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General Award Rule 4.3.2 allows the the head of school/institute director to delegate their functions regarding research higher degree (PhD and MPhil) candidates to an academic staff member of the school/institute, subject to the approval of the Dean, UQ Graduate School. The delegate is called the postgraduate coordinator (PGC). The head/director should also allocate the responsibility for research higher degree administration to a dedicated general staff member of the school - the postgraduate administrative officer (PAO). Schools and Institutes are asked to use the Nomination of School/Institute PGC and/or PGAO form whenever there is a new or acting
The information requested on this form enables the Dean, UQ Graduate School to approve a nominee as postgraduate coordinator. It also allows the RHD Unit to update
Finally, the signatures on the delegations form are referred to by Graduate School and RHD Unit staff when verifying signatures on other forms and documents. For that reason, please include scanned sigantures when lodging this form via email. |
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Role of the School Postgraduate Coordinator
The Postgraduate Coordinator (sometimes called Director of Graduate Studies) is an experienced senior member of the academic staff of the School, Institute or Centre competent to act as the Head of School’s delegate in making academic, adminis...
Role of the School Postgraduate Administrative Officer
Schools and Institutes designate a member of the general staff to provide administrative assistance to the Postgraduate Coordinator. This Postgraduate Administrative Officer is usually the first point of contact for administrative communications fro...
Policy & Procedure Briefings
The Graduate School and Research Higher Degrees Unit provide policy and procedure briefings for postgraduate coordinators and administrative officers each year. Documents and presentations provided at these briefings is made available on this websit...
Infrastructure Guidelines for the Support of Research Higher Degree Students in Enrolling Units
Introduction The University of Queensland is committed to providing infrastructure support of the highest possible quality for its research higher degree (RHD) candidates: that is, to the provision of all resources that are mutually agreed...
Rating and Justifying Performance Indicators
The University of Queensland's research higher degree programs are structured to assist candidates to develop the attributes described in the Statement of Research Higher Degree Graduate Attr...
Selecting Candidates
The resources on this page are provided by the UQ Graduate School to support schools and institutes in carrying out research higher degree candidature selection. HUPP policy 4.60.4 (
Administering Scholarship Schemes
The resources below are intended for administrators of research scholarship schemes, as distinct from the administration of individual research scholarship holders.
Administering Research Scholarships
The resources below are intended to assist school and institute administrators in the management of research scholarship applicants and scholarship holders.
Monitoring Progress
The school postgraduate coordinator's primary responsibilities during candidature involve monitoring each candidate's progress to facilitate a timely, quality completion. The main mechanisms by which this is achieved are the submission of reports on...
Postgraduate Coordinator's Role in Thesis Assessments
As the designated delegate of the head of school/director of institute, the postgraduate coordinator exercises several important responsibilities on behalf of the school/institute.
Priorities and Timelines for RHD Unit Administrative Processes
Processing Priorities The Research Higher Degrees Unit manages a broad range of administrative processes, of varying complexity and impact. Work tasks associated with those processes are prioritised by RHD Unit staff in the following ...
SI-net Work Activities
The RHD Unit currently records comments about work activity data on SI-net in three locations. Checklists for processes that contain multiple phases of activity (such as admission and enrolment) or multiple componen...
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Administrative Forms
Forms for administrative staff