Graduate Virtual Common Room
General Information

Resource People

General inquiries:
Cate Curtis (Convenor, Graduate Studies Committee & Graduate Advisor) J1.27, ext 8669, email ccurtis@waikato.ac.nz

Computer support & e-mail:
Allan Eaddy, J1.16, ext 8391.

If you are currently not using the University system for e-mail and web access, go to http://help.waikato.ac.nz. Click on ‘tools’ and then ‘New User’.

If you do not know how to access any of the University and Psychology Department computer systems, see Allan.

Joining the Psychology Graduate e-mail list

If you want to be notified of up-coming seminars, conferences and so on then please join this e-mail list. To do so you need to go to the following site and fill in required information:

http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/psychgrad

Rooms for Psychology Graduate Students

Computer Rooms:
J1.12 contains lockers for use by Psychology graduate students (see Allan Eaddy for keys), desks, and computers, printers and a scanner for use by Psychology graduate students.

K1.07 (computer lab) is also available for use by Psychology graduate students when not booked for tutorials, experimental work or workshops.

Other Faculty and Departmental Computer labs:
The J Basement Computer Labs are Faculty (FASS) with computers facilities. They are open 24 hours/day and can be used when teaching is not scheduled.

For after hours access to these J Basement computer labs, you will need a core key obtainable from the Security Services Centre (located in B Block Annex, between the Law School and B Block).

Internet Access:
The Psychology Department does not provide free dial-up or internet access for its Honours and Masters students. It also does not provide free printing. Charges for these services are administered through the ITS account system (see the ITS Helpdesk).

Policy Information:
Departmental Graduate Handbook
Departmental Guide for MSocSc Thesis and Dissertation Students
Also see the Faculty Graduate Handbook

Withdrawal from Graduate Papers

It is very important that you formally withdraw from any graduate paper you know you will not complete as incomplete (IC) grades count as FAILS. Please se the following file for further information on this.

Information on withdrawal from papers and on incomplete and other fail grades (doc)

Resources

Access to J and K Blocks:
You can get a core key for access to J and K block 1st floor after hours so you can use the Psychology Graduate Study rooms etc. You do this through the Faculty Information Centre (FIC).

Access to equipment:
The Department has a pool of equipment for loan for research (such as tape recorders, data recorders, etc) - talk to Rob Bakker and your supervisors to see what is available. Ask also for information about labs and bookable research rooms.

See also the Test Library web page for information on borrowing Psychological tests etc.

Graduate Mailboxes:
Psychology office foyer.

Funding:
See the University's Scholarships' Office page for information on scholarships and the Faculty Graduate page for the FASS policy on financial support for Master and PhD thesis research and conference funding and on refunds for the production of one copy of Masters and PhD theses.

More information on resources available to graduate students may be found in the: 

Psychology graduate handbook: from the Psychology office, or downloadable from here

FASS graduate pages

Please note that staff facilities, specifically the staff common room (K1.18), and the staff kitchen (K1.03A), are only available to School of Psychology staff and PhD candidates.

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Information for Graduate and Postgraduate Students

FASS Policy on graduate and postgraduate research and conference attendance funding. 
FASS Web Page on resources for graduate & postgraduate students.