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Referee Report: 1. Personal Details

The document is a referee report for an applicant for an Australia Awards Scholarship. It requests the referee to evaluate the applicant's suitability based on their capabilities and qualities, academic competence, and potential outcomes. It asks the referee to provide details about themselves and their relationship to the applicant. It then asks the referee to rate the applicant on leadership behaviors and criteria like strategic thinking, achieving results, relationships, integrity, and communication. For PhD applicants, it also asks the referee to score the applicant out of 10 on research potential and abilities like creativity, initiative, perseverance, and teamwork. It requests comments on the applicant's research potential and achievement to support their admission to a PhD program.

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Referee Report: 1. Personal Details

The document is a referee report for an applicant for an Australia Awards Scholarship. It requests the referee to evaluate the applicant's suitability based on their capabilities and qualities, academic competence, and potential outcomes. It asks the referee to provide details about themselves and their relationship to the applicant. It then asks the referee to rate the applicant on leadership behaviors and criteria like strategic thinking, achieving results, relationships, integrity, and communication. For PhD applicants, it also asks the referee to score the applicant out of 10 on research potential and abilities like creativity, initiative, perseverance, and teamwork. It requests comments on the applicant's research potential and achievement to support their admission to a PhD program.

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Referee Report

The applicant has named you as a referee in support of an application for an Australia Awards Scholarship supported by
the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) for study in Australia. To assist in the selection process, we would like
to receive your views on the applicants suitability for a Scholarship, in particular on their capabilities and personal
qualities, academic competence (including, where applicable, their research ability) and potential outcomes.
1. Personal details
Applicants details
Full name (as it appears in
passport)
Email
Area of research interest
Referees details
Family name
Given names
Mobile no.

Work phone no.

Email
Employing organisation

Name
Town/City, Country

Position title
Length of time you have
known applicant
Relationship to applicant (e.g.
direct supervisor, lecturer,
peer, etc)

Authorised official stamp of


the organisation.

Starting date
Less than
3 months

312
months

12 years

25 years

More than 5 years

2. Evaluation of applicants capabilities and behaviours


Please evaluate the applicant against the following criteria*
Very good

Satisfactory

Needs coaching

Shapes strategic thinking (meaning that they:


inspire a sense of purpose and direction; focus
strategically; harness information and
opportunities; and show judgement, intelligence
and commonsense)
Achieves results (meaning that they: build
organisation capability and responsiveness;
marshal professional expertise; steer and
implement change and deal with uncertainty;
ensure closure and deliver on intended results)
Cultivates productive working relationships
(meaning that they: nurture internal and external
relationships; facilitate cooperation and
partnerships; value individual differences and
diversity; and guide, mentor and develop people)
Displays personal drive and integrity (meaning
that they: demonstrate professionalism and probity;
commit to action; display resilience; promote and
adopt a positive and balanced approach to work;
and demonstrate self awareness and a
commitment to personal development)
Communicates and negotiates effectively
(meaning that they: communicate clearly; listen,
understand and adapts to audience; and
negotiates persuasively)

* Extract from the Australian Public Service Commissions The integrated leadership system support tools Leadership
pathway: Individual profiles

3. General comments
Why should the applicant be considered for a Scholarship?

Not observed

4. Academic referee comments applicable to PhD candidates only


In the past five years, how many research higher degree (PhD, Masters) candidates have you worked with?
Your professional knowledge of the applicant is:

Very detailed

Very good

Good

Incomplete

Score the following criteria out of 10 (A score of 10 means that you regard the applicant as being in the top
2% of all candidates in each assessment category. A score of 9 indicates that the applicant is in the top 5% of
all candidates. A score of 8 - top 10%; score of 7 - top 20%; score of 6 - top 30%; score of 5 - top
40%; score of 4 - upper 50%; score of 3 - upper 60%; score of 2 - upper 70%; score of 1 - bottom 30%)

Score

(a) Research potential: intrinsic research potential (as distinct from examination results).
(b) Creative Ability: ability to develop original ideas/hypotheses, to write original compositions
or to assemble conventional work in some original way

(c) Initiative: ability to embark on new ideas or approaches without prompting


(d) Perseverance: ability to work steadily even in difficult circumstances or where motivation or
external direction is minimal.

(e) Critical thinking: ability to differentiate between sound and irrationally based thinking
(f)

Team work: ability to work in a research group

(g) Ability to Communicate: both written and spoken


Please comment on evidence of the applicants research potential and achievement (such as the outcomes of their research
experience and training, including university studies, publications, papers, and other relevant work) and any other comments
relevant to the applicants admission to a PhD (maximum 300 words).

5. Referees declaration and signature


I declare that the information in this report is true and correct.
Signature

Date

Thank you for assisting the Australian Government in identifying an outstanding candidate for an Australia Awards
Scholarship.

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