Past Events
ACGR 2021 Seminar/Workshop Program
Following the success of last year’s program we have planned a series of online seminars/workshops that will available to you and your colleagues. Full details will be forthcoming but the…
ACGR Member Update
ACGR Update February 2021
The first ACGR Update for 2021 is filled with details of the events and activities planned for this year. Read it now to check out what is happening and mark…
Graduate Research Impact Blog
What do we and the Egyptians have in common? The future of protein research for development of cancer treatments
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…
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…