Masters by Research: Healthy Ageing Futures Expression of Interest

New Masters by Research: Healthy Ageing Futures

The School of Design within the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building at UTS announces an exciting new Masters by Research: Healthy Ageing Futures Cluster commencing in early 2018. This Masters by research program brings together candidates and leading academics in an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary cluster.

Working across the disciplines of product and service design, interactivity and media, system design, visual design, spatial, architecture, health sciences and business, the collaborative program engages existing design and health competencies and applies them to questions that investigate health, active and ageing models and product service systems.

The Masters by Research themes are focused on one or several of the program’s main research areas:
• Holistic, integrated or collaborative elderly care and living models to enable ageing in place
• Health service and product systems to support dementia, mental health and palliative care

The Masters by Research cluster undertakes practice-based and traditional research and is based ethnographic research • human-centred design • co-design • system design • inclusive design • future foresight • accelerating technologies. The academic leads are Professor Lawrence Wallen and Vivien Sung.

The full-time program is suitable for interested candidates with backgrounds in Design, Service, Interaction and Visual Design, Spatial Design, Architecture, Visual Arts, Robotics, Health Sciences and Nursing and Business. Limited spaces are available. Successful local applicants are eligible for fee exemption.

The one year Masters by Research program provides the opportunity to

Undertake a distinct investigation that involves a practice-based research project and thesis component
Work in a small, select collaborative inter-and transdisciplinary cluster
Engage in regular knowledge-sharing workshops and seminars
Receive academic support by leading academics
Develop links with leading industry experts, community and government
Build knowledge in an area of healthy and active ageing research
Enhance insights and hands-on design research, future-orientated thinking and problem-solving skills on complex challenges

Expressions of interest for the 2018 program are open to practice-based and research active academics.
Requirements: Undergraduate honours degree

Applications close on 15 February 2018, 9am AEST.
Suitable candidates may be invited for a follow-up appointment.
Masters by Research: Healthy Ageing Futures Cluster commences 12 March 2018.

For queries or to make an appointment, contact Vivien Sung, vivien.sung@uts.edu.au
For more information, visit http://www.handbook.uts.edu.au/courses/c03012.html

1. First Name

2. Last Name

3. Preferred Name (Nickname)

4. Gender

5. Mobile Phone

6. Email Address

7. Citizenship

8. Academic Qualifications.
Include the following details for each degree.
Degree, Institution, Years of enrolment , Year graduated , GPA or Overall Average Grade (if available)
Eg. B.A. Product Design, UTS, enrolled 2010 - 2013, graduated 2013, GPA 3.4/4 average 85%

9. Have you completed your undergraduate degree with honours?

Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

10. Please describe your research/design background and experience, skills and why you would like to undertake the Masters by Research: Healthy Ageing Futures program (250 words)

11. Write 250 words on a preliminary research area that relates to one or several of the program's main research areas:
• Holistic, integrated or collaborative elderly care and living models to enable ageing in place
• Health service and product systems to support dementia, mental health and palliative care
Please note that research themes will be defined in full on program commencement.

12. Provide a link to your linked in profile and online web folio if relevant in the box below. Or email your CV including academic and professional background, publications (if any) and 2 examples of work to vivien.sung@uts.edu.au.

13. English Language Proficiency.
All applicants must meet the English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64; or CAE: 176-184.

Do you satisfy the English Language requirements?

Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

14. Additional comments and questions