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ACGR Executive Election Results
Congratulations to the new members of the ACGR Executive Committee for 2021 who were elected at our AGM on Thursday. On January 1, the Committee will welcome Professor Imelda Whelehan,…
Graduate Research Impact Blog
Autoimmune encephalitis: When your body attacks your brain, and people think you’re going mad
Four PhD candidates from Monash University, who are already Doctors of the medical kind, are conducting research on a rare and debilitating neurological illness affecting the Australian population. It’s described…
Careers
A PhD graduate, a plumber and a priest walk into a room…to talk about jobs.
Dr Narelle Tunstall Managing Editor, Graduate Research Impact You might not have heard the one about the PhD grad, the plumber and the priest but I bet you’ve heard…
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Committee Member nominations in for 2021-22
At our AGM on November 12, ACGR Full Member representatives will elect new members of our Executive Committee for 2021-2022. We have been delighted by the interest shown in committee…
ACGR Member Update
ACGR Update November 2020
As we near the end of a turbulent year there are some slight glimmers of hope on the horizon for our graduate research programs and students. The announced COVID recovery…
Graduate Research Impact Blog
The PhD students who stepped up in the COVID-19 testing breakthrough
When Monash University announced world-first COVID-19 research in July – at the height of the pandemic – the crucial behind-the-scenes work of a group of PhD students went largely unnoticed.…
Graduate research education
Winners of the 2020 International VYT competition
The importance of communicating complex research findings to an audience outside academia is well recognised and many PhD students have competed in the University of Queensland Three Minute Thesis (3MT)…
Graduate research education
How to support graduate students during a global pandemic
Associate Professor Melissa Hart Graduate Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, UNSW A typical Australian PhD often involves a focused research project, at one university, with one…
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Graduate researchers can deliver industry connections and job ready graduates
National Priorities and Industry Linkage Fund (NPILF) will allocate block grants to universities to support enhanced engagement with universities and industry to produce job-ready graduates. ACGR has urged government to…
Graduate Research Impact Blog
Stepping beyond the laboratory to Fight MND
Interview with Dr Shyuan Ngo, AIBN, The University of Queensland Written by Dr Narelle Tunstall, Managing Editor, Graduate Research Impact This Spring, research scientist Dr Shyuan Ngo, her research collaborator…
Graduate research education
Winners of the 2020 Asia-Pacific 3MT Final
Since 2008, the University of Queensland Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition has helped PhD students hone their communication skills, receive peer review, and gain skills surrounding the presentation of their…
ACGR Member Update
ACGR Update October 2020
This month’s newsletter showcases the breadth of ACGR’s activity in two important focus areas: interacting with government to influence strategy and policy providing a forum for networking and practice sharing…