Professional Development

During the course of the year, MADA offers the following Professional Development opportunities for our HDR candidates. It is highly recommended that you attend these to support your research project and progress.  Please email the respective facilitators directly if you would like to enrol in a module.

This research training provides an introduction to key approaches to research enquiry in MADA disciplines. Students will engage with a series of workshop sessions that will help them to articulate their approach to research, situate their research in relation to the field of practice and articulate research questions and aims. Students will consider how to frame their research in relation to literature and develop skills to help them produce a compelling narrative around their research to develop into a presentation which will assist them to prepare for confirmation.  The training consists of 12 x 2 hour workshops.

This research training orients students toward key approaches and methods common to creative practices research.  A series of practicums and workshops will prepare students to define research methods that are appropriate to their individual research projects. The activity comprises 12 x 2 hour workshops

This research training offers a series of practical workshops on writing for creative practice disciplinary contexts. The workshops focus on developing an understanding of research aims and strategies to refine and focus research positions and questions and will include direction on how to structure and organise a thesis/exegesis, practical advice on writing, revising and editing as well as writing for peer-review and professional journals. The training comprises 12 X 2 hour workshops.

This research training offers candidates the opportunity to participate in planning, presentations of their research and engagement with the broader research community through the annual MADA HDR symposia in a variety of ways that correspond to their stage of candidature. These engagements might include: presentations of ‘mini-milestones’; interdisciplinary thematic cluster discussions; workshops and methods sharing activities; and student-led sessions.