Vice-Chancellor’s Research Excellence Awards 2024

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The Vice-Chancellor’s Research Excellence Awards is a time for our academic community to celebrate the remarkable achievements of our researchers. Following the success of last year’s Awards, 2024 promises to showcase groundbreaking research that continues to advance knowledge and drive societal impact by the Charles Sturt University research community.

These Awards are more than just recognition, they provide encouragement for researchers who have made significant contributions in their fields. From pioneering new methods in science and technology to fostering cultural understanding through the arts, the research recognised through these Awards has a lasting impact on our world. This is an opportunity to showcase the talent and research excellence of Charles Sturt University’s academics. Read more

Researcher Development Opportunities with eGrad School

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Charles Sturt University has partnered with E-Grad School (Australia) to provide additional opportunities for HDR students and Early Career Researchers. Part of this partnership offers access all the modules below free of charge. Don’t delay and sign up today with e-Grad School to take advantage of these courses and programs.

These modules are available on-line and are moderated by highly experienced experts in the field and also offer networking opportunities with researchers from other universities.

These upcoming online modules will run for 5 weeks, from September 9th to October 18th.

Don’t miss this chance to advance your skills and connect with a vibrant research community!

Register by September 6!

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Candidate news and achievements

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Welcome to new Graduate Research candidates joining us and congratulations to our current and graduating candidates on your achievements!

(Please note that this is based on reporting up to and including the 9th of this month. Candidate achievements recorded after that will appear in the next month’s GR News)

If you have news about awards, grants, publications or other achievements please let us know so we can share it.

New candidates

We wish the following new candidates every success as they begin their research journey and look forward to hearing about their research and achievements along the way.

Faculty of Arts and Education

Melanie Elderton

Harsharan Thethi

Jessie McDonnell

Osman Mah

Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences

Niesha Illingworth

Catherine McCarthy

Amanda Bowden

Alan Behn

Sharon Collins

Abimbola Odetayo

Faculty of Science and Health

Jack Nicholas

Tiarna Scerri

Dhanya Palackathuruthel Kunjukunju

Melissa Hanson

Francette Dusan

Danielle Kennedy

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FOAE HDR Colloquium 2024: “For Country and Community”

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Join us for an inspiring gathering of diverse and innovative minds at the FOAE HDR Colloquium!
Mark your calendars for Monday, 28th and Tuesday, 29th October 2024, as we delve into this year’s theme, “For Country and Community”, celebrating the pioneering higher degree research that spans across our Faculty.

This hybrid event offers the best of both worlds. Connect with us in person at the Building 21 Lecture Theatre (Room 201) on the Wagga Wagga campus, or join virtually if preferred.

There are viewer’s choice prizes for the best presentations, including the coveted $1,000 Best in Show award. This year we’ve also introduced fully funded ‘Future Fellowships’ for Honours and Graduate Certificate Research students.

Registrations are open — in-person and online.

2024 HDR Colloquium – For Country and Community – Faculty of Arts and Education (csu.edu.au)

Writing as a graduate researcher: Key principles

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This article by Lynda Chapple is from Latrobe University RED Alert

Rachel Cayley opens her recent book on graduate writing with a reflection on the assumptions that students and their supervisors sometimes make about writing. Too often, she notes, graduate students assume they should already know how to write academically – after all they have been accepted into a high-level program and their supervisors are keen to work with them. Writing should be the easy part, but somehow it often is not.

As a teacher of graduate writing, I see a lot of what is commonly known as ‘imposter syndrome’ when it comes to academic writing, and it can be hard to convince folks that with patience and practice they will become more assured. Certainly, academic writing can be challenging, frustrating, even mystifying at times, but it can be learned and once you get the hang of it, you will find it both rewarding and fun.

Here are four key tenets to keep in mind as you engage in the process of writing your thesis. Read more

Radio 2MCE and Podcast HDR interviews are back!

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We are excited to be back on the air this month with our newly rebranded program, ‘Stories behind the Research’.

Each month we hear from one or more of our exciting HDR candidates talking about their research and their own personal journeys to becoming researchers.

You can listen live at 5.30 PM on the third Thursday each month or on-demand on our podcast.

This month we are joined by Amy Proudford-Nalder talking about her research project: The Law in English Literature: The Pedagogy of Legal Context and Advancing Gender Equality in the Teaching of Secondary English in the 21st Century

If you’d like to share your own research story, please fill out an Expression of Interest Form and we’ll be in touch.

Explore our enhanced Research Hub

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As Australia’s leading regional university, we are dedicated to advancing the careers of our students, fostering research excellence, and driving regional outcomes with global impact. In alignment with these goals, we are proud to announce the upcoming launch of our new external facing website known as the ‘Research Hub‘

The Research Hub is designed to boost visibility, champion research excellence, and foster a culture of innovation and collaboration. Our commitment to making a difference can be seen in everything we do, from conducting impactful research and forming strategic collaborations to advancing sustainability initiatives and enhancing the student experience. Read more

The eGrad School Global Conference

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The eGrad School Global Conference provides a unique opportunity for you to actively participate and contribute to a global research event.

This year’s conference on 26 November will explore the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and research, and dive into the world of AI-driven innovation and its profound impact across various fields of research.

Researchers of all levels are invited to submit an abstract on one of two conference themes:

–  AI in research practice: case studies

–  Navigating the frontier: universities’ approaches to AI in research 

Key dates:

eGrad School Global Conference:               26 November 2024 10AM to 5PM

Online and free

Abstract submissions close:                        29 September 2024

Send your abstract or register to attend.

qut.edu.au/research/e-grad-school/conference

Faculty of Science and Health Higher Degree by Research and Honours Symposium

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Registrations are now open!

Please join the Faculty of Science and Health Symposium, on 20-21 November on the Wagga Wagga campus, that will be showcasing the research being undertaken by our HDR and Honours candidates.

At the symposium you will have the opportunity to present your research, develop your presentation skills and receive some valuable feedback.

Further details can be found on our webpage: https://science-health.csu.edu.au/research/hdr-honours-symposium

For any questions, please email the FOSH Operations Team at FOSH-Ops-Admin@csu.edu.au

We look forward to meeting and seeing you at the symposium.

Candidate news and achievements

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Welcome to new Graduate Research candidates joining us and congratulations to our current and graduating candidates on your achievements!

(Please note that this is based on reporting up to and including the 9th of this month. Candidate achievements recorded after that will appear in the next month’s GR News)

If you have news about awards, grants, publications or other achievements please let us know so we can share it.

New candidates

We wish the following new candidates every success as they begin their research journey and look forward to hearing about their research and achievements along the way.

Faculty of Science and Health

Sarah Pickering, Sharomi Dayanand, Wei Wang, Clare Singh and Adolphus Khabiah

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