ACUR is an inclusive community of university students and staff seeking to foster undergraduate research in higher education institutions throughout Australia and New Zealand. In accordance with the principles of country in Australia and with those of the Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand, the ACUR Community encourages individuals and institutions to celebrate and showcase undergraduate research.
The ACUR Community consists of some 1500 individuals including:
Formal and informal representatives of member institutions
Formal and informal representatives of affiliate members
Individual members
Student members
Student past ACUR conference presenters
Invited experts serving on the ACUR Steering Committee
Individuals on the extended network list
Members are encouraged to join in events and discussions face to face and online, about any issues related to the promotion and advancement of undergraduate research.
The ACUR Community values the transformative power of research in all its forms as a vehicle for individual and collective learning and respects a diversity of approaches to undergraduate research engagement in line with the needs and requirements of universities and in support of their varied missions.
See Background and History for how the ACUR Community came into being. In 2018 ACUR became an independent organisation incorporated in New South Wales. Membership was introduced in 2019.
We encourage members to share strategies, experiences, ideas, developments and also, importantly, questions in our Discussion Forum.
