User:Kellie Toohey/Contract

'''Weakness: Tendency to try and finish everything quickly - A contract was designed to assist in staying on track and to give enough time for each aspect to be completed well.

After initial meeting a contract has been designed and agreed to by PhD student and supervisors to ensure a timeline is set for goals to be achieved throughout the project. Another important aspect of the contract is to ensure all members of the group are on the same page and understand their role in the project.

Meetings and access


 * The student will be expected to arrange monthly meetings to discuss progress and review previously submitted documentation. These meetings (times etc) should be agreed upon by student and supervisor.
 * If need be more regular meetings can take place on an ad hoc basis.
 * If need be more regular meetings can take place on an ad hoc basis.

Planning


 * The supervisor and co-supervisor assist the student to identify, plan and develop the research project(s).
 * The supervisors will determine whether your language proficiency/writing skills are appropriate for PhD level and may direct you to language advisors for support.
 * Your supervisors will assist in identifying potential funding opportunities.
 * Your supervisors will assist in identifying potential funding opportunities.
 * Your supervisors will assist in identifying potential funding opportunities.

'''We agree that the route that you will take in terms of the PhD format will be one of publication. The following criteria apply to this format:'''


 * You will have a minimum of 3 publications published (or accepted for publication) as first author in scientific journals prior to the thesis being submitted for examination. Two of these papers must be in international journals.
 * You will have presented your data at 2 national and 2 international conferences.
 * The thesis that you compile for examination will contain a mini-literature review and the 3 papers as first author that have been published (or accepted for publication).
 * The thesis that you compile for examination will contain a mini-literature review and the 3 papers as first author that have been published (or accepted for publication).
 * The thesis that you compile for examination will contain a mini-literature review and the 3 papers as first author that have been published (or accepted for publication).


 * In addition to the publications and presentations, you will be expected to supervise at least 1 Hons student each year during your PhD candidature.
 * You will also be required to attend an introductory statistics course and if appropriate more advanced level statistics workshops.
 * You will also be required to attend an introductory statistics course and if appropriate more advanced level statistics workshops.

Research timetable:


 * Phase 1 – Ethics approval, Doctoral Portfolio, Literature Review, Research Proposal and Pilot Study completed by 22nd November, 2013.
 * Phase 2 – Ethics approval for main study, recruitment of patients, 1st and 2nd publication by June 2014.
 * Phase 3 – Main intervention study completed by September 2014. 3rd publication October 2014.
 * Consider 4th publication in format of review. Compile thesis by June 2015. August 2015 submit thesis for examination.

Student / Supervisor Contract:

Ethics


 * The student and supervisors(s) will ensure that ethics approval has been granted before the study commences.
 * The student and supervisor will ensure that the research work adheres to national guidelines in regard to research involving human subjects.
 * The student will be required to complete an online ethics course as directed by the supervisor.
 * The student and supervisor(s) will ensure that any deviation away from the original accepted research proposal will serve at the ethics committee.
 * The supervisor(s) may submit the students work through the plagiarism software Turnitin prior to submitting the papers for publication and will definitely submit the thesis before it goes for external examination.
 * The student takes ultimate responsibility for ensuring that plagiarism is not committed.
 * The student and supervisor(s) will ensure that any deviation away from the original accepted research proposal will serve at the ethics committee.
 * The supervisor(s) may submit the students work through the plagiarism software Turnitin prior to submitting the papers for publication and will definitely submit the thesis before it goes for external examination.
 * The student takes ultimate responsibility for ensuring that plagiarism is not committed.
 * The student takes ultimate responsibility for ensuring that plagiarism is not committed.
 * The student takes ultimate responsibility for ensuring that plagiarism is not committed.

Academic


 * The supervisor(s) will direct and guide you towards experts in the field.
 * The supervisors(s) will be expected to provide critique of your work and appropriate recommendations on how to ‘strengthen’ the work.
 * The supervisor(s) will ensure that inadequate progress or work below the expected standard is brought to your attention in writing with indication of what remedial action is required. Continued failure to address these issues may result in the supervisor(s) withdrawing supervision.
 * Similarly, the student can expect to receive timeous feedback from the supervisor(s) regarding their work. Supervisors must provide the student with an indication of the reasonable time period within which they can expect to receive feedback. This may vary from a few days to a couple of weeks.
 * External examiners will be identified by the supervisor(s). These may or may not be divulged to the candidate.
 * Similarly, the student can expect to receive timeous feedback from the supervisor(s) regarding their work. Supervisors must provide the student with an indication of the reasonable time period within which they can expect to receive feedback. This may vary from a few days to a couple of weeks.
 * External examiners will be identified by the supervisor(s). These may or may not be divulged to the candidate.
 * External examiners will be identified by the supervisor(s). These may or may not be divulged to the candidate.
 * External examiners will be identified by the supervisor(s). These may or may not be divulged to the candidate.

Reporting


 * The supervisor(s) will expect the student to compile an annual report on the research progress.

Publications


 * Authorship is to be assigned as early as possible in the development of each research output and reviewed periodically. Where a work has several authors, the order of authorship will be a joint decision of all co-authors. Generally, the first-named author is the one who will be appointed executive author to record authorship and to manage communication about the work with the publisher.
 * A person who qualifies as an author must not be included or excluded as an author without their written permission, which should include a brief description of their contribution to the work. This permission will be retained by the executive author.
 * A person who qualifies as an author must not be included or excluded as an author without their written permission, which should include a brief description of their contribution to the work. This permission will be retained by the executive author.