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…
National Priorities and Industry Linkage Fund (NPILF) will allocate block grants to universities to support enhanced engagement with universities and industry to produce job-ready graduates. ACGR has urged government to…
Interview with Dr Shyuan Ngo, AIBN, The University of Queensland Written by Dr Narelle Tunstall, Managing Editor, Graduate Research Impact This Spring, research scientist Dr Shyuan Ngo, her research collaborator…
Since 2008, the University of Queensland Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition has helped PhD students hone their communication skills, receive peer review, and gain skills surrounding the presentation of their…
This month’s newsletter showcases the breadth of ACGR’s activity in two important focus areas: interacting with government to influence strategy and policy providing a forum for networking and practice sharing…
The Australian Council of Graduate Research calls on the federal government for immediate action to preserve Australia’s research assets – researchers themselves and the graduate research programs that train the…
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…
Dr Richard Huysmans Speaker, Author, Trainer and Business owner Dr Huysmans undertook his PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, before turning his hand to research strategy and program development. In…
Our (COVID) need to convene our national meeting in November online has opened a Pandora’s Box of great opportunities for ACGR members. Empowered and informed by all of your responses…
Ms Charlotte Ferrier, Senior Graduate Research Development Coordinator, University of South Australia Dr Myra Lee, HDR Development Coordinator, University of Queensland Introduction COVID-19 has necessitated rapid change for universities…
Online Training Program via Zoom Date Monday 21 September Number of registrations 60 participants with initial limit of 2 per member institution Registration cost ACGR will provide registrations…