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The CERC Newsletter (formally CERG) is distributed three times per year to subscribers via email. You can view our previous issues below:
July 2024
CERC Newsletter - July 2024 (PDF, 7.1MB)
March 2024
CERC Newsletter - March 2024 (PDF, 6.2MB)
December 2023
CERC Newsletter - December 2023 (PDF, 30.18MB)
July 2023
CERG Newsletter - July 2023 (PDF, 5.3MB)
January 2023
CERG Newsletter - January 2023 (PDF, 2MB)
September 2022
CERG Newsletter - September 2022 (PDF, 493KB)
June 2022
CERG Newsletter - June 2022 (PDF, 527 KB)
March 2022
CERG Newsletter - March 2022 (PDF, 705KB)
December 2021
CERG Newsletter - December 2021 (PDF, 1,290KB)
September 2021
CERG Newsletter - September 2021 (PDF, 405KB)
July 2021
CERG Newsletter - July 2021 (PDF, 453KB)
June 2021
CERG Newsletter - June 2021 (PDF, 1,213KB)
May 2021
CERG Newsletter - May 2021 (PDF, 39,392KB)
February 2021
CERG Newsletter - February 2021 (PDF, 292KB)
December 2020
CERG Newsletter - December 2020 (PDF, 4,559KB)
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Outcomes of SEED Grant 202301 July 2024 |
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In June each year, CERC aims to provide members with an opportunity to apply for a seed grant to the dissemination, research assistance, data collection and analysis, or the purchase of research-related equipment. In 2023, the seed grants were awarded to Dr Bindu Joseph and Robeena Emmanuel and Dr Samuel Zhang. Dr. Bindu Joseph and Mrs. Robeena Emmanuel used grant money to run Mental health awarenessprograms for carers and parents of young people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Background in Australia. This research aims to improve mental health awareness and help seeking behaviour through an educationintervention. Four education sessions were conducted with total of 332 participants in Southeast and regional Victoria. Dr. Joseph and Mrs. Emmanuel at one of their education sessions CERC 2023 Seed Grant winner Dr Samuel Zhang used the grant to boost his research projects.One research project investigated the effect of entrepreneurship on subjective wellbeing. Samuel and his co-authors found that being an entrepreneur increases subjective wellbeing and that this effect is stronger among males and rural residents. This study has been published in the Top 10% prestigious journal – Journal of Business Venturing Insight. Another project looked at the impact of communicable disease epidemics on healthcare worker (HCW) corruption, focusing on Nigeria's recent Lassa fever outbreak. Samuel has presented this study at the 14th Australian Public Choice Conference and received constructive feedback. Samuel also utilised the seed grant to develop his technical skills for future research projects. Koomson, I., Zhang, Q., & Prakash, K. (2024). Entrepreneurship and subjective wellbeing in China:Exploring linkages and potential channels. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 21, e00449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00449 Dr Zhang's article supported by the CERC Seed Grant |
Successful SEED Grant applications03 June 2024 |
Each year, CERC aims to provide members with an opportunity to apply for a SEED grant to the value In 2024, there was a total of 10 SEED Grant applications, from several teams and different disciplines. CERC would like to thank the senior CERC members who assisted with the evaluation and feedback for the applications.We would also like to commend all members who submitted applications and hope that CERC can continue This year we are happy to announce four SEED Grants. The following projects have been awarded the CERC SEED Grants for 2024:
Title: A qualitative exploration of risk and protective factors for mental health in local level AFL umpires Qualitative study- Project aim is to identify key protective and risk factors for MH in local level AFL umpires.
the implications for park operators? Quantitative methods – Project aim is to quantify injury incidence among recreational mountain
Title: The efficacy of psychological interventions for the psychological impacts of Post Intensive Systematic review – Project aims to better understand the factors that influence PICS psychological
living with homelessness: A Pilot Project. Mixed Methods design- Project aims to evaluate the outcomes of a novel placement model in which |
Rainbow Brick Road report shines spotlight |
A timely report looking at the lived experiences of the LGBTQIA+ community across Gippsland The Gippsland Rainbow Brick Road project was created by the Gippsland Pride Initiative, who Data collected from the surveys and workshops was analysed by Federation University’s The survey looked at the areas of workplace, family, education, healthcare services, community
The Gippsland Rainbow Brick Road report was launched earlier today to coincide with the International As next steps, the report also recommended training for health professionals to increase the number The full recommendations and summary of findings, will be made available at gippslandprideinitiative.com/ Quote attributable to Federation University’s Collaborative Evaluation Research Group Director, “It was our job to showcase the voices and experiences of the LGBTQIA+ community, in order to Quote attributable to Gippsland Pride Initiative Co-founder, Caitlin Grigsby “This piece of work is to our knowledge, a first of its kind, region specific assessment of LGBTQIA+ “It is our hope and intention that this work results in region-specific and community-informed action, |
Supporting students into careers and further |
A pilot program that helps young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples get the skills to find CERG director Professor Joanne Porter says the program was designed to bring the year 10-12 students "The change in their confidence from week one to the end of the program has been enormous. Professor Porter says the program helped the students develop their communication and practical The CERG team's role included speaking with the students and the program's facilitators at different "If we're going to really support Indigenous students through to higher learning, whether TAFE |
Launch of the Latrobe Valley Authority (LVA) |
Mary-Anne Thomas MP and Harriet Shing MP officially launched the Career Pathways Project on the Find out more about this project and watch our Gippsland career pathway stories |
CERG launch at Morwell Innovation Centre21 February 2022 |
Established in 2018, the Collaborative Evaluation Unit (CEU) has become the preferred evaluation provider On Monday 21 February, the CEU was relaunched as the Collaborative Evaluation Research Group (CERG) CERG will work in partnership with all schools and the Health Innovation Translation Centre. |
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