Project

Australian Law Postgraduate Network (ALPN)

Project Information

Year Funded:: 2006
Grant (ex GST):: $192,216
Project Status:: Completed
Program:: Leadership for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
Project Keywords:: ALPN, Australian Law Postgraduate Network, Australian Law Postgraduate Research Bulletin, CALD, Law postgraduate supervision, Master of Law (by research), Methodology, PhD, SJD
Project Discipline:: Law

Institutions

The University of New England (Lead)
Bond University
Charles Darwin University
Deakin University
Flinders University
Griffith University
James Cook University
La Trobe University
Macquarie University
Monash University
Queensland University of Technology
Southern Cross University
The Australian National University
The University of New South Wales
The University of Newcastle
The University of Notre Dame Australia
The University of Western Australia
University of Canberra
University of Technology, Sydney
University of Western Sydney
University of Wollongong
Victoria University

Project Leader

Professor Stephen Colbran
The University of New England
stephen [dot] colbran [at] une [dot] edu [dot] au

Project Outcome

This project will improve the methodology and supervisory arrangements for High Degree Research students in Law across 22 Australian universities through collaboration, informationsharing and training.

Project Methodology

The project will demonstrate the synergies that can be developed through:

connecting dedicated professional academics in different institutions who have expertise in a student?s postgraduate research (PhD, SJD, LLM (Research) topic;
students having access to experienced supervisors in their specific area of interest across institutions;
providing students with an easy-to-locate list of supervisors, supervision records, and topics;
improving the knowledge of alternative research methodologies amongst legal academics and higher degree research students;
providing methodological support;
encouraging interaction and collaboration between students, between supervisors and others (such as statisticians and methodology experts) across institutions;
professionally marketing Australian postgraduate research degrees (PhD, SJD, LLM (Research)) to international students;
breaking down the isolation often felt by law PhD and SJD students in particular.

The information on this project's page was correct at the time of funding. Changes may have occurred since.

Resources

Website for the development of legal postgraduate supervision

Resource Information

Year Published:: 2008
Author/s:: Stephen Colbran, Belinda Tynan
Institutions:: The University of New England (Lead); Bond University; Charles Darwin University; Deakin University; Flinders University; Griffith University; James Cook University; La Trobe University; Macquarie University; Monash University; The Australian National University; The University of Queensland