ACAP Research, supportive research environment

ACAP Research

The Australian College of Applied Psychology seeks to foster a vibrant, diverse and supportive research environment. There are plans to develop a research and scholarly presence within the College whereby all those involved in the academic process aspire to excellence in their teaching and research. The College’s research goals are to:
• encourage an active higher education research culture,
• provide research training to academics, professionals and graduate students,
• raise the public research profile of the College,
• promote interdisciplinary research groups within the College,
• assist new researchers to establish a research record,
• develop research partnerships with other institutions, and
• increase income from research funding bodies

Research and quality of teaching should be complementary, and are distinguishing features of learning cultures in higher education. In this way, the relationship between teaching, scholarship and research can reveal models for independent thought and critical reflection.

To support the development of research ACAP has a small grants program, holds an annual conference and publishes a journal “Conatus: An Australian Journal for the Social Sciences”

Research Grants Scheme

The College small research grants program aims to enhance and develop a culture of research within the College by providing:

  • seed funding for projects for recently appointed staff;
  • start-up funding for staff who have previously not been active in research;
  • funding for small projects that are expected to form the basis of application(s) for external funding support;
  • funding for research that will result in the submission of a manuscript or manuscripts for publication

Applications for this round close on 30 September 2011. To download an application form click here

4th Annual ACAP Conference 2011: Getting it together: Social inclusion, professional training and professional practice

The Australian College of Applied Psychology (ACAP) will hold its 4th Annual Conference at the Sydney Campus located in the heart of the vibrant Sydney CBD on Monday 19 September 2011. ACAP has a proud history of educating students with skills for making a difference, and the conference aims to bring together the ACAP community of students, educators, academics, and staff with practitioners and scholars from the broader community.
The conference theme: provides scope to develop a conference program that reflects key ACAP values and activities applied to this urgent national and international priority of promoting and maintaining equality of opportunity and social cohesion.


Keynote Address: The conference keynote will be delivered by Dr Dédé Oetomo, a leading international advocate, mentor, academic teacher and researcher in gender and sexual diversity based in Indonesia.
Get Involved. Submissions are welcome in areas that address the conference theme with a focus on education and training in key areas of applied psychology, as well as scholarly work focusing on case management, coaching, counselling, human resources and psychology applied to any domain(s) where social inclusion is an issue, such as the interrelated areas of socioeconomic disadvantage; ethnicity and culture; illness and disability; mental health; gender and sexuality. In particular around the following themes:

• learning and teaching
• management, governance and policy
• experience and pathways
• access, participation and engagement

 

Call for papers

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ACAP Research and Scholarships Skills Seminars

The ACAP Research and Scholarship Skills seminars are held monthly on the Sydney campus and are available for online viewing by clicking here >>

Download the ACAP Research Seminar Series document here >>

 

Conatus: An Australian Journal for the Social Sciences

Conatus has been created for the Australian College of Applied Psychology (ACAP) to promote scholarship in its broadest meaning within ACAP and to create links with other higher education institutions both within Australia and overseas.

Conatus (Latin for effort; endeavour; impulse, inclination, tendency; undertaking; striving) was a term used in early philosophies of psychology and metaphysics to refer to an innate inclination of a thing (mind, matter or both) to continue to exist and enhance itself. The title of this journal reflects what ACAP staff and students and contributors want to do: enhance their minds through scholarship.

 

HREC Meeting Dates, 2012

  1. Thursday, 12 April
  2. Tuesday, 8 May
  3. Thursday, 7 June
  4. Tuesday, 10 July
  5. Thursday, 9 August
  6. Thursday, 6 September
  7. Tuesday, 2 October
  8. Thursday, 8 November
  9. Thursday, 13 December