School results need not be a time of stress

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Thousands of school-leavers who miss out on their first-choice university course should not panic, according to a leading education advisor. Dr Jessica Vanderlelie (pictured), lecturer and graduate advisor at the Griffith School of Medical Science, says not having a high OP is not the end of the world. Nearly 30,000 Queensland and interstate Year 12s […]

Integrity framework exemplary

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Griffith’s academic integrity framework and policy identified as exemplary The ALTC project, Academic integrity standards: Aligning policy and practice in Australian universities,has identified the Academic Integrity policy at Griffith University as one of six exemplary policies. Our Institutional Framework for promoting Academic Integrity among Students and our Student Academic Misconduct policy will be showcased in […]

Mum and daughter to graduate on same stage

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Working as a taxi driver re-ignited Geraldine Fredricks’ career ambitions. “I met people from all walks of life during those six years and talked with them about everything and anything, and came to realise they weren’t so different to me,” she says. Since she was eight years old she had wanted to be a nurse […]

Doctors by the dozen

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A record number of doctoral students will graduate from the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University (QCGU) on Saturday. The 12 students represent the largest cohort to complete their PhDs in music research and are already paving their way in the industry, with half having secured work in Australia and overseas before graduation. Director Professor Huib Schippers […]

Graduating 17 year old prepares for PhD

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Graduating with a university honours degree is not something the average 17 year old normally gets to do. But that is precisely what’s in store for student Michael Kelly this Friday, December 16, when he receives a Class 2A honours Bachelor of Photonics and Nanoscience from Griffith University. A Gold Coast resident, Michael started studying […]

Griffith vaccine research receives over $17m

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The science behind tropical vaccine development at Griffith University received a boost today with a funding grant of over $17m from the National Health and Medical Research Council(NHMRC). The funding, which comprises the largest program grant to be awarded by the organisation this year, will go to Griffith’s Institute for Glycomics for ‘Tropical Disease – […]

Refugee’s long road to graduation

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A former refugee from Burundi is making it his business to thank Australia for opportunities which have changed his life. Juvenal Ndayishimiye will graduate with a Bachelor of Business in Logistics and Supply Chain Management from Griffith University, on December 15, 2011. After fleeing Burundi in 2003, the now 32-year-old Juvenal spent six years in […]