PhD candidates are crucial to Australia’s research and innovation landscape, and Australia needs better policies to attract and support them.
A joint report from the Australian Council of Graduate Research and Universities Australia is making the news today. Read the full report.
Follow the story here via the ABC, here via the SMH, and here via The Canberra Times (paywall).
Plus, don’t miss an opinion piece in The Australian (5/2/25) from our President, Louise Sharpe: PhD students need more pay than poverty-line wages (paywall).
Higher education press also ran stories in the Times Higher Education (read it here) and Research Professional News (read it here).
Radio also covered this important topic, with interviews on the ABC and 2SM.