School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Progress Review Guidelines

Before reading the guidelines outlined on this page, ensure you have reviewed all the information about Progress Reviews, including the criteria for each review, and the Higher Degree by Research Candidature Progression Procedure.

How to organise a Progress Review

The following guidelines outline the management and conduct of HDR Progress Reviews in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. These guidelines should be used in combination with the Higher Degree by Research Candidature Policy and the Higher Degree by Research Candidature Procedure. Further instructions to help you to arrange your upcoming review are available here.

Progress Reviews Snapshot

Progress review requirements
	Confirmation of Candidature (R1)	Review 2 (R2)	Review 3 (R3)
Candidature Documents	Candidate statement Individual Development Plan (IDP) Portfolio of development activities and research outputs	Candidate statement Individual Development Plan (IDP) Portfolio of development activities and research outputs	Candidate statement Individual Development Plan (IDP) Portfolio of development activities and research outputs
Project Documents	Literature review + Research plan Draft papers/chapters iThenticate report Progress Review 1 template (DOCX, 111.2 KB)	Updated research plan New papers/chapters iThenticate report Progress Review 2 template (DOCX, 111.4 KB)	Updated research plan Full thesis draft and new papers iThenticate report Progress Review 3 template (DOCX, 112.3 KB)
Review Meeting	60 minutes	60 minutes	60 minutes
Oral Presentation	Open 20 minutes presentation + 10 minutes questions	None	Open Presentation at SHRS Research Conference or Open 20 minutes presentation + 10 minutes questions in conjunction with Progress Review meeting

Note: Documents should be submitted by the census date of the research quarter in which your review is due.

Panel Composition

Your Progress Review Panel (PRP) in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences will consist of a chair and a reviewer.

The Chair must be a UQ academic staff member on the Principal Advisor Registry, with sufficient discipline knowledge related to the HDR topic and experience of supervising at least one PhD project through to completion. Where possible, the Chair should not have a strong conflict of interest (COI) with your advisory team. A list of recommended PRP Chairs (PDF, 153.3 KB) is available.

Reviewers should have a good knowledge of your area of research but should not: be working on the same project or be a member of your advisory team.  It is important that Reviewers are recognised as being independent and can give un-conflicted advice to both you and your advisory team. Independent reviewers can be external to SHRS and UQ. Panel membership should remain constant across a candidature where possible.

Confirmation of Candidature Review (R1)

Your confirmation of candidature review will include the submission of your candidature and project documents, a 60-minute meeting with the review panel, and an open 20-minute oral presentation plus 10 minutes of question time attended by your review panel.

Required details of the Project Documents appear below.

Literature review: Inclusive of rationale and statement of project aims.
Research plan: Inclusive of proposed design, methods, and analysis; proposed thesis outline and publications; project timeline; project budget with approval of Principal Advisor; other required resources; status of risk assessments, preliminary knowledge translation plan, and; status of ethical clearances.
Drafts of any chapters or papers written to date.
iThenticate report.

Written feedback will be provided by your reviewer(s) after the review meeting. Your chair will also prepare a written report detailing the recommendations of the Progress Review Panel to the Dean, UQ Graduate School.

Progress Review 2 (R2)

Your second progress review will include the submission of your candidature and project documents, and a 60-minute meeting with the review panel.

Required details of the Project Documents appear below.

Research plan: Update design, methods, and analysis; thesis outline; project timeline; project budget; other required resources; status of risk assessments and ethical clearances, where appropriate.
Drafts of any chapters or papers written since previous review.
iThenticate report.

Written feedback will be provided by your reviewer(s) following submission. Your chair will also prepare a written report detailing the recommendations of the Progress Review Panel to the Dean, UQ Graduate School.

Progress Review 3 (R3)

Your third progress review will include the submission of your candidature and project documents, and a 60-minute meeting with the review panel. In the final year of your candidate, you are expected to present at the SHRS Postgraduate Research Conference. If this is not possible, an open 20-minute oral presentation plus 10 minutes of question time will be delivered in conjunction with the Progress Review meeting.

Required details of the Project Documents appear below.

Research plan: Update design, methods, and analysis; thesis outline; project timeline; project budget; other required resources; status of risk assessments and ethical clearances, where appropriate.
Full thesis draft or draft of completed chapters and outline of planned content of incomplete sections and any additional papers written since previous review.
iThenticate report.

Written feedback will be provided by your reviewer(s) after the interview. Your chair will also prepare a written report detailing the recommendations of the Progress Review Panel to the Dean, UQ Graduate School.

School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Progress Review Guidelines

Progress Reviews Snapshot

Panel Composition

Confirmation of Candidature Review (R1)

Progress Review 2 (R2)

Progress Review 3 (R3)

Information for Panel Members and Advisory Team