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Graduate Certificate in Researcher Engagement, Development and ImpactApproved Abbreviation: GradCertResEngDevtIm
Western Sydney University Course Code: 8111.1
AQF Level: 8
Course Status: CURRENT
This version of the course is available to new and continuing students.
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 or later.
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.
Course Advice
Prospective students should use the links at the top of the page for general enquiries about this course.Location
Campus | Attendance | Mode | Course Advice | Bankstown Campus | Part Time | Internal |
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Campbelltown Campus | Part Time | Internal |
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Hawkesbury Campus | Part Time | Internal |
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Parramatta Campus - Victoria Road | Part Time | Internal |
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Penrith Campus | Part Time | Internal |
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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 |
800209 | Researcher Engagement and Impact |
Specialisation Units
Students choose one unit depending on career development goals
800210 | So, You Want to Be an Academic? |
800211 | Applied Innovation and Entrepreneurship |
800212 | Research and Public Policy |
Alternate Units
Students choose one unit depending on career development goals
800226 | Grant Proposals and Applications |
800227 | Thirty-Day Research Placement |
Recommended Sequence
800197 | Researcher Knowledge and Development |
800198 | Career and Personal Development |
800209 | Researcher Engagement and Impact |
Choose one of
800210 | So, You Want to Be an Academic? |
800211 | Applied Innovation and Entrepreneurship |
800212 | Research and Public Policy |
Choose one of
800226 | Grant Proposals and Applications |
800227 | Thirty-Day Research Placement |