ACGR Member Update
ACGR Update September 2020
The countdown to the ACGR meeting in November has begun and a star studded line up of presenters confirmed for our virtual gathering on November 12 and 13. Read about…
Graduate research education
Research Student Training in the Pandemic era. What do and will our students need?
A/Prof Paige Maguire Director, Graduate Research Education and Development, Queensland University of Technology Since the release of the Review of Australia’s Research Training System by the Australian Council of Learning…
Graduate Research Impact Blog
From research to social change: Creating communities of learning to tackle discrimination and promote social cohesion
Interview with Professor Christopher Sonn, Victoria University Written by Dr Narelle Tunstall, Managing Editor, Graduate Research Impact Most academic online profiles rarely tell you the full story about someone’s research. Let…
Graduate Research Impact Blog
What research means to me and why we need to talk about impact
Dr Narelle Tunstall Managing Editor, Graduate Research Impact; Consultant, Empirical Research Development; and Centre Manager, ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Fragment-Based Design. I’ll never forget the day I…
Graduate Research Impact Blog
We can’t let STEM skills become a casualty of COVID-19
Dr Cathy Foley AO PSM FAA FTSE Chief Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation This contribution from Dr Cathy Foley to The Conversation was too important not to re-share.…
Graduate Research Impact Blog
Through a glass darkly – an industrialist’s point of view
John McGagh Investor, Board Advisor, Director, Former Head of Innovation Rio Tinto and Chair of the ACOLA Research Training Review As an Executive with significant global experience working in, and…
Initiatives
Graduate Research Impact Blog
From researcher to entrepreneur: Dr Tamika Heiden, Principal and Founder, Research Impact Academy tells how she is using her researcher mindset to create impact Share the word and share the…
Initiatives
ACGR on LinkedIn
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ACGR Member Update
ACGR Update August 2020
A plethora of new resources are detailed in this month’s Update including website for candidates and supervisors to assist with research methodology choices, guides to online supervision and examination and…
Careers
What does a future-ready PhD graduate look like?
Dr Marguerite Evans-Galea AM IMNIS Executive Director, Australian Academy of Technology & Engineering Industry Mentoring Network in STEM (IMNIS) is a prestigious STEM industry engagement initiative that partners PhD students…
Graduate Research Impact Blog
Evidence of the economic and social benefits of graduate research in Australia
Dr Ruth Kamrowski, Dr Sharon Saunders and Professor Sue Berners-Price Project Officer, Director and Dean of Griffith Graduate Research School (GGRS), Griffith University. The team from GGRS explain why graduate…
Graduate research education
How to teach PhD candidates to write proficiently in three minutes and other impossible tasks
Simon Moss, Dean of Graduate Studies, Charles Darwin University Writing is one of the most important skills for a graduate researcher yet writing skills are often taken for granted or…