Research Institute for Professional Practice, Learning and Education (RIPPLE) Membership Policy
The RIPPLE community offers a stimulating, scholarly and supportive environment for researchers across the career span working in RIPPLE’s key
research areas. There is a strong emphasis on collegiality, collaboration and collective achievements that contribute to the goals of Charles Sturt
University and to the public good. Working respectfully and productively to promote and achieve high quality research through synergies arising from
difference (e.g., disciplinary, conceptual, methodological, cultural) is a key feature of RIPPLE.
1.
Categories of membership and affiliation
a) Members—meet RIPPLE’s criteria for membership.
b) Affiliates—may include, for example: early career researchers on promising trajectories and research productive, mid-career researchers who do not
yet meet criteria for full membership, and whose work fits closely with programs of research led by senior researchers, and who are keen to contribute
to these programs of research; and advisers and experts in specific areas of relevance to RIPPLE’s research program who are not seeking, or are not yet
eligible for, full membership.
c) RIPPLE Higher Degree Research (HDR) candidates—enrolled at CSU, supervised by a RIPPLE member, and whose research contributes directly to
RIPPLE’s research program.
d) Honours students - enrolled at CSU, supervised by a RIPPLE member, and contributes directly to RIPPLE’s research program as part of an externally –
funded study led by a RIPPLE member.
e) Honorary, Visiting or Adjunct appointments to RIPPLE—have associations with RIPPLE members under the terms and conditions defined in CSU’s
Honorary, Visiting and Adjunct Appointments Policy.
Please note that a person can only belong to one membership category at any one time.
2.
Criteria for membership of RIPPLE
a)
Only people with a formal relationship with CSU (namely, staff members or HDR / Hons candidates, or as Adjunct, Visiting or Honorary staff members)
are eligible to be members or affiliates of RIPPLE in any category of membership or affiliation.
b)
The key requirements for full membership of RIPPLE relate to:
i)
level of research activity, as outlined in Appendix 1; and
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ii)
c)
3.
4.
contribution to RIPPLE’s research program.
A RIPPLE member may not be a full member of another CSU research centre. This restriction does not apply to RIPPLE
Affiliates/Adjuncts/Honorary/Visiting Scholars.
Membership Enquiries and Decisions
a)
Membership enquiries are welcome. Please email ripple@csu.edu.au.
b)
Decisions about membership will be made by the Director, who may consult members of the RIPPLE Advisory Committee.
Support
In addition to providing researchers with a scholarly and collegial environment that supports and promotes high quality research in RIPPLE’s key research
areas, RIPPLE offers a range of supports. A separate document is available that includes the RIPPLE Administration Levy and Services Matrix which
outlines the nature and level of specific support RIPPLE can provide.
5.
Responsibilities
RIPPLE members and affiliates are expected to:
a)
contribute to RIPPLE achieving its performance goals;
b)
contribute to the RIPPLE community, for example, by supporting RIPPLE colleagues, with a special focus on the mentoring of early career researchers
and HDR candidates; and participating in RIPPLE events;
c)
submit research grant applications through RIPPLE and ensure that the Director and Business Manager are aware of all impending applications;
d)
include their RIPPLE affiliation on publications, correspondence and in media coverage, including emails and CSU web profiles;
e)
ensure that their web profile remains up to date;
f)
register all relevant publications in MyResearch (CSU Research Output repository) in time for any HERDC/ERA deadlines and noting RIPPLE affiliation;
g)
provide information about their research activities to RIPPLE’s Communications & Project Officer for publicity purposes; and
h)
promote RIPPLE in research activities with a particular view to developing strong cross-sectoral, national and international networks.
Other members of the RIPPLE community (HDR candidates and those holding Honorary, Visiting or Adjunct appointments) are also encouraged, where
appropriate and feasible, to take on as many of the above responsibilities as possible.
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