The increasing prominence of emerging technologies in economies across the globe is driving demand for highly skilled digital workers. This workforce need is being further intensified by huge growth in…
Professor Alastair McEwan Convenor, ACGR and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research Training), University of Queensland Two years ago, at the second ACGR biannual meeting in Wollongong there was a tangible sense of…
Having the opportunity to network and build links with not only established research experts but other PhD candidates from diverse fields, is an important way to develop skills in interdisciplinary…
In last week’s blog I noted that when it comes to measuring and demonstrating your impact, first you need to get clear on what impact you want to have. This…
How do you measure and demonstrate your impact? This was the topic I was asked to address by the Australian Association of Gerontology’s (AAG) Student and Early Career Group in…
Alexandre Wadih Raffoul, Uppsala University; David Fopp, Stockholm University; Emma Elfversson, Uppsala University; Helen Avery, Lund University, and Ryan Carolan, Swinburne University of Technology Young people across the world have…
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition has been helping PhD students hone their communication skills since 2008. For this competition, participants are challenged to effectively explain their research in just three minutes,…
The Visualise Your Thesis (VYT) Competition challenges graduate researchers to “present their research in a 60 second, eye-catching digital display”. 2021 is the third year of the International VYT Competition,…
Fiona Zammit, Executive Director Australian Council of Graduate Research On October 13th, The Australian reported a class action was lodged in the Federal Court on behalf of people who…
Dr Narelle Tunstall Managing Editor, Graduate Research Impact ARC ITTCs… if you’re not familiar with the acronym, I’m talking about Australian Research Council Industrial Transformation Training Centres. While it…
Dr Narelle Tunstall Managing Editor, Graduate Research Impact As if doing a PhD isn’t hard enough. The heavy workloads, candidate debt, and uncertain futures mean that candidature and mental…
Natsha Kitano, Language and Learning Educator and Kirsten Baird-Bate, PhD candidate Queensland University of Technology Reflections of HDR Lounge by facilitator Mental health and wellbeing have been in the spotlight in…