Professor Alastair McEwan Convenor, ACGR and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research Training), University of Queensland Two years ago, at the second ACGR biannual meeting in Wollongong there was a tangible sense of…
Having the opportunity to network and build links with not only established research experts but other PhD candidates from diverse fields, is an important way to develop skills in interdisciplinary…
In last week’s blog I noted that when it comes to measuring and demonstrating your impact, first you need to get clear on what impact you want to have. This…
How do you measure and demonstrate your impact? This was the topic I was asked to address by the Australian Association of Gerontology’s (AAG) Student and Early Career Group in…
Can you promote the value and impact of Australia’s graduate research community, share good practice, insights and solutions via targeted media and social media campaigns? The Australian Council of Graduate…
Congratulations to the following colleagues who were elected to join the ACGR Executive Committee next year: Professor Susan Kinnear CQU Professor Clive Baldock, Western Sydney University Professor Justin Zobel, The…
At the conclusion of another successful national meeting, the November Update summarise the key learnings and initiatives that were addressed.
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…