Innovation and Impact in Research
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36 hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2022 teaching periods
| Hawthorn HT4 Term 4 |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Prerequisites
NilCorequisites
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This unit aims to provide commencing doctoral candidates with the key capabilities to present a research proposal at their Confirmation of Candidature review that will make a significant and original contribution to knowledge and/or practice. In exposing doctoral candidates to the characteristics of innovative and impactful research as well as a range of strategies, tools and processes for its development, this unit seeks to help them to cultivate the mindset, knowledge and practical skills to design to translate this to their own research.
Students who successfully complete this unit, will be able to:
- Differentiate a range of generic strategies/processes/tools that supervisors and PhD candidates across different disciplines often use to develop PhD topics engage with significance and originality, project quality and impact.
- Evaluate, adopt, and adapt these generic strategies/processes/tools in their own research context to generate contents that can help them to propose a doctoral research project that makes significant and original contribution to knowledge/practice.
- Present their doctoral research project’s potential theoretical/practical contributions to smart non-expert audiences via oral and written communication channels.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
| Activity | Total Hours | Hours | Teaching Period Weeks |
| Self-paced on-line activities | 24 hours | 24 hours | Modules 1-6 |
| Face-to-face / online theme-based workshops | 12hours | 12 hours | Any time during completing modules 1-6 |
Assessment
Oral presentation (Individual) 50% - Assesses attainment of learning outcomes 1, 2, 3
Written report (individual) 50% - Assesses attainment of learning outcomes 1, 2, 3
General skills outcomes
• Cognitive skills
• Analytical skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Creative skills
• Communication and presentation skills
• Analytical skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Creative skills
• Communication and presentation skills
Content
1. OVERVIEW: making a contribution
2. MOTIVATION: identifying research drivers
3. ORIGINALITY: validating the knowledge gap
4. QUALITY: ensuring rigour and integrity
5. SIGNIFICANCE: expressing originality and significance
6. IMPACT: creating impact pathways
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
Students are advised to check the unit outline in the relevant teaching period for appropriate textbooks and further reading