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Australian Catholic University (ACU) is offering one full-time PhD scholarship package for candidates in Brisbane, Ballarat, and Melbourne.
The successful applicant will 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). The project will be centred in the discipline of literacy education, with technology knowledge supportive. This is not a computer science PhD. Unrelated research project designs/plans on other topics will not be considered.
The PhD candidate 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, and Melbourne. The successful applicant must be based on one of these campuses for the duration of their candidature. |
| Commencing | 2025 |
| Principal Supervisor | Professor Kathy Mills |
| About your academic unit |
Institute for Learning Science and Teacher Education 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. |
| Industry partner/s | This ARC Discovery Project and the work of the PhD candidate is to be conducted with our project schools in Brisbane, QLD. |
| Eligibility | Open to domestic and international candidates. |
| PhD eligibility criteria |
ACU PhD eligibility criteria can be found in the Higher Degree Research Regulations. ACU eligibility criteria for research scholarships can be found in the Research Training Program Scholarship Policy. |
| Scholarship criteria |
In addition to the PhD eligibility criteria, the successful applicant should have:
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| Scholarship package |
The scholarship package is subject to satisfactory progress and full-time study mode. |
| Application closing date | Wednesday 11 June 2025, 11:59 pm AEST |
| How to apply |
To be considered for this scholarship, applicants must submit all documentation required for an application to the ACU PhD program, as detailed in the How to Apply instructions, plus:
When completing the PhD application form, please indicate that you are also applying for a stipend scholarship and include the name of this project, "Reading the World AI: A Critical literacy approach for read-write GenAI and 3D texts". |
| Application contact |
Interested candidates should contact Professor Kathy Mills before applying for the PhD program and scholarship. |
| Why choose ACU? |
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. ACU research rankings
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