problem, such as how to assist candidates who disregard advice or do not write coherently.
Supervisors might be motivated to contribute towards this discussion group because they want to
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help their colleagues and improve the university
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demonstrate some of their skills—perhaps to foster collaborations
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demonstrate their leadership capability to support promotion applications
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encourage other supervisors to contribute as well
A reciprocal agreement
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This database enables candidates at one university to be supervised by academics at other partner universities
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If you want to supervise a candidate at another university, enter your research interests in this database
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If you want to locate an external supervisor of your candidates at another university, search this database
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The database is designed to equate the level of supervision across these partner universities