Graduate Research Impact Blog
Hindsight, HDRs and 2020
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!…
Graduate Research Impact Blog
The research job Kate wanted didn’t exist, so she created it.
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…
Graduate Research Impact Blog
Who cares about university research? The answer depends on its impacts
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…
Graduate research education
1 in 5 PhD students could drop out. Here are some tips for how to keep going
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,…
News
ACGR Executive Election Results
Congratulations to the new members of the ACGR Executive Committee for 2021 who were elected at our AGM on Thursday. On January 1, the Committee will welcome Professor Imelda Whelehan,…
Graduate Research Impact Blog
Autoimmune encephalitis: When your body attacks your brain, and people think you’re going mad
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…
Careers
A PhD graduate, a plumber and a priest walk into a room…to talk about jobs.
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…
News
Committee Member nominations in for 2021-22
At our AGM on November 12, ACGR Full Member representatives will elect new members of our Executive Committee for 2021-2022. We have been delighted by the interest shown in committee…
ACGR Member Update
ACGR Update November 2020
As we near the end of a turbulent year there are some slight glimmers of hope on the horizon for our graduate research programs and students. The announced COVID recovery…
Graduate Research Impact Blog
The PhD students who stepped up in the COVID-19 testing breakthrough
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.…
Graduate research education
Winners of the 2020 International VYT competition
The importance of communicating complex research findings to an audience outside academia is well recognised and many PhD students have competed in the University of Queensland Three Minute Thesis (3MT)…
Graduate research education
How to support graduate students during a global pandemic
Associate Professor Melissa Hart Graduate Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, UNSW A typical Australian PhD often involves a focused research project, at one university, with one…