IMPACT

STORIES TO INFORM, CHALLENGE AND INSPIRE.

IMPACT

STORIES TO INFORM, CHALLENGE AND INSPIRE.

Impact brings you compelling stories, inspiring research, and big ideas from ACU. It's about the impact we’re having on our communities, and our Mission in action. It’s a practical resource for career, life and study.

At ACU it’s education, but not as you know it. We stand up for people in need, and causes that matter.

If you have a story idea or just want to say hello, do contact us.

Beyond the challenge

University can be challenging at the best of times – but imagine taking on a nursing degree while recovering from an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) stroke that impacts short-term memory.

Future student

Next stop, the world

Arts students Helena and Jacinta have discovered just how far their degrees can take them.

Community

The chasm between disability services and prisons

Uncovering the cycle of disadvantage inside and outside prisons for people who are often invisible to the justice system.

Career

Demystifying maths

Jason Stanley experienced a fractured upbringing. He now teaches mathematics in a bid to find, catch and help his childhood self.

Global

A degree that travels

ACU student Joyce Jimenez shares how a public health internship in Tonga shaped her passion for community, culture and impact.

Lifestyle

The psychology of New Year's resolutions (and how to get better at keeping them)

ACU psychologist John Mahoney explains the missing link between setting a goal and achieving it.

Study

Four things to consider before postgraduate study

Postgraduate study is exciting, but not without its challenges. Here are four questions to ask yourself before you take the leap.