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…
Jonathan Lacey & Emily Chang Cruxes Innovation Research does not immediately lead to impact. Instead, the path from research to impact is long and complex, requiring a network of…
Last week the ACGR Graduate Research Impact Blog celebrated its first 12 months of showcasing the advances in graduate research education and the quality of the programs and graduates that…
Now in its third year, the annual Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings were announced on the 21st of April. The THE Impact Rankings are the only global performance tables…
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…
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…
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,…
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!…
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…
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…
Frank Larkins & Ian Marchman Professor Emeritus and Former Deputy Vice Chancellor, & Honorary Principal Fellow, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne In their recent…
Australian Council of Graduate Research Ahead of the Federal Budget 2020-2021, to be handed down in Parliament on 6 October, the ACGR has released the following statement. The Australian Council…