The ACGR Graduate Research Impact Blog aims to promote the value that graduate researchers bring to a knowledge-based economy and our future prosperity. We want to highlight the importance of research graduates for the volume and quality of research conducted in Australia, the impacts Australia’s research graduates have through the research they conduct, and the vast and diverse impacts they have throughout their careers.
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Graduate Research Impact Blog
Professor Susan Kinnear Dean, School of Graduate Research, CQUniversity Australia I started my doctorate at 21. Until then, my extent of work experience was driveway assistant at my family’s…
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These stories from current University of Queensland research students show that during their studies, they can achieve personal, professional and powerful impacts: They can follow their personal passion, be a…
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Dr Narelle Tunstall Managing Editor, Graduate Research Impact I once got a very snarky email from an academic for using the word ‘impactful’. I know academics are critical types,…
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Dr Narelle Tunstall Managing Editor, Graduate Research Impact I don’t know anyone who wouldn’t want a cure for cancer. And as our post from last week observed, we have…
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Sarah Muller PhD Candidate, Griffith University Cancer has plagued mankind for centuries. Even the ancient Egyptians worried about the disease and stated that “there is no treatment”. You might think that…
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Dr Narelle Tunstall Managing Editor, Graduate Research Impact I always liked the old adage ‘hindsight is 2020’, but I may never take the phrase seriously again. What a year!…
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Interview with Dr Kate Robb, Founding Director & Head of Research at the Marine Mammal Foundation Written by Dr Narelle Tunstall, Managing Editor, Graduate Research Impact When Kate was…
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Martin Bliemel, University of Technology Sydney and Julian Zipparo, UNSW This essay is based on the Impact at UTS podcast series. The audio series examines how a diverse range of…
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Craig Batty, Professor of Creative Writing, UTS; Alison Owens, Senior Lecturer, Learning and Teaching Centre, ACU; Donna Lee Brien, Professor, Creative Industries, CQU, and; Elizabeth Ellison, Senior Lecturer, Creative Industries,…
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Four PhD candidates from Monash University, who are already Doctors of the medical kind, are conducting research on a rare and debilitating neurological illness affecting the Australian population. It’s described…
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Dr Narelle Tunstall Managing Editor, Graduate Research Impact You might not have heard the one about the PhD grad, the plumber and the priest but I bet you’ve heard…
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When Monash University announced world-first COVID-19 research in July – at the height of the pandemic – the crucial behind-the-scenes work of a group of PhD students went largely unnoticed.…
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