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Identifying risks for cross-disciplinary higher degree research students
Blackmore, K.L. and Nesbitt, K.V.
Managing attrition rates and completion times of higher
degree research students are key considerations for
Universities as they are directly tied to future funding for
research places. Even where higher degree research
students are focused within a single discipline there are a
number of risks that can impact on completion. However,
there is also evidence of an increase in cross-disciplinary
research within Australia. The nature of cross-disciplinary
research raises further issues concerning the supervision
and progression of PhD candidates and the examination of
their works. We discuss a number of issues from a case
study of the authors' own PhD experience, which spanned
the computing and business disciplines. We conclude by
drawing on some experiences in project management
from the software engineering community and finally
recommend that all participants in higher degree research
consider a strategy of preventive risk management.
Cite as: Blackmore, K.L. and Nesbitt, K.V. (2008). Identifying risks for cross-disciplinary higher degree research students. In Proc. Tenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2008), Wollongong, NSW, Australia. CRPIT, 78. Simon and Hamilton, M., Eds. ACS. 43-52.
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