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Key terms and concepts

Advisors are a member of a faculty whose role is to help guide students, who are candidates for a Thesis or dissertation program. Helping them select coursework, as well as shaping, refining and directing the students' choice of discipline in which on which they will write a dissertation. The Advisors are associated to the student record for tracking and reporting purposes. Reports can be saved, printed and emailed as required.

FieldBrief Description
Submission DateDate the Advisor has completed the review
FeeAmount charged for the review
Amount PaidHow much of the fee has been paid for the review
Payment dateOn what date was the payment received
Are you the Principal or Associate Advisor for this student?Principal or Associate Advisor for this candidate
Thesis TitleWhat is the title of the Thesis
Has the approved coursework been completed to the required standardYes /No
HREC ApprovedYes/No
Is the Student Part-time /Full TimeFull-time / Part-time
Do you meet - meeting frequency
  • Weekly
  • Fortnightly
  • Monthly
Comment on the progress of the student with reference to the following factors:
  • Reading and management of the relevant literature;
  • Capacity with necessary languages;
  • Management of other research processes (for example, interviews);
  • Production of written work; organisation; motivation; time-management;
  • Initiative and creativity; capacity to take direction.
Here the Advisor can make comment on the candidates progress or lack of progress
Have there been any particular difficulties encountered during candidature?
(This could include inability to access necessary resources; health or family problems experienced by the candidature.)
Here the Advisor can make comment on the candidates circumstances surrounding their studies
Given the candidate's current progress, when do you envisage the candidate being ready to submit ?Approx or specific time line for submission
Do you recommend continuation of candidature ?Yes /No
If NO please give comments:Comment re the No answer
If you are going to be away or unavailable at any time in the next twelve months, 
what arrangements have you put in-place to ensure that the candidate has access to appropriate supervision?
Here the Advisor can comment on their availability in their capacity as an Advisor for this student

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  1. Click on the Student tab in the side menu
  2. Click on the Search option in the side menu
  3. Enter at least one of the following options in to the relevant search box:
    • Student No, 
    • Preferred Name, 
    • Given Name, 
    • Family Name / Surname, 
    • Previous Last Name
  4. Click on the Search Studentbutton
  5. This will show a list of students that meet the searched criteria
  6. To filter the results, In the search box  above the list of students, start typing the student's first or given name, to reduce the number of results. 
  7. When you see the record for the student you are looking for, click on the student number for that student, highlighted in blue in the left column of that row.
  8. The student's record has now been loaded.
  9. Click on the Course Enrolment option in the side menu
  10. Click on the Advisor Report option in the side menu
  11. Scroll Down to the Advisor Report Details section
  12. Enter the required data for the report
  13. Click on the Save Advisor Report  button


How to Assign / Add the Role of Advisor to a contact record

  1. Click on Contact tab in the side menu, 
  2. Click on Search in the side menu
  3. Enter any combination of Given name, Surname, Home Institution, Status, Contact role (Paradigm requires at least one search criteria)
  4. Click on the Search Contacts button
  5. This will return a list of contacts that meet the searched criteria
  6. To filter the returned options start typing the name of the unit into this box  The returned results will reduce to match the criteria.
  7. Click on the blue hyper link on the left side of the required record.
  8. Scroll down to the Assign Roles for Contacts section
  9. In the Assigned Roles for Contact section click on the Contact drop box
  10. Select the Advisor option
  11. Click on the Assign Role button
  12. The role has now been added to the Contacts / staff members account.

How to Assign / Add an Advisor to a Student / Student Record

  1. Click on the Student tab in the side menu
  2. Click on the Search option in the side menu
  3. Enter at least one of the following options in to the relevant search box: 
    • Student No, 
    • Preferred Name, 
    • Given Name, 
    • Family Name / Surname, 
    • Previous Last Name
  4. Click on the Search Student button
  5. This will show a list of students that meet the searched criteria
  6. To filter the list of students, in the search box Image Modified above the list of students, start typing the student's first or given name.
  7. When you see the record for the student you are looking for, click on the student number for that student, highlighted in blue in the left column of that row.
  8. The student's record has now been loaded.
  9. Click on the Course Enrolment option in the side menu
  10. Click on the Course option in the side menu
  11. Click on the Action button next to the Course to be loaded. The Action menu will open
  12. Click on the Edit button in the Action menu
  13. Scroll to the bottom of the page to the Contact Search section
  14. Enter at least one of the following options in to the relevant search box: 
    • Given name, 
    • Family / Surname
    • Contact Role
  15. Click on the Search all Contacts  button
  16. Scroll to the bottom of the page
  17. Click on the Add Contact as Advisor icon  next to the contact / staff member to be added as an advisor
  18. The Contact has now been added to the students record as an Advisor


How to Delete / Remove an Advisor from a Students record

  1. Click on the Student tab in the side menu
  2. Click on the Search option in the side menu
  3. Enter at least one of the following options in to the relevant search box: 
    • Student No, 
    • Preferred Name, 
    • Given Name, 
    • Family Name / Surname, 
    • Previous Last Name
  4. Click on the Search Studentbutton
  5. This will show a list of students that meet the searched criteria
  6. To filter the list of students, in the search box Image Modified above the list of students, start typing the student's first or given name.
  7. When you see the record for the student you are looking for, click on the student number for that student, highlighted in blue in the left column of that row.
  8. The student's record has now been loaded.
  9. Click on the Course Enrolment option in the side menu
  10. Click on the Course option in the side menu
  11. Click on the Action button next to the Course to be loaded. The Action menu will open
  12. Click on the Editbutton in the Action menu
  13. Scroll to the bottom of the page to the Contact Search section
  14. Click on the Delete icon  next to the Contact to be removed from the Students record
  15. A warning message will appear - Are you sure that you want to delete the selected item? Click the OK button
  16. The Contact has now been removed from the Students record


Further reading

Creating  / Adding Contact records

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