Initiatives
Graduate Research Impact Blog
From researcher to entrepreneur: Dr Tamika Heiden, Principal and Founder, Research Impact Academy tells how she is using her researcher mindset to create impact Share the word and share the…
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ACGR on LinkedIn
Another avenue to tell the Graduate Research story. Please follow us, share our stories and invite all your relevant LinkedIn contacts to follow us too. https://www.linkedin.com/company/australian-council-of-graduate-research
ACGR Member Update
ACGR Update August 2020
A plethora of new resources are detailed in this month’s Update including website for candidates and supervisors to assist with research methodology choices, guides to online supervision and examination and…
Careers
What does a future-ready PhD graduate look like?
Dr Marguerite Evans-Galea AM IMNIS Executive Director, Australian Academy of Technology & Engineering Industry Mentoring Network in STEM (IMNIS) is a prestigious STEM industry engagement initiative that partners PhD students…
Graduate Research Impact Blog
Evidence of the economic and social benefits of graduate research in Australia
Dr Ruth Kamrowski, Dr Sharon Saunders and Professor Sue Berners-Price Project Officer, Director and Dean of Griffith Graduate Research School (GGRS), Griffith University. The team from GGRS explain why graduate…
Graduate research education
How to teach PhD candidates to write proficiently in three minutes and other impossible tasks
Simon Moss, Dean of Graduate Studies, Charles Darwin University Writing is one of the most important skills for a graduate researcher yet writing skills are often taken for granted or…
Graduate Research Impact Blog
A Research Journey into a Novel Surface Coating Technology
Mr. Zefeng Wu & Mr. Neil Matthews Ph.D. candidate at RMIT & Senior Manager and Head of Research and Technology, RUAG Australia Pty. Ltd. The ARC Training Centre in Surface…
ACGR Member Update
ACGR Update July 2020
The first half of 2020 has brought challenges and new ways of working for all of us. Read here how ACGR has (and will) help its members through and beyond…
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Australia’s Chief Scientist to Launch New ACGR Blog
Places are still available to join us for the official launch of the Graduate Research Impact Blog this evening. Join Dr Alan Finkel as we celebrate the contributions that graduate…
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Graduate Research Impact Blog Now Live
ACGR is proud to launch the first articles in its new forum for comment on current issues and advances in graduate research. Graduate Research Impact will and engage the public…
Careers
What if I don’t want to be a researcher?
Dr Amy Chen Co-founder, Scientists without Labels Does completing a PhD mean you have to become an academic or even a researcher? Recent PhD graduate Dr Amy Chen describes her…
Graduate Research Impact Blog
PhD Industry Internships: Adjusting to a New Normal
Glen Sheldon Deputy National Program Manager, APR.Intern Industry-university research collaboration is crucial to enhancing Australia’s knowledge economy. Not-for-profit, APR.Intern, works with universities to place PhD students into short-term, paid industry…