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.

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Positives of following the herd

The imitation game: Why we follow the crowd in times of crisis

After the panic buying came the theorising: why did so many of us respond to the pandemic by rushing out to the shops to snag a pack of toilet paper? Why do we hoard in times of crisis?

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Watch: A day in the life of an ACU teaching and arts student

Follow ACU student Jenna Peisley on an average day.

Childhood circus clown a class act

John Foster’s life-changing encounter with Clemente.

Teaching with technology

How one school is reinventing the way teachers interact with students using digital delivery.

Neither here nor there: refugee youth facing a new kind of homelessness

A study of young refugees has found many experience homelessness because of the lack of appropriate resettlement services.

How personal archives uncover history's untold stories

Why you should think twice before clearing out your ‘sentimental clutter’.

How to nail your first year of uni

Getting off on the right foot will help you make a great start in your first year at uni. Remember that help is always on hand.

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Positives of following the herd