Induction and compulsory training

Compulsory Training Modules

All Graduate Research candidates are required to undertake the following compulsory training modules within one month of commencing your candidature with us. Most of these are available online via the myDevelopment system.

  • Induction
  • Research Integrity Training
  • Respect at Monash
  • Occupational Health and Safety (OHS1000)
  • Human Research Ethics

Induction

The Faculty induction is organised by the MADA Graduate Research Office once per semester, usually in late March and early August. An overview of key information is available for students who may have a gap between their start date and the next available induction session, or students who wish to refresh their memories.

Register for library sessions through the Library What's on: Graduate research and publishing page.

Research Integrity Training

It is important that all researchers and HDR candidates adhere to responsible research practices, and the Research Integrity module in myDevelopment is designed to provide researchers with a basic understanding of the research practices.

Respect at Monash

Respect at Monash is a compulsory module for all students beginning their studies at Monash, completed online via Respectful Communities

If you are new to Monash University, you’ll need to do this by:

  • 30 April, or
  • 30 September,

whichever is soonest.

Occupational Health and Safety (OHS1000)

The OHS1000 unit is compulsory for all new students, unless previously completed at Monash.

You will be enrolled in this unit in your first semester. It is completed online via the Moodle system.

This unit takes approximately 25 minutes to complete.

You will need to finish this unit before the end of your first semester. If not completed, it will appear on your transcript with a fail result, and will need to be repeated.

Ethics Training, Applications and Approvals

All Monash University researchers, including HDR candidates, are expected to meet the commitments and standards of academic integrity in teaching, service and research. When engaging with human beings in any way that informs your research, you must always seek the approval of the University Committee for Ethics and Compliance (ERM). This also applies to HDR candidates working with undergraduate students. For example, material / information / data collected by HDR candidates through their interactions as part of their undergraduate teaching and then utilising and incorporating this material into their HDR / research project requires ethics approval.

Obtaining ethics approval when working with university students is essential to ensure the ethical conduct of research, protect the rights and well-being of participants, and maintain the integrity and credibility of research findings. It should be obtained before initiating any research activities involving human participants and regardless of the type or scope of the project. Please refer to the human ethics intranet page for more information and a few examples of scenarios for which an ethics approval is required.

The ethics approval process is straightforward through the ERM portal and for the sort of work undertaken at MADA there is a relatively quick turnaround.

Please note: From  January 2024, the completion of the online Human Research Ethics module available through myDevelopment is mandatory for all HDRs undertaking human research activities and who want to submit an ethics application for review to the Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee. The appreciation and compliance of ethical principles in research is also part of the academic research integrity module in professional development and can be found here.