As a postgraduate student in the Department of Economics, you can expect to take full advantage of a comprehensive range of Departmental facilities and support mechanisms. For some students these will include a photocopy allowance, conference support and interlibrary loans.

PhD Students

The Department provides PhD students with supervisor support (and for full-time PhD students, physical and financial support) to enable you to produce high quality theses and to participate in Department research and professional activities. In the first instance you should discuss your needs with your supervisor. As an indication, the following lists the types of support normally provided. If you have special, or additional needs these can be arranged with your supervisor and the PhD Co-ordinator.

Supervisor Support

At lease one full-time academic staff member, and often one or two additional members, is appointed to supervise the thesis component of your PhD. You and your supervisor(s) meet regularly to help define and refine your thesis topic, to review and evaluate work in progress, to provide advice and assistance, and to comment on chapter drafts and ultimately a draft thesis.

For their thesis, students can also consider choosing a supervisor from the Melbourne Institute. Staff specialise in applied economic and social research topics, particularly in the areas of labour markets and policy, applied macroeconomics, analyses using the HILDA longitudinal survey, applied microeconomics and health economics. Further details can be obtained from
www.melbourneinstitute.com

In addition, each year you will present at least one progress report on your thesis topic to an audience of PhD students and academics.

PhD students are required to participate in Departmental seminars and workshops, and to join in with other regular Department activities.

Systems Support

hardware and software to support PhD activities. Your needs will be assessed by your Supervisor and by the Department's IT Co-ordinator.

• full access to Departmental IT support services.

Workstation/Work Area

Depending upon the allocation of space from the Faculty of Economics and Commerce, the Department endeavors to provide each full-time PhD student with a workstation and work area (particularly through the thesis writing phase).

Photocopying Services

Full-time PhD students are entitled to a maximum of 1000 sheets of photocopying per semester. Part-time PhD students are entitled to a maximum of 500 sheets of photocopying per semester. 

Inter-Library Loans

PhD students (both full and part-time) are entitled to 10 interlibrary loans per year.

Conference Attendance

If you are a full-time PhD student enrolled in the Department we will fully financially support your attendance at one national conference, provided you are presenting a paper, during the duration of your PhD. It is preferable that the conference be in your final year of candidature. In addition, at the discretion of the Head of Department, the Department may also support your attendance at an overseas conference as a presenter.

Postage and Other Research Costs

Reimbursement of costs associated with research activities (eg survey mailouts, costs of experiments and data) is at the discretion of the Head of Department, who will act on the advice of the candidate's Supervisor. Applications are assessed on a case by case basis.