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.

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Physio the perfect choice for former footy star

Alan Obst remembers it clearly. He was a football-mad kid in his first year of high school in Adelaide when his teacher asked him and his classmates a timeworn question: “What do you want to be when you grow up?”

Future student

A family achievement

Meet the mother and daughter pair overcoming setbacks and tackling the challenge of university together.

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

Thriving on her chosen path

ACU law graduate Alicia Goldsworthy has set the stage for a rewarding legal career.

Global

An exchange of ideas

Two exchange students have been praised for their international work while studying at ACU.

Lifestyle

Eating right and sleeping tight

Two of the world’s leading experts on nutrition and sleep in athletes share their insights in the Arquero Lecture Series.

Study

The garden as a cultural guide

Science on the screen: the digital heritage trail that’s helping to illuminate Indigenous knowledge and culture.