Information for Swinburne Researchers

Research Integrity

Conduct of Research Policy

Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research

Ownership of Intellectual Property

IP is managed by Swinburne Knowledge.

Management of intellectual property (Swinburne Melbourne link)

Intellectual Property Policy (Swinburne Melbourne link)

Consultancies

Three types of consultancies are recognised at Swinburne:

The "University Consultancy" constitutes the main type of Consultancy. It involves the provision of professional services and products to external parties for remuneration or other consideration. 

"Community Service Consultancy” refers to Consultancy that is undertaken for charity, community or public purpose, or as corporate citizenship by staff members in their capacity as University employees or using University resources where such activities involve low risk of litigation.

“Private Consultancy” means Consultancy undertaken for remuneration or other consideration by a Staff Member in his or her personal capacity as an individual or through a partnership, private company, trust, or any similar entity, as opposed to in his or her capacity as employee of the University. Private consultancies must be approved by the University. Check with the Research & Consultancy Office for the procedure.

Staff Consultancy Policy

Research Ethics

The Research & Consultancy Office is responsible via Swinburne Research for the University meeting its commitment to high professional and ethical standards with respect to human research activity, the care and use of animals for scientific purposes and in relation to genetically modified organisms. Swinburne Research provides advice to researchers and other members of the University community on research ethics policy and procedures to ensure compliance with internal and external regulatory and funding requirements, including proper monitoring and reporting. Secretariat assistance is also provided to the various Swinburne ethics committees. For information on all areas of research ethics at Swinburne please continue here (Swinburne Melbourne link).

Research with Postgraduates

Accreditation as a postgraduate supervisor
All staff who wish to supervise postgraduates by research have to be accredited by the Higher Research Degrees Committee.
Application form

Getting a postgraduate student

Procedure

The SUTS Postgraduate Research Studentship

Output from Research Activity

Publishing, Publications Collection and the SUTS Publications database 

Publishing in indexed journals
Analysis of the data underpinning our top 500 ranking has shown that our prime vulnerability is in relation to the number of publications we have in indexed journals. Consolidating our ranking is very important as it provides a very visible externally accredited message regarding our research status. Researchers can help minimise the risk we carry in this area by publishing in indexed journals, where such a choice exists. We need staff, where possible, to select indexed journals for publication.

Research Publications Collection
(Australian Department of Education, Employment & Workplace Relations audited research output)
Swinburne collects its publication data on a yearly basis (announced around mid-year). Academics should make themselves aware of the requirements before submission  Information concerning the DEEWR Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC) can be found here (this link navigates away from the Swinburne Sarawak website and will lead to pages that may contain Swinburne Melbourne-centric information).