Postgraduate research conference: April 2018 in Australia

The next QPR conference will be held in Australia 2018 (This is Sydney - so beautiful)

Every second year the Postgraduate Research Conference is held at the National Wine Centre in Adelaide, Australia. During the alternative years we gather at Spier in Stellenbosch, South Africa for the conference. In 2018, the theme of the 13th Quality in Postgraduate Research Conference (QPR) will be: Impact, Engagement, and Doctoral Education. 

The call for papers is out and closes on 21st November. Options include traditional papers,  discussions, poster presentations and 'fast and furious 5X5' presentations which are fun, informative and focused (well worth trying). Possible topics include:

Theory, concepts, and measurement

• What does impact and engagement mean in doctoral education?
• How can impact and engagement be measured in doctoral education?
• How are impact and engagement exerted and mediated? What are the key processes and actors?
• Can we measure the quality of impacts and engagements? How can we improve that quality?

Impact and engagement in practice

• What impact do doctoral researchers have on institutions?
• How do impact and engagement translate into employability?
• What impact do doctoral graduates have following graduation?
• What impact do industry-funded doctoral projects have?
• How can the impact and engagement of doctoral graduates be maximised?
• How do impact and engagement operate in the overall ecology of the doctoral education system?

Impact and engagement – the human dimension

• What impact does doctoral education have on
  graduates? What is the impact of the wider engagement agenda on doctoral graduates?
• What impact have developments in doctoral education over the past 25 years had on the student experience?