Student topics

Potential projects under the topic of Professional Learning include:Professional Learning Mentoring Chain using an *Arts Immersion approach to learning and teachingProfessional learning for 21st century - self-directed and continuous life-long learningHuman capacity development vs school educationTeacher professional identity, self-efficacy, possible selves

Study level

PhD, Master of Philosophy

Faculty

Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice

School

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

Potential projects under the topic of Language and Literacy include:Enhancing critical reading beyond the classroom with migrant and refugee-background youthCritical digital literacy and communication - how digital platforms have affected and will continue to affect literacy and communication practices in educationThe affect and affordances of algorithms on online literacy practicesHow can Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teacher aides or support workers assist teachers with Indigenous Language learning in the classroom?

Study level

PhD, Master of Philosophy

Faculty

Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice

School

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

Smart campus is an emerging concept following the smart city research movement and is predominantly argued to be a miniature replica of the smart city providing an ideal prototype for university campus development. The smart campus concept has attracted much attention, predominantly due to the rise in artificial intelligence, internet-of-things, cloud computing and big data applications in advancing university campus operation efficiency. In recent years, Australian universities started to invest in smart campus technologies and development opportunities.ReferenceA brief background on …

Study level

PhD, Master of Philosophy, Honours

Faculty

Faculty of Engineering

School

School of Architecture and Built Environment

The research objective focuses on comparing the top 100 universities (according to the Times Higher Education) from 2010 to 2020. The objective of the project is fourfold. First, to derive appropriate research outputs per university. Second, employ a Network DEA approach to identify (in)efficiencies within the network. Third, to measure productivity change of universities using the Fare-Primont index. Fourth, to determine sources of (in)efficiencies and productivity.This project is both theoretical and applied. The applicant should possess strong mathematical and computational …

Study level

PhD

Faculty

Faculty of Business and Law

School

School of Economics and Finance

The extent to which current employability models explain the transition from education to work for migrants in Australia has received little empirical attention to date. For example, social capital plays an integral part in most young people's transitions into employment, yet many migrant Australians lack accessibility to social networks that create employment opportunities outside their local communities.This topic would be suitable for students who are interested in exploring migrant job seekers’ experiences in transitioning from education to employment across urban …

Study level

PhD, Master of Philosophy

Faculty

Faculty of Business and Law

School

School of Management

Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is highly prevalent and clinically problematic, occurring in up to 60–80% of people receiving chemotherapy. Despite the high prevalence and significant patient and healthcare burden of CIPN, treatment options are limited.This project will explore the association between medication and dietary supplement use and symptom severity of CIPN to identify factors that might worsen or improve CIPN symptoms.

Study level

Honours

Faculty

Faculty of Health

School

School of Nursing

Research centre(s)

Centre for Healthcare Transformation
Cancer and Palliative Care Outcomes Centre

The Australian federal government has committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 to address and reverse the effects of climate change and transition to a circular economy. Achieving net-zero will require a shift in how we use, share and dispose of products, and our relationship to our local communities and planet.In other words, this goal will require an extraordinary shift in the way we ordinarily live. As informal practices of circularity are already happening across Australian neighbourhoods, they have …

Study level

PhD

Faculty

Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice

School

School of Design

Stochastic simulation-based models are routinely used in many areas of science to describe inherent randomness in many real-world systems. Applications include the study of particle physics, imaging if black holes, biochemical processes, the migration of animals, and the spread of infectious diseases. To apply these models to interpret data requires statistical methods to estimate model parameters.Unfortunately, standard statistical techniques are not capable of analysing data using these models. This is largely due to the model likelihood, the probability of the …

Study level

PhD, Master of Philosophy, Honours

Faculty

Faculty of Science

School

School of Mathematical Sciences

Research centre(s)

Centre for Data Science

Recovering, recycling, reuse and reducing waste in the health sector becomes more and more important as it will help hospitals to become more sustainable and to reduce their impact on greenhouse gas emissions. Life cycle assessments of materials, for examples plastic packaging, is an important tool to establish the best practice for recovery and recycling of these materials.

Study level

Honours

Faculty

Faculty of Science

School

School of Chemistry and Physics

Research centre(s)

Centre for a Waste-Free World