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…
Graduate Research Impact Blog
What do we and the Egyptians have in common? The future of protein research for development of cancer treatments
Sarah Muller PhD Candidate, Griffith University Cancer has plagued mankind for centuries. Even the ancient Egyptians worried about the disease and stated that “there is no treatment”. You might think that…
Graduate Research Impact Blog
Hindsight, HDRs and 2020
Dr Narelle Tunstall Managing Editor, Graduate Research Impact I always liked the old adage ‘hindsight is 2020’, but I may never take the phrase seriously again. What a year!…
Graduate Research Impact Blog
The research job Kate wanted didn’t exist, so she created it.
Interview with Dr Kate Robb, Founding Director & Head of Research at the Marine Mammal Foundation Written by Dr Narelle Tunstall, Managing Editor, Graduate Research Impact When Kate was…
Graduate Research Impact Blog
Who cares about university research? The answer depends on its impacts
Martin Bliemel, University of Technology Sydney and Julian Zipparo, UNSW This essay is based on the Impact at UTS podcast series. The audio series examines how a diverse range of…
Graduate research education
1 in 5 PhD students could drop out. Here are some tips for how to keep going
Craig Batty, Professor of Creative Writing, UTS; Alison Owens, Senior Lecturer, Learning and Teaching Centre, ACU; Donna Lee Brien, Professor, Creative Industries, CQU, and; Elizabeth Ellison, Senior Lecturer, Creative Industries,…