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Abstract
Admission into a PhD program sometimes assumes that all students are adequately equipped to define and plan a major research project, and possess the necessary skills in research methodology to further the research in a timely manner. In reality, this is often a flawed assumption.
With the increase of non‐traditional PhD students over the past few years the challenge for providers of quality postgraduate research programs is to ensure that the needs of all students are identified and appropriate support put in place to allow a rapid and productive commitment to the research project.
The University of Adelaide had developed a structured program which is an overall policy with accompanying guidelines to facilitate the development of discipline‐specific programs. This paper refers to relevant research in the area of postgraduate research support programs and provides examples of some of the discipline‐specific programs which have been developed at the University of Adelaide.
