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On the postgraduate pages you will find information relating to:

Postgraduate Steering Committee
Events
Employment, including scholarship information
Career Advice & Publishing

Information about Graduate Studies in Australasia can be found at:

Graduate degree programs

The AAP offers a discounted student rate of membership to the Association. For information about how join, visit the membership page.

APPC Conference 2010
"The Transdisciplinary Nature of Philosophy"
April 7th to 9th
University of Canterbury
New Zealand

Registrations are open now! (as of 29th January 2010)

For questions or comments, contact Michael at michael.couch AT canterbury.ac.nz

Postgraduate Steering Committee

The Student Representative on AAP Council is Brennan Jacoby (Macquarie University).

Events:

AAPC 2009: The Australasian Association of Postgraduate Philosophy Conference
Hosted by Macquarie University and Australian National University
15-17 April 2009
AAP Workshops for graduate students (held annually at the AAP Conference)
2008 Australasian Postgraduate Philosophy Conference (APPC)
University of Sydney
26-28 March 2008

For information on upcoming philosophy conferences in Australasia visit the AAP events page

Employment:

Jobs - PhD Scholarships; Postdoctoral Fellowships and Staff positions

Information pertinent to postgraduates is circulated on the aphil mailing list

Career Advice:

The Early Career Job Market: Information and Advice for Australian Philosophers.
This page is put together by Mark Colyvan, Professor of Philosophy, University of Sydney, through his role organising career workshops in Australia and New Zealand. Career workshops for postgraduates are now held annually at the AAP Conference. The page is composed with the Australian experience in mind, but much of the advice is applicable for New Zealand and Singapore.
Will your Philosophy Degree get you a job? Studying Philosophy as part of a Non-Academic Career. 93.6KB pdf download
Prepared by the AAP, this document outlines the generic skills philosophy graduates obtain as part of studying a philosophy degree.
'I think therefore I earn'
Recent article (20 November 2007) in the Guardian Higher News about the skills philosophy graduates have to offer and their increasing popularity with employers.

Publishing:

Publishing Your Philosophy.
This page is put together by Neil McKinnon, Postdoctoral Fellow, Monash University.

The above pages by Colyvan and McKinnon are not official AAP documents authored by the AAP. Whilst the AAP recognises these pages as useful resources, it does not necessarily endorse all of the advice contained therein.