Year: 2007

Early research suggests an online ‘relationship check-up’ may be all many couples need to enrich their relationship. Clinical psychologist Professor Kim Halford has tested a web-based relationship assessment program in Brisbane couples and found many benefited just from the process of going through the questionnaire and the computer-generated report. Professor Halford, Dean of Research for […]

Findings from a project on humane education by Griffith University calls for animal ethics issues to be included in primary and secondary school curriculum. Dr Gail Tulloch from the Centre for Public Culture and Ideas said humane education aimed to create a compassionate, responsible and just society by stimulating people’s moral development. “Humane education is […]

Fostering innovation, developing new entrepreneurs and creating new opportunities and businesses for the benefit of Queensland and Australia is the aim of a competition being run by Griffith University. The Griffith Innovation Challenge encourages students to develop genuine business plans. Chair of the Competition’s Steering Committee Ken Bennett said the aim was to foster innovation […]

Social change, social entrepreneurship and sustainability are the focus of an international conference taking place at Griffith’s South Bank campus today and tomorrow. The 2007 International Nonprofit and Social Marketing Conference (INSM) has attracted a diverse range of people from government and community-based sectors, marketers, academics and students. A range of topics will be covered […]

The Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery projects and Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) grants awarded Eskitis researchers $1 million and a further $0.97 million was awarded under the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grants. The grants were awarded for these projects: ARC Discovery Projects 1. Develop environmentally sustainable asymmetric synthesis: design and […]

Work from one of Australasia’s most influential modernist painters is on show at the DELL Gallery @ QCA until October 28. Colin McCahon: A National Gallery of Australia Focus Exhibition brings together paintings and works on paper that reflect key concerns in McCahon’s art from 1950 through to the early 1980s. Griffith Artworks Director Simon […]

Lawyers, community workers, policy makers and students from around the world will converge on the Sunshine Coast for the ”9th Australian Clinical Legal Education Conference”, hosted by Griffith University. More than 50 people will attend from South Africa, Nigeria, Thailand, Australia and the United States to share strategies to enhance professionalism in clinical legal education. […]