"There was so much support for Research students at ECU."

"I won an Australian Postgraduate Award to undertake my PhD at ECU, allowing me to undertake the PhD without being too much of a burden on my husband and kids. I also connected with Dr Brian Moon, a potential supervisor with a wealth of experience in my area. There was so much support for Research students at ECU. I had my supervisory team, plus a range of consultants, SOAR ambassadors and the Graduate Research School. And I could access as many of these free services as I required! GRS provided really useful training sessions that helped me develop the research project management skills needed to achieve my PhD, from designing mixed-method research to coding qualitative data. I now use many of these skills in my working life. After graduating, I stepped straight into a senior role in the public service. It has been a relatively easy transition, as it is a project/research-based role, and my experience at ECU equipped me with the required skills."

"I was very impressed with the quality and quantity of the research performed at ECU and the facilities and equipment are fantastic."

"A PhD in Sport and Exercise Science is not available in my home country of Chile so I needed to look elsewhere. I choose ECU mainly because my supervisor, Professor Ken Nosaka, is very well known in the area of sport sciences. Professor Nosaka has been very supportive and helpful in my research journey at ECU. He is more than a supervisor; he is more like a mentor and I learn something new every meeting, both as a researcher and as a person. Probably my greatest challenge at the beginning was the language, especially in scientific writing. I attended writing and other workshops and I’ve since had the opportunity to do oral presentations at three big conferences in Europe and Australia. Since graduating, I have returned to Chile to teach and undertake research at University Finis Terrae."