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…
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!…
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…
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…
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,…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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)…