Requirements for Confirmation

1
Confirmation Seminar

• Requirements for Confirmation

2
The process

• Confirmation form
• Confirmation Seminar
• Advice about confirmation process
• Advice on each section of the confirmation report
• What are you going to do?
• Why are you going to do it?
• How are you going to do it?
• Who will care if you achieve your proposed
  outcomes?

3
Other resources

• ATN Modules on
• Leadership and Communication
• Critical and Creative Thinking
• Critical Writing

4
The Plan

• the area of study in which the candidate's course
  is located
• any remaining coursework to be completed
  including an assessment plan
• the nature of participation in scholarly
  activities of the centre, school, or faculty in
  which the study is being undertaken
• the objectives of the program of research and
  investigation and its relationship to published
  research in the same field
• the research methods to be followed
• the mode of thesis presentation e.g. by
  publication, monograph or creative works.
• the title of the thesis and
• a time-line for completion of the research
  program.

5
For articulation

• required administrative details
• reasons for articulation
• Evidence of the candidate's capacity to undertake
  research at the PhD level and evidence of
  research project meeting PhD level requirements
• substantial details of progress to date
• full course of study
• a time-line for completion of the project
• a certified copy of the candidate's academic
  record (if transferring from another recognised
  institution)
• a formal request for the amount of credit to be
  granted for previous candidature
• a Research Ethics Checklist or a copy of QUT
  Ethics Committee Clearance
• proposed supervisors and their credentials and
• an Intellectual Property Agreement if required
  (ref. Regulation 6.7).

6
The Faculty Report

• an appraisal of the research capacity of the
  candidate
• an appraisal of the candidate's progress and
  suitability for continuation in the PhD program
• the documents prepared by the candidate pursuant
  to Regulation 12.1
• a statement that the research program is of the
  standard required for a PhD program
• statements of whether the studies continue to be
  within the aims and objectives and physical and
  human resources of the centre and/or the school
  and
• a report on the candidate's seminar.

7
Research Degrees Committee

• will, if the conditions are met, confirm the
  candidature and notify the candidate or
• may require changes to the planned research
  program or
• may, if the recommendation of the faculty
  committee is not to confirm the candidature
  immediately, place the candidate under review for
  up to three months. At the end of the Review
  Period, the faculty committee must advise the
  Research Degrees Committee whether the conditions
  of the review have been met.