Graduate Research School

The Guidelines for Preparing Research Proposals state:

How you should approach this

Provide the board with the name and contact details of your supervisor(s).

Indicate the role they will fill, such as:

• co-ordinating supervisor - responsible for ensuring that all administrating and reporting requirements of the supervisors are met.
  
• co-supervisor - works with the co-ordinating supervisor in providing research advice in the discipline.
  
• secondary supervisor - provides assistance with particular aspects of research (may include back-up supervisor).
  
• external supervisor - does not hold a UWA appointment, for example, from industry or other university.
  

In the early stages of your candidature, you should lay the ground rules regarding the nature of your working relationship with your supervisor. In addressing this section, reflect on the arrangements that have been agreed upon. If you have more than one supervisor, you must also discuss with them the relative input of each, and include the decisions made in this section.

Example entry in this section

Co-ordinating supervisor: Dr Susan Broomhall 75 per cent
Meetings every three weeks. Review of two drafts of each chapter as completed and one review of the final thesis. Dr Broomhall will be responsible for ensuring that all administration and reporting requirements from the supervisors are met. As co-ordinating supervisor, she will receive all correspondence from the Graduate Research School relating to the candidate, and is responsible for all communication with and between other supervisors.

Co-supervisor: Professor Philippa Maddern 25 per cent
Meetings once per quarter and one review of the final thesis. Professor Maddern will also respond to queries relating to Latin.