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…
News
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…
Initiatives
Investment in Research Training Critical for National Prosperity
The Australian Council of Graduate Research calls on the federal government for immediate action to preserve Australia’s research assets – researchers themselves and the graduate research programs that train the…
Graduate Research Impact Blog
How much Australian university research stands to lose by 2024
Frank Larkins & Ian Marchman Professor Emeritus and Former Deputy Vice Chancellor, & Honorary Principal Fellow, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne In their recent…
Graduate Research Impact Blog
Investment in Research Training Critical for National Prosperity
Australian Council of Graduate Research Ahead of the Federal Budget 2020-2021, to be handed down in Parliament on 6 October, the ACGR has released the following statement. The Australian Council…
Careers
Things I learnt in my PhD that I regularly use as a business owner
Dr Richard Huysmans Speaker, Author, Trainer and Business owner Dr Huysmans undertook his PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, before turning his hand to research strategy and program development. In…