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Research Structures
Monash University Sunway campus has
structured its learning, research and research training to deliver
quality degrees, create opportunities for world-class research and
international collaboration, and to support a culture of innovation.
Schools
Monash University Sunway campus 6
schools are: Arts and Social Sciences, Business, Engineering, Information Technology,
Medicine and Health Sciences and Science.
Our schools play an essential role in increasing and supporting research
activity by:
- Providing funding to support new
research
- Advice on the preparation of
grants, seminars and workshops on grantsmanship and grant writing,
project management, research development and good practice, and
publishing processes
- Seminars and mentor programs to
inform and support new HDR supervisors and early career researchers
- Building relationships with
industry and other potential collaborative partners, and building
strategic alliances with overseas universities and research
institutions
- Visiting academic programs,
particularly for international academics
- Equipping laboratories with the
most essential resources for research
- Promoting honours programs to
undergraduate students and HDR to honours students
- Travel support funds to at least
one international conference to present their work
- Identifying and disseminating new
potential sources of funding
- Ensuring that recruitment,
appointment and development of academic staff is strategic and
fosters research leadership
Research Resources
Support services - Support for research
is provided at many levels of the university including by the:
- Deputy Vice-Chancellor
(Research), Pro Vice-Chancellor and President (Malaysia) and Deputy
Pro Vice-Chancellor and President (Malaysia),
with responsibility for whole-of-university research and research
training in areas including strategic direction, infrastructure,
identifying and supporting strengths, promotion and efficient use of
funding
- Head
of each school, with overall accountability for driving the school’s
research and research training strategy
- Campus Research Office,
which supports staff involved in research with information, advice
and administrative services for grants development and management,
ethics and compliance, research information systems to a wide range
of doctoral programs and coordinates the university’s postgraduate
research training activities
- School Research Office
of each school responsible for managing and monitoring the research
and research training of the school. The office also administers a
wide range of doctoral programs and events and provides supports to
staff, students and the public.
- Library,
providing access to high quality information and materials in
multiple formats across the global Monash network.
- Information Technology
Services, which includes
IT support and services to students and researchers.
Research
Training
The key strengths of research training
at Monash University have been the quality supervision of research
students and provision of a conducive environment for research students
and their supervisors to contribute to the discovery of new knowledge,
and intellectual life of the university.
To achieve these, the university has
developed a supervision accreditation process
(http://www.mrgs.monash.edu.au/research/staff/supervision/overview.html).
The research supervision training
workshop is conducted every year.
The campus is also required to comply
with relevant ethics and safety policies of the university.
A range of honours degree programs were
introduced at Monash Malaysia. The honours programs provide a pathway
for students into the Masters, MPhil and PhD programs at Monash
University.
Planning, Monitoring
and Review
The Campus Research Committee oversees
all the research and development activities on the campus, including
assessing and allocating research grants, the MPhil and PhD program,
developing and reviewing policies pertaining to managing research and
research training at Monash University Sunway campus. Hence, the
Research and Research Training Plan 2006 – 2010 was developed to:
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Provide an environment that supports
high quality research and attracts the best researchers from around
the world
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Strengthen funding and
infrastructure to support high quality research
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Create an environment where staff
are valued for their contributions to research and scholarship
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Develop strategies, including
scholarships, to attract the highest quality research students
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Add to existing support and
professional development of research students and ensure training of
supervisors
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Develop funding strategies that
strike a balance between research strengths and fostering early
career researchers and scholars
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Provide mentorship for early career
researchers
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