• What is Extend?

      Career progress is individual and requires effort. Extend helps you identify and access development opportunities to suit your current academic, research or research administration career stage.

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    • Publishing & Profile Building

      Building a profile in the current environment requires you to be strategic about where, when, what and how to publish.

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    • Funding & Projects

      Securing funding and managing research projects go hand in hand with developing a track record.

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    • Leading & Working with Others

      Working effectively with others is essential to career progression. There are procedures to follow and skills to develop. Take the time to learn, apply and grow.

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    • Supervising Research

      Supervising Higher Degree by Research (HDR) candidates is essential to progressing your research career. Developing your supervisory practice and knowledge of UNSW key processes and expectations assists timely completion.

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    • Learning & Teaching

      Research informs our teaching, providing students with first-hand experience of emerging ideas and progress. Enhance this by engaging in the diverse development opportunities and resources available.

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    • Innovation & Engagement

      The activities and mechanisms that make the most of your knowledge base with partners in UNSW and beyond.

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Extend Career Framework

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Why is this useful to me?

A career is individual and can take many paths be it industry, policy or academia. Progressing in academia requires outcomes in scholarly research, education and leadership and engagement.

The Extend Career Framework aligns with these expectations and applies to other research related roles or alternative career options.

Extend enables you to prioritise and access UNSW support, relevant to your role or role aspirations - what you need, when you need it. 

How do I use Extend?

"Pick and choose" what makes sense to you and your career right now. You can:

  • Explore and use tools to plan your career
  • Focus and develop insight to the different Extend areas
  • Search for Resources in one place such as, policies, on-line training, workshops, contacts
  • Find essential information if you are New to UNSW Research

Why not start exploring now?

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