Overview
ECU’s Graduate Research School works to enhance the quality of the research experience and culture for research master and doctoral candidates, their supervisors and schools.
We provide a variety of support and development services, including face-to-face and online training, seminars, academic events and social activities.
Research journey
The research journey web pages will guide you through the many steps from your initial enrolment until you have completed your research degree. These pages provide information for research students, supervisors and research support staff.
The stages of the research journey include:
- Provisional candidature;
- Confirmation of candidature;
- Undertaking your research;
- Writing and presenting your research;
- Thesis examination; and
- Graduation
SOAR Centre
Part of the Graduate Research School, our SOAR Centre (Support – Opportunities – Advice – Resources) is a free, peer-to-peer service open to all higher degree by research and honours students.
We provide support and information with a focus on research skills training and career development.
Our services include:
- peer-to-peer appointments for research skills development and support;
- access and assistance with career guidance software;
- help for building your career development plan; and
- interactive workshops
Research training and resources
In addition to the training, resources and consultation services provided by your faculty and school, the Graduate Research School offers cross-discipline training and resources to all higher degree by research candidates and honours students.
This includes:
- interactive workshops;
- online research training courses;
- research software; and
- database access to eBooks, journals and theses
News & events
Three Minute Thesis Final promises an exciting showcase of ECU research
Friday, 13 September 2019
This September 10 students will compete to be crowned as the ECU 3MT champion. Discover the research being conducted by ECU’s Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Master by Research students at the ECU 2019 Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT) final.
Three Minute Thesis competitors summarise 80,000 words in just 180 seconds!
Monday, 26 August 2019
Discover the research being conducted by ECU’s Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Master by Research students at the ECU 2019 Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT). Twenty students will battle to get through to the final, where ten students will compete to be crowned as the ECU 3MT champion.
What’s all this talk about theory?
Monday, 10 June 2019
Dr Neil Ferguson, Research Adviser (Qualitative), Graduate Research School, looks at where to start when researchers are asked to "choose a theory".