PhD by Publication (or prior publication) workshop for supervisors and candidates

I have been invited to present a seminar during the 1-day workshop at CSU in Canberra

PhD by Publication (or prior publication) workshop for supervisors and candidates

Organising committee: Dr Donna Bridges and Dr Monica Short

Abstract: Due to the success of our inaugural workshop FoAE Research Café Seminar “PhD (with Publication) & PhD by Prior Publication” and the frequent questions and requests for a follow-up event, we are holding a full-day information and discussion workshop for supervisors and candidates on the topic. 

• 10 am Morning tea and arrival 
• 10.30 am Prof Mark Evans presenting on: “The Philosophy of the PhD by publication – Why it is the way of the future”. 
• 11 am Prof Sarah O’Shea presenting on: “Phd by Publication: Pitfalls and Potentials” 
• Noon Workshop - TBA Workshop facilitators: Dr Emma Rush, Rohena Duncombe. Dr Donna Bridges, Dr Monica Short 
• 1 pm Lunch 
• 1.30 Prof Sharynne McLeod presenting on: “Getting publications when you are supervising or a student in a PhD for Publication program - how does it work, who does what, what are the timelines?” 
• 2.00 Professor Inger Mewburn (The Thesis Whisper) from ANU on: “Be visible or vanish” 
• 3.00 Workshop - TBA Workshop facilitators: Dr Emma Rush, Rohena Duncombe. Dr Donna Bridges, Dr Monica Short 
•  4 pm Close

Prof Inger Mewburn with the organising committee

Mason, S., & Merga, M. (2018). A current view of the thesis by publication in the humanities and social sciences. International Journal of Doctoral Studies, 13, 139-154. 

Professor Sharynne McLeod’s PhD students’ theses 

https://researchoutput.csu.edu.au/en/persons/smcleodcsueduau/supervised/ 

Some of my PhD students' theses that I shared today

PhD by prior publication: 

1. https://researchoutput.csu.edu.au/en/publications/evaluation-and-eligibility-of-students-with-communication-disorde 

PhD with publications:  

1. https://researchoutput.csu.edu.au/en/publications/home-language-maintenance-among-vietnamese-australian-families 
2. https://researchoutput.csu.edu.au/en/publications/toddlers-with-cleft-palate-enhancing-communication-through-holist  
3. https://researchoutput.csu.edu.au/en/publications/wait-lifting-active-waiting-for-speech-and-language-services-by-c 
4. https://researchoutput.csu.edu.au/en/publications/english-proficiency-intelligibility-and-participation-of-multilin 
5. https://researchoutput.csu.edu.au/en/publications/childrens-acquisition-of-consonants-semivowels-vowels-and-tones-i 
6. https://researchoutput.csu.edu.au/en/publications/supporting-fijian-childrens-communication 
7. https://researchoutput.csu.edu.au/en/publications/polysyllable-maturity-of-preschool-children-with-speech-sound-dis-3 
8. https://researchoutput.csu.edu.au/en/publications/embracing-diversity-creating-equality-supporting-the-speech-langu-3 
9. https://researchoutput.csu.edu.au/en/publications/multilingual-children-with-hearing-loss-communication-and-choice 
10. https://researchoutput.csu.edu.au/en/publications/the-extent-and-experience-of-childhood-speech-impairment-3

Analysing data from the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children in Canberra

This week Linda Harrison, Audrey Wang and I have been in Canberra visiting the Department of Social Services (DSS). We have been working with Fiona Skelton and Ana Sartbayeva who have been assisting us with the analysis of the Footprints in Time: Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children database. Speech Pathology Australia have commissioned this research. We really appreciated the insights from Fiona and Ana to ensure our analysis and interpretation of the data is the best it can be in order to respect the children and families who have contributed these data.

Sharynne, Fiona, Ana, Linda and Audrey at DSS, Canberra

Understanding children’s communication and educational needs using Australia’s longitudinal datasets

Today Linda Harrison, Audrey Wang and I presented an invited seminar at the Department of Social Services (DSS) in Canberra. The presentation was titled "Understanding children’s communication and educational needs using Australia’s longitudinal datasets". The audience included people from the National Centre for Longitudinal Data (DSS) and the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. The audience asked many questions and some asked for additional information following the presentation. It is great to see that our work is of relevance to members of the government who are responsible for developing policy.

Here is the abstract:

The Australian Government has funded research to create longitudinal datasets that provide valuable insights into children’s communication and educational needs:

• Growing up in Australia: Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) 
• Footprints in Time: Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSIC) 

Researchers from Charles Sturt University have analysed these datasets, learning many valuable insights that have informed policy and practice. Insights to be profiled during the seminar, include:

• Indigenous Australian children spoke between one and eight languages including: English, Indigenous languages, creoles, foreign languages, and sign languages. Children who spoke an Indigenous language were more likely to live in moderate to extreme isolation. 
• Multilingualism did not contribute to poorer educational and social-emotional outcomes at school. 
• The main predictor of academic difficulties at school was concern about 4- to 5-year-old children’s speech and language (regardless of monolingual or multilingual status). 
• Children with speech and language problems in early childhood achieved significantly lower scores on every NAPLAN test (reading, writing, spelling, grammar and numeracy) at years 3, 5 and 7 compared to students without these problems. 
• Most children with speech and language problems had not seen a speech pathologist. 

The profiled research has been funded by Australian Research Council Discovery and Future Fellowship grants and Speech Pathology Australia. Insights from Australian Government’s longitudinal datasets have been profiled in the national media, published in high profile international academic journals, and used to inform government submissions including:

• Productivity Commission Inquiry into the Education Evidence Base (2016) 
• Senate Education and Employment References Committee into Inquiry into the current levels of access and attainment of students with disabilities (2015) 
• Senate Community Affairs References Committee into Prevalence of different types of speech, language and communication disorders and speech pathology in Australia (2014)

Building a New Life in Australia (BNLA) data analysis

This week Helen Blake and I are working with Laura Bennetts Kneebone at the Department of Social Services in Canberra. We are analysing data from the Building a New Life in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Humanitarian Migrants. The first wave of the BNLA draws on data from 2399 respondents from 1509 households interviewed in 2013/14. We are considering the impact of English language proficiency on migrants’ settlement and participation in Australia. We have learned that our paper based on these data has been accepted for presentation at the Australian Institute of Family Studies conference in Melbourne in July.

Laura Bennetts Kneebone, Helen Blake, Sharynne