Call to update Honours and Graduate Research projects for 2023 - due date extended to Tuesday 05 April

It is that time of year when we ask you to update your projects in Supervisor Connect, ahead of our BMedSc(Hons) and Hons/PhD recruitment season which begins in May. Supervisor Connect is our primary Higher Degree by Research (HDR) recruitment tool.

We will be producing a project booklet this year and publishing in our Available research projects web page, and it is imperative that you update your projects in Supervisor Connect by Tuesday 05 April 2022.

The projects will be advertised for recruitment of students for the following streams:

• Bachelor of Medical Science Honours - BMedSc(Hons)
• HDR (Honours and PhD)

All projects from last year are currently ‘unpublished’ to ensure we are not advertising out-of-date projects. Those projects are currently not visible for potential students and general public.

It is very simple to update and publish existing projects, and/or create new projects for 2022!

How to update, publish and/or create projects

Please go to Supervisor Connect to update, publish and/or create projects.

Login using your Monash Authcate

The system requires all supervisors to have a PURE profile. If you don’t have one, please create a PURE profile and link it to your Supervisor Connect profile.

To update and publish existing projects, please go to “My Projects”. Please make sure you update any missing fields or incorrect information.  It is VERY important to include as many relevant key words as possible.  This is how prospective students will find you!

To republish an existing project, tick the ‘published’ box at the bottom of your project entry.  It will turn blue, indicating its active status.

To create a new project, please go to "Create a new project" tab

In the "School" field, you must select a department under “School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health / Hudson Institute” for your projects to be listed in the  School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health / Hudson Institute project booklet and web pages. 

Physical location: most of our projects will take place at “Monash Health Translation Precinct (Monash Medical Centre)" which is an automatic option once you start typing into that field.  Our other options include “Dandenong Hospital”, ‘BASE facility, Notting Hill”, "Department of Health and Human Services”, “Kingston Centre”.

Contact: For further enquiries, contact Vithya Premkumar on vithya.premkumar@monash.edu. (Vithya works for SCS on Wednesdays and Thursdays)

Photo session for SCS Staff and HDR students

We have organised two photo sessions for SCS staff and HDR who require new or updated portrait or group photos.   If you would like to have a portrait or group photo taken, please book a spot via the links below:

• Wednesday 16 March 2022, 1PM - 5PM Photo session, please book HERE
• Monday 28 March 2022, 1PM - 5PM Photo session, please book HERE

Head of School approval required for all domestic and international travel requests

SCS staff and HDR students are reminded to obtain pre-approval for all work-related domestic and international travel via this travel request form,  As part of the submission, a copy of an email approval (trail) from the Head of School (Prof Eric Morand) has to be uploaded with the form.   Please email your request for Head of School's approval via jinleng.graham@monash.edu and include the following information:

A summary of your proposed itinerary and estimated cost - including key locations and transfer dates

Purpose and desired outcomes of the travel

Head of Department approval (email will suffice)

The requirement to attach SCS HOS approval is not mentioned on the form because it is a requirement of the Dean's office that is being managed at Faculty level, in addition to the Monash Travel Office's approval process.  

Please upload the HOS approval in this section (screenshot below): 

Please also note that only externally funded travel will be considered for approval.

Please ensure compliance with this requirement to avoid further delays in approving your travel request.  

Car parking at Monash Medical Centre

Last week, a staff member's car was damaged when parked on Jaguar Drive, near MMC. Unfortunately we have had similar issues with both on-street parking and in the Monash Health car parks in the past.

Here are the options for car parking at MMC:

• 1 to 2-hour on-street parking in the streets nearest to MMC
• 3-hour parking in Fregon Reserve - note that the gates may be locked after hours
• All-day on-street parking in the streets further away from MMC
• Browns Road car parks (paid parking)
• requires Monash Health ID card and payment at the cashier
• shuttle bus available to travel between MMC and the carpark until 8:00 pm
• Note: if your parking expires, you automatically lose all building access via your Monash Health card until it's topped up again

Security escort to your car after hours is available for your safety: 

• From MIMR/Hudson Building: call: (0) 9902 7777 - booking in advance preferred, as Security is based at Monash University
• From MMC/MCH: To request an escort to the Browns Road South car park, go to the Security Office on Level 1. Note, there may be a wait due to operational requirements.

For more information, please see the SCS intranet FAQ page or email scs.ohs@monash.edu