Winter Research Program

Project title: 

Reasonable adjustments in higher education doctoral research

Project duration and delivery

4 weeks @ 20 hours per week, commencing Monday 29 June

Meetings will be held on campus at St Lucia, but the successful applicant may be able to work from home for some hours each week by negotiation

Description:

Using the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) triangulated against other state anti-discrimination sites, you will contribute to a comprehensive search of federal and state judicial decisions involving Australian students who have initiated legal action against Australian universities in relation to reasonable adjustments for higher degree research.

Expected outcomes and deliverables:

Skills gained through this research:

• Identifying relevant case law involving reasonable adjustments and higher degree research
• Understanding the legal frameworks that govern disability, discrimination, and higher education (legal literacy)
• Extracting key facts, issues, reasoning, and outcomes from judgements
• Entering, cleaning, and structuring data in Excel
• Maintaining transparent search logs and inclusion/exclusion criteria leading to reproducible research practices
• Ensuring ethical handling of publicly available legal information
• Managing large volumes of information systematically
• Working independently while meeting research milestones

Deliverables:

• A dataset on litigation involving reasonable adjustments in higher degree research

Suitable for:

This project is open to applications from 2^nd, 3^rd, or 4^th year students with a background in education law, or other applicants from other disciplines that can demonstrate exceptional skills in database searches and Excel.

Primary Supervisor:

Associate Professor Shiralee Poed, School of Education

Further info:

If you have any questions in relation to this project, please contact s.poed@uq.edu.au