Course

Graduate Certificate in Researcher Engagement, Development and Impact

Approved Abbreviation: GradCertResEngDevtIm

Western Sydney University Course Code: 8111.1

AQF Level: 8

Students should follow the course structure for the course version relevant to the year they commenced. This version applies to students whose commencement year for this course is 2H 2018 to 1H 2021.

The purpose of this course is to formally recognise and acknowledge the many and varied skills you develop during your higher degree by research candidature, as well as providing you with opportunities to enhance and refine the skills you will require for employment in an ever-changing workforce. This course will prepare you for a career both within academia and beyond, including areas such as public policy development, innovation and entrepreneurship. Designed to complement the key milestones that are part of your PhD journey, this course also provides you with a scaffolded structure to ensure timely completion of your research degree. By completing this course, you will become more than a researcher, you will be competitive in an increasingly changing job market and ready for the challenges that lie ahead developing skills in communication, impact and engagement.

Study Mode
Three years part-time.

Admission

Students must be enrolled in a Higher Degree Research Doctoral course (D.Ed, PhD, DCR, DCA, DBA, D. Medicine)

Course Structure

Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 60 credit points as per the recommended sequence below.

The Graduate Certificate in Researcher Engagement, Development and Impact (GCREDI) has been designed to utilise the current HDR workshop program packaged into units and incorporate the current milestones HDR students are required to complete as part of their candidature. It all commences on day one at Orientation that focusses the student and their supervisor on setting objectives for the future and clarifying the expectations required of them. Orientation provides a structured introduction to the PhD and reinforces the need to develop transferrable skills beyond the thesis during their candidature.

This course consists of 60 credit points (six units), with four compulsory core units, one specialisation unit and one alternate unit.

Core Units

800198

Career and Personal Development

800197

Researcher Knowledge and Development

800199

Knowledge Translation

800209

Researcher Engagement and Impact

Specialisation Units

Students choose one unit depending on career development goals