Resources & Facilities

Faculty HDR study space

The Faculty provides study space to eligible HDR candidates in Building Y3A, which currently houses 92 study spaces for the specific use of Arts HDR candidates. Additional spaces are planned for 2012.

Please contact Fran Chandler (hdrarts@mq.edu.au) in the Arts HDR Office for advice on how to access HDR study space.

New Library

The new University Library opening in 2011 will also provide additional HDR spaces. There will be dedicated spaces for HDR students on Level 5 of the Library. There will also be a dedicated postgrad student space on Level 3, which HDR candidates will be able to access. Level 5 is planned to include at least 100 seats and Level 3 postgrad space at least another 150 seats.

The Level 5 HDR space will also have a kitchen and informal area. There will also be a printer/copier and wireless access and power point connections for candidates with their own laptops. The Library HDR spaces are designed for use for the intensive literature review stage and/or thesis writing stage, or when students might feel isolated in their Faculty space (e.g. late at night or weekends). They will also provide a place where HDR candidates from differrent disciplines can meet.

Wireless access

The Faculty has a number of areas with wireless access and computer ports. In particular, the courtyard area of W6A was refurbished to provide an attractive communal area in which internet access is provided and research can be conducted.