Month: September 2011

A Griffith University and University of Tasmania survey has found a high level of morale among State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers in Queensland. About 592 volunteers from 93 SES groups across the state were randomly selected for a questionnaire about their levels of positivity, self-efficacy, hope and resiliency in their voluntary work. The majority of […]

A one-stop-shop for microscopy and image analysis is now available to biomedical researchers with the launch of the Griffith Imaging and Image Analysis Facility. Positioning Griffith as a leader in image data management, the new, amalgamated imaging facility – located at the Griffith Health Institute at the Gold Coast campus and the Eskitis Institute at […]

Prominent Aboriginal Australian lawyer and academic Noel Pearson presented the 2011 Griffith Lecture at the Queensland Conservatorium on October 25. Mr Pearson discussed the topic ‘Indigenous Australians are coming to their Meiji moment: How to pursue development and keep their culture’ at last Tuesday’s event. The Meiji period refers to the late 19th/early 20th centuries […]

New improvements concerning the way cancer drugs are designed and developed are a step closer as Griffith University develops new computational modelling. Dr Bela Stantic, a senior lecturer from the School of Information and Communication Technology, has been working on computational modelling of protein structures which play important roles in cancer cell apoptosis (the process […]

The emerging issue of suicide in Western Pacific countries will be highlighted at a key forum to mark World Suicide Prevention Day. Dr Allison Milner from the Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention at Griffith University’s Mt Gravatt campus will discuss the findings of a five-year World Health Organization study at the day-long Brisbane […]

Griffith Professors Hamish McCallum and Alan Mackay-Sim have scored a double win for the university in the Australian Museum Eureka Awards, the most prestigious awards in Australian science. Professor Hamish McCallum from the School of Environment is part of the winning team — affectionately known as the ‘Devil’s Advocates’-awarded the Sherman Eureka Prize for Environmental […]

The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) is the national policy for regulated qualifications in Australian education and training. The AQF was first introduced in 1995 to underpin the national systems of qualifications in Australia encompassing higher education, vocational education and training, and schools. Over the past two years work has been undertaken to update and strengthen […]