Month: October 2011

Indonesia should be able to exercise its sovereign right to law enforcement without a public outcry by neighbouring states, according to cross-border policing expert Dr Saskia Hufnagel. Dr Hufnagel from the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security at Griffith University said last week’s arrest of a 14-year-old Australian boy should come […]

Griffith University is one of only two universities in South East Queensland to make all three of the world’s most prominent university ranking indices: the ARWU/Shanghai Jiao Tong Index, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and the QS World University Rankings. The release today of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings has cemented […]

Dr Scott Dowman presents ‘Using documentaries for Development: The Role of Media-Based Interventions in Combating Human Exploitation in Thailand’. This podcast is approximately 30 minutes long.

A group of Griffith University education students are spreading the literacy message by donating books to Indigenous communities in remote areas. As part of their Indigenous Studies course, the third-year students decided to turn their learning into community-based action by organising their own “Share-a-book Project”. They are asking for donations of good quality second-hand, or […]

The Gold Coast region’s premier rowing event — the Griffith University Paradise Regatta — will be held on the Nerang River at Budd’s Beach on Saturday, October 8. Now in its fifth year, the regatta was the brainchild of then-second year Griffith dentistry student and World University rowing champion David Houston. Griffith University Surfers Paradise […]

A group of Griffith University education students is spreading the literacy message by donating books to Indigenous communities in remote areas. Their ___Share-a-book Project___ is the subject of this edition’s feature. Visit the [http://app.griffith.edu.au/03/griffith-news-now/|GNN website].

Policing and security scholars and practitioners from across Australia will analyse community understanding of risk, preparedness and resilience at the Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (CEPS) conference this week (October 5-7). The conference will have a particular focus on national security and disaster management in an all-hazards environment. State and national trends in […]