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Australian Catholic University (ACU) is offering two full-time PhD scholarship packages to work on an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project to investigate the teaching of literacy with GenAI and XR tech (virtual, mixed, and augmented reality).
This ARC Discovery Project is being facilitated across six schools in QLD and VIC (Ballarat), with the two PhD applicants sought from either state.
The PhD candidates will be integral to the project, working collaboratively with the research team led by Professor Kathy Mills (ACU, Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education), with Professor Len Unsworth, and Professor Laura Scholes, and others. Leading and co-authoring papers from the project will be encouraged and supported.
| Study mode | Full-time for up to 3.5 years. |
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| Location | ACU Brisbane, Ballarat, or Melbourne campus. |
| Commencing | 2025 |
| Supervisor | Professor Kathy Mills |
| Host | Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education |
| Applications close | Friday 7 February 2025, 11:59 PM AEDT |
The successful applicant will be awarded a scholarship package consisting of:
Domestic candidates
International candidates
The scholarship package is subject to satisfactory progress and full-time study mode. The scholarship conditions align with the ACU Research Training Program Scholarship Policy.
ACU develops innovative solutions to issues impacting human dignity and the common good.
Our interdisciplinary and collaborative research seeks to enable people to develop intellectually, spiritually, physically, socially and emotionally, to enable flourishing lives, foster thriving communities and build an ethical future.
Our research and enterprise activities embrace the full life cycle of research, from knowledge creation to its translation and application towards outcomes of social, cultural, environmental and economic benefit.
Established in 2014, the Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education (ILSTSE) has driven ACU's research excellence in the priority area of Education, contributing to ACU's current standing as second in Australia and 32nd in the world for education (Shanghai Ranking, 2023).
The institute is supported by 41 funding partners and 28 university collaborators, with funded projects totalling $15.5 million and national competitive grants worth $10.4 million. It hosts 19 highly esteemed academics and 30 research, administrative, IT and research support staff. ILSTE's record of ARC grant success in education is $9,709,439 including a Future Fellowship, 15 Discovery grants, 8 Linkage grants and 6 DECRAs.
ILSTE provides world-class research infrastructure that facilitates large-scale research studies. The research environment is outstanding in terms of resources, intellectual capital and research mentoring and PhD supervision.
1st in Australia for research quality (1)
One of the top 10 Catholic universities in the world (2)
In the top 15 universities globally and first in Australia for scientific impact across all disciplines (3)
In the top 100 young universities in the world (4)
To be considered for this scholarship, applicants must submit all documentation required for an application to the PhD program at ACU, as detailed in the How to Apply instructions, plus:
Eligibility
Essential requirements
Applicants should have:
Applications close: Friday 7 February 2025, 11:59 PM AEDT
Interested candidates should contact Professor Kathy Mills before applying for the PhD program and scholarship.
(1) Times Higher Education 2025 World University Rankings. (2) Based on International Federation of Catholic Universities members ranked on Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025. (3) 2024 CWTS Leiden Rankings. (4) Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2024.