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Facilities & Resources

The following are a list of facilities and resources available to Research Higher Degree students in the Melbourne Law School.

	Research Support Programme	Swipe Card (24 hr) Access to the Law Building
	Research Support Funds	Common Rooms
	Graduate Research Student Law Bulletin	Student Computing in the Law School
	Faculty Research Workshops	Printing Credits
	Workspaces within the Law School	Telephone Access
	Law Library Carrels for Part-Time Graduate Research Students	On-line Research Assistants Database
	Student Lockers

Research Support Programme

The Reseach Support Programme (RSP) is a three-year programme designed to assist graduate research students with their research and to provide them with support over the duration of their candidature within the Faculty of Law. Broadly stated, the aim of the first year is to help students to develop some of the skills that are necessary to complete a research higher degree, to assist them with developing a good approach to and timetable for research, and to provide them with a chance to ge to know other graduate research students and members of the faculty.

In the second year, the focus will shift to research theories and methodologies, as well as writing skills. In the final year year there will be a chance for students to present their work at the twice yearly RHD Colloquium.

Research Support Funds (RSF)

The Faculty provides graduate research students with funding to assist with costs associated with undertaking thesis related research. Funding is capped at $4,000 for the duration of one's candidature. RSF guidelines and application forms, along with the dates of the four annual funding rounds are availabe from the Law Research website.

Graduate Research Student Law Bulletin

The Graduate Student Research Law Bulletin is published weekly on a Wednesday. The Bulletin provides Law graduate research students with information on such things as key administrative issues, upcoming seminars and conferences, funding opportunities. Email notifications are sent to students pgrad.unimelb email accounts.

Faculty Research Workshops

Faculty Research Workshops are held each Monday during semester. The workshops provide a forum for discussing the research of faculty members, visitors and graduate research students. Graduate research students have a standing invitation to these workshops, with reminders included in the weekly Graduate Research Student Law Bulletin. Click here to view the 2008 Research Workshop Series.

Workspaces within the Law School

The Law School seeks to provide a workspace and computer for all its full-time graduate research students. Where possible, it also seeks to provide spaces for its part-time students. All workspaces, whether on the academic floors (Levels 7-9) or within the LRC, are equipped with a computer. The Law School's policy regarding the allocation of workspaces is available by viewing the Graduate Research Student Workspace Guidelines.

Law Library Carrels for Part-Time Graduate Research Students

Subject to availability part-time candidates can apply for short-term use of a carrel in the Law Library in the first instance or, if there are no available carrels in the Law Library, on one of academic floors. Candidates should contact the Office for Research at least two weeks in advance of the required booking and must vacate the carrel promptly at the conclusion of the booking. However, please be aware that due to the high demand for carrels, bookings for part-time candidates are strictly subject to availability and only on a short-term basis.

Student Lockers

Graduate research students who do not have a workspace in the Law Building are eligible to apply for a locker for a calendar year. These lockers are located on Level 1 of the Law Building and are allocated on a 'first come' basis. In order to request a locker, please contact the Office for Research (law-research@unimelb.edu.au).

Swipe Card (24hr) Access to the Law Building

All graduate research students are entitled to a swipe card allowing 24 hr access to the Law Building and the Legal Resource Cente (LRC). Swipe cards are allocated on request from the Office for Research (law-research@unimelb.edu.au).

Common Rooms

All graduate research students are welcome to use the staff common rooms on Levels 9 and Mezzanine of the Law School Building; your swipecard should provide access to these rooms. In addition, graduate research students are also able to use the Graduate Common Room on Level 6 of the building, which provides access to tea and coffee making facilities. Please note that access to these rooms is restricted to the opening hours of the Law Building.

Student Computing in the Law School

The Law School provides all graduate research students who have been allocated a workspace within the Law School building with access to a desktop computer. Graduate ressearch students also have access to the computers within the Computer Labs located in the Legal Resource Centre. There are over 2800 outlets for laptop connection within the Law School building. Information related to the computing facilities available at the Law School is available from the Student Computing web page.

Printing Credits

Graduate research students are allocated 2000 pages of free printing credits a year (1000 pages every six months) to their law network printing account. Students who use all of their initial credit allocation may apply for additional printing credits, by completing the Application for Additional Printing Credits. Students are also able to purchase further printing credits by visiting the Legal Resource Centre (LRC) Computer Lab Supervisor on Level 3. Credits are only available via EFTPOS (debit) or credit card. Additional pages will be charged at the rate of 10 cents per page.

Students can monitor their printing usage by visiting the Student Computing webpage. Students will need to enter their username and password, which is the same as their central e-mail username and password.

Telephone Access

Workspaces for graduate research students within the Melbourne Law School are not set up with telephones. All graduate research students have access to the public telephone available on the ground floor (outside the lift well). The Law School is aware that some graduate research students will require access to a telephone for a specific period of time for research purposes, such as arranging interviews. One carrel within the Legal Resource Centre (LRC) has been set up with a telephone for this purpose (a second will be set up shortly). Students who need telephone access to organise interviews etc are able to apply for access to these carrels for a specific period of time (approximately one to two months). Due to limited resources available, ongoing telephone access cannot be provided. Please keep in mind that due to demand, the Law School may not be in a position to provide a telephone during a requested period, or for the full period requested. It is therefore important that students plan their research carefully so they can make application for telephone access well in advance and can make good use of the telephone during the period in which it is available.

Graduate research students who require access to a telephone for the above purposes must complete the 'Application for Telephone Access' form. Requests must be supported by one’s supervisor(s). Such requests should be submitted at least one month before telephone access is required, and preferably much earlier.

Students will not be charged for local calls, however costs incurred for STD, ISD and calls to mobile phones will be deducted from the student’s Research Support Fund account. Where a student has expended all available Research Support Funds for other research related purposes (the current cap is $4,000), the charges will need to be paid by the student from their own funds.

On-line Research Assistants Database

The On-line Research Assistants database has been designed to provide a single point of access for both academic staff seeking to employ research assistants, and for individuals to register their interest in being considered for research assistance opportunities within the Law School. The database can be accessed via the Research Assistants website. From time to time, employment opportunities will also be advertised on the Research Assistants website.

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