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SMPD Postgraduate Students

SMPD Postgraduate Students

Tēnā koutou. Welcome to the SMPD Postgraduate Students' homepage.

This site provides information and advice for students and staff enrolled in research-based postgraduate degrees in Te Pua Wänanga ki te Ao.

Professor Ngahuia Te Awekotuku
Post Graduate Convenor

News, Events and Upcoming Meetings 

Information will be posted shortly.

Postgraduate Students in SMPD 

Recently Completed M.Phil. and Ph.D. theses:

Bruce, Ian. (2003). Cognitive genre prototype modelling and its implications for the teaching of academic writing to learners of English as a second language (Ph.D.). (abstract)

Chang, Jui-Fang Yu (Carrisa). (2007). The role of children's literature in the teaching of English to young learners in Taiwan (Ph.D.). (abstract)

Collins, Adelaide (2005). Te Papa-o-Rotu Marae Management and Administration at the End of the Twentieth Century: Negotiating Bureaucratisation (Ph.D.). (abstract)

Her, Jia-Huey (Misty). (2007). The globalization of English: Its impact on English language education in the tertiary education sector in Taiwan (Ph.D.). (abstract)

Hickey, Susan Jane (Huhana). (2007). The Unmet Legal, Social and Cultural Needs of Māori with Disabilities (Ph.D.). (abstract)

Houia, Waldo. (2001). Inter-propositional semantic relations and semantic relational encoding in written discourse in Maori: An investigation (M.Phil.). (abstract)

Houia-Roberts, Ngaere Mere. (2004). An examination of genres and text-types in written Māori discourse: Analysis and pedagogic implications (Ph.D.). (abstract)

Johnson, Diane. (2000). International languages in New Zealand secondary schools and universities : Coherence, consistency and transparency (Ph.D.). (abstract)

Ritchie, Jenny. (2002). "It's becoming part of their knowing": a study of bicultural development in an early childhood teacher education setting in Aotearoa/New Zealand (Ph.D.).

Rohorua, Frederick. (2007). The Concept of Development in Ulawa in Solomon Islands and its Implications for National Development Policy and Planning (Ph.D.).  (abstract)

Te Momo, Fiona. (2003). Demystifying a relationship between voluntary work and Māori (Ph.D.). (abstract)

Tiakiwai, Sarah-Jane. (2001). Maori participation in higher education: Tainui graduates from the University of Waikato, 1992 to 1997 (Ph.D.). (abstract)

Wang, Wei-Pei. (2008). Teaching English to Young Learners in Taiwan: Issues Relating to Teaching, Teacher Education, Teaching Materials and Teacher Perspectives (Ph.D.).(abstract)

Wehi, Priscilla McAllum. (2006). Harakeke (Phormium tenax) ecology and historical management by Māori: The changing landscape in New Zealand (Ph.D.). (abstract)

Whaanga, James. (2006). Case roles/relations and discourse relations: A Māori language-based perspective (Ph.D.). (abstract)

Scholarships

University Scholarships

The Scholarships Office of the University maintains a database for scholarships administered by and relevant to study at The University of Waikato. Click on the following link to find application forms as well as regulations for the scholarships available for School Leavers, Undergraduate, Graduate and Postgraduate students: http://www.unilink.ac.nz/schol-list.shtml

Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao Postgraduate Excellence Award

These Awards were established in 2000 to affirm and encourage excellence in students undertaking study at postgraduate level within the School of Māori and Pacific Development. Tenable for one year, up to the value of $5,000 at Postgraduate level (PhD, MPhil).  Click here for latest information. 

Postgraduate Studies Guidelines

Postgraduate Study Standard Forms

Enrolment, Confirmation, Six Month Reports and Change of Conditions

Nomination of External Examiners, Information Sheets for External Examiners and Thesis Submission Forms 

Ethics Applications

Ethical approval is required for all research involving human research subjects (including medical and/or teaching related research). All students enrolled in any level of study involving human research in SMPD must receive ethical approval from the SMPD HRE committee. Prior to commencement of research approval must be obtained for:

• any research in which any individual persons or groups of people become the subject of academic enquiry, whether by observation, question, participation in an experiment or by other means including, for example, the obtaining of personal information about a person through third parties.

