In the ACGR Update for March 2022, President Imelda Whelehan and Executive Director Fiona Zammit outline key areas of focus. This includes an update on contributions to national and international…
Social media is a highly visible and near universal mode of open discourse. Its use for educational discussion and networking is well established and continues to increase. Twitter and LinkedIn…
Rees Quilford, PhD candidate School of Media and Communication, RMIT University The cautious easing of COVID-19 restrictions here in Australia is seeing all number of changes within our tertiary…
Dr. Harry Rolf, Research Associate Australian Studies Institute (AuSI), Australian National University Book review of Margaret J Robertson (2019), Power and Doctoral Supervision Teams: Developing Team Building Skills in…
Rees Quilford, PhD candidate School of Media and Communication, RMIT University The start of Australia’s 2022 academic year sees thousands of PhD and Masters by Research candidates commencing their…
ACGR welcomes the announcement by Prime Minister Scott Morrison of an additional $296 million to go toward 1800 new industry PhDs and 800 fellowships to create a “new generation of…
11 am AEDT on Wednesday 23rd February Our first webinar for this year will address the “detail” in the recently released amendments to the Commonwealth Scholarship Guidelines supporting graduate research…
New year..new funding..new programs Welcome to our first ACGR Update for 2022. ACGR President Imelda Whelehan introduces the newsletter with some insights into the year ahead. This edition also provides…
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…
As another “unprecedented” year comes to an end we take stock of some of our achievements during 2021, thank those who have contributed in so many ways and look forward…
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…