ACGR Member Update
ACGR Update November 2022
At the conclusion of another successful national meeting, the November Update summarise the key learnings and initiatives that were addressed.
News
Elections for 2022 ACGR Executive Committee
The election to fill 4 vacant positions on the Executive Committee will be conducted at the Council’s AGM on Thursday November 11. Eligible voters are the primary representative of each…
Graduate research education
The climate crisis gives science a new role. Here’s how research ethics must change too
Alexandre Wadih Raffoul, Uppsala University; David Fopp, Stockholm University; Emma Elfversson, Uppsala University; Helen Avery, Lund University, and Ryan Carolan, Swinburne University of Technology Young people across the world have…
Graduate research education
2021 Asia-Pacific 3MT Final
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition has been helping PhD students hone their communication skills since 2008. For this competition, participants are challenged to effectively explain their research in just three minutes,…
Graduate research education
PhD Research – a means to an end…not the end itself
Fiona Zammit, Executive Director Australian Council of Graduate Research On October 13th, The Australian reported a class action was lodged in the Federal Court on behalf of people who…
Graduate research education
Visualise Your Thesis 2021
The Visualise Your Thesis (VYT) Competition challenges graduate researchers to “present their research in a 60 second, eye-catching digital display”. 2021 is the third year of the International VYT Competition,…
Careers
You’ve heard of Dr. Karl, now meet Dr. Loz
Dr. Lorien Parker, aka Dr. Loz, might not be as well-known as Dr. Karl, but nevertheless, she too is having a major impact on science communication and education. The first…
Graduate Research Impact Blog
How to change a life – by decolonising the health system
Research Graduates from Central Queensland University know the impact of their research – they know it can change lives. Many of CQU’s graduate researchers have gained considerable industry experience, before they start their…
ACGR Member Update
ACGR Update October 2021
In this October edition we introduce new colleagues to our network, list meetings and webinars, provide news about national programs to support graduate research students, detail good practice guidelines and…
News
ACGR Graduate Research Leadership Program 2021
Over 60 senior academics participated in the 2021 Graduate Research Leaders Program to learn from and interact with experienced graduate research leaders who generously shared their insights and knowledge with…
Careers
Graduate Outcomes – just how employable are research graduates?
Dr Narelle Tunstall Managing Editor, Graduate Research Impact The employment outcomes of research graduates was not something I thought about before I started my own PhD, but it’s certainly…
Graduate Research Impact Blog
Transforming the Australian grains industry one research graduate at a time
Dr Narelle Tunstall Managing Editor, Graduate Research Impact Last week I posted about the Australian Research Council Industrial Transformation Training Centre (ARC ITTC) scheme and the impact these Centre’s…