Graduate Research Impact Blog
THE Impact Rankings 2021
Now in its third year, the annual Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings were announced on the 21st of April. The THE Impact Rankings are the only global performance tables…
Graduate research education
HDR Candidates: Students or Researchers?
Professor Justin Zobel, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Graduate & International Research), The University of Melbourne A university can be seen as comprising four main communities: the academic workforce, the professional workforce, coursework…
Graduate Research Impact Blog
A research journey on the road less travelled
Dr Paul Wynne Centre Manager, Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre and IMNIS Mentor. Did the title draw your attention? If so, I apologise for the deception as my career has…
Graduate research education
The 100-Year Start Up
Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington, University of South Australia Co-authored by Pat Buckley and Inger Mewburn and the PostAc team at ANU It wasn’t a strong beginning. As startups go, you…
Graduate research education
Doctoral Research Impact Canvas: Enhancing doctoral candidates’ research impact capabilities.
Dr Huong Nguyen Policy Analyst, UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean After the publication of the ACOLA review of Australia’s Research Training System…
Careers
Surviving the ‘postdocalypse’
Samantha Munroe, PhD TERN Ecological Surveillance Monitoring, University of Adelaide There is no shortage of bad news and sectoral doom and gloom in Australian academia. In a year that…
Graduate Research Impact Blog
Impact, ‘industry-readiness’ and the real identities of our graduate researchers
Professor Susan Kinnear Dean, School of Graduate Research, CQUniversity Australia I started my doctorate at 21. Until then, my extent of work experience was driveway assistant at my family’s…
Graduate Research Impact Blog
What can research students do?
These stories from current University of Queensland research students show that during their studies, they can achieve personal, professional and powerful impacts: They can follow their personal passion, be a…
Graduate Research Impact Blog
Impactful, assessment, and other hated words…
Dr Narelle Tunstall Managing Editor, Graduate Research Impact I once got a very snarky email from an academic for using the word ‘impactful’. I know academics are critical types,…
Graduate Research Impact Blog
Cancer research – the impact is obvious, right?
Dr Narelle Tunstall Managing Editor, Graduate Research Impact I don’t know anyone who wouldn’t want a cure for cancer. And as our post from last week observed, we have…
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…