SMPD Ethics Forms 

Click on the appropriate link below to download the Application form. Examples of the Participation Consent Form and the Research Information Sheet are also provided.

View PDF Application Form
View Word Application Form
View PDF Example of Research Information Sheet
View Word Example of Research Information Sheet
View PDF Example of Participant Consent Form
View Word Example of Participant Consent Form

Please refer to the Te Kāhui Manutāiko: School of Maori and Pacific Development Human Research Ethics Committee homepage for Guidelines, Policies, Policies and Useful Links.

Presentation of Thesis 

This guide was updated in 2004 by the Postgraduate Studies and Scholarships Office, in association with The University of Waikato Library.  It is available in PDF format only, and is no longer available from the Library in print format.

Writing and Submitting a Dissertation or Thesis at the University of Waikato (PDF)

If you wish, you may download only the section you need:
Section 1: Introduction; Section 2:Preparing your Dissertation or Thesis (PDF)
Section 3: Presenting your Dissertation or Thesis;  Section 4: Submitting your Dissertation or Thesis (PDF)
Section 5: Further reading;  Section 6: Further assistance (PDF)

Thesis Template 

The following WORD template has been developed following the guidelines outlined in Writing and Submitting a Dissertation or Thesis at the University of Waikato.  Click here for the template.

For reference, the text of the thesis should be printed in 12 point type in 1.5 or double line spacing on either one or both sides of each sheet.  Margins for all pages (before binding), including those on which illustrations, photographs, tables and diagrams are printed or mounted should be:

General Definition  
A dissertation to maintain or prove a proposition, especially one written as the principle requirement for a degree

University Of Waikato Theses and Dissertations Regulations  
A thesis is a piece of written work presented according to the regulations for a first masterate degree instead of four papers, or for the MPhil, PhD or EdD degrees (the difference among these being one of level and/or scope). Theses for MPhil must be no longer than 50,000 words. PhD and EdD theses should be no longer than 100,000 words. A thesis embodies research or other work of a kind and standard considered appropriate by the chairperson of department or the Postgraduate Studies Committee for inclusion in the Union List of Theses, and therefore available to persons from outside the University.

Further information is available in the University of Waikato Calendar.

Referencing 

Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao (School of Māori and Pacific Development) recommends that students use the APA referencing conventions developed by the American Psychological Association for assignments, dissertations, and theses in Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao.  A set of Guidelines have been developed by staff of SMPD to assist you with the presentation of your thesis.  These guidelines are based on the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2001) (5th edition). 

APA Guidelines 

Contacts 

For any other information please contact:

Useful Links

Research, Consultancy, and Postgraduate Studies:
University of Waikato Research Website
Handbook on Ethical Conduct in Research 2001 (pdf file)

University of Waikato Calendar:
Student Research Ethics Regulations (See Section 3 for definitions of 'plagiarism', 'research' and 'student'.)
Human Research Ethics Regulations
Dissertations and Theses
Code of Ethics for Academic Staff (See, in particular, Section 1: Academic Staff as Teachers and Supervisors of Students).

University of Waikato Library:
Guide to the Presentation of Dissertations and Theses at the University of Waikato
Theses Collections

Tips and Guides to writing a thesis:
How to write a PhD thesis (Joe Wolfe, School of Physics, The University of New South Wales, Sydney)
How Theses Get Written: Some Cool Tips (Steve Easterbrook, Dept of Computer Science, University of Toronto)
Useful Things to Know About Ph. D. Thesis Research  (H.T. Kung, Harvard University)
Just for Postgrads (The UK GRAD programme)

Groups and Societies:
Mai ki Waikato (a supportive network for Māori PhD candidates at Waikato)
Waikato PGSA (Waikato Post Graduate Student Association)
Mai ki Poneke (Maori and Indigenous Post-graduate students at Victoria University)
PhinisheD (A discussion and support group for people who cannot seem to finish their dissertations or thesis)

Conferences:
Conference Alert (Conference Alerts: Academic Conferences Worldwide)

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