News
Change to RTP to encourage internships
The 2021-22 Federal Budget announced measures impacting on the higher education sector, including changes that will be made to the Research Training Program (RTP) element of Research Block Grants. The…
Initiatives
2021 Excellence Award Winners Announced
Congratulations to our winners and special commendation recipients in all three categories of our 2021 ACGR Awards for Excellence in Graduate Research Education. Read all about their achievements and view…
Past Events
Record numbers attend national meeting
Our first national meeting for 2021 was held on April 12 and has received very positive feedback from all those who attended. Members can view the recording of the meeting…
Graduate research education
How an HDR Writer’s Lounge is positively impacting focused writing, connections with other HDR students and a sense of well-being
Natasha Kitano, Language and Learning Educator, Graduate Research Education & Development team (GRE+D), Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and Aleksandra Olechnowicz, Online Module Administrator, Graduate Research Education & Development team (GRE+D)…
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…