Month: January 2012

The United Nations is set to collaborate on the Griffith Health Institute’s innovative 1000 Voices disability research project. Professor Lesley Chenoweth (pictured), head of Griffith University’s Logan campus, travels to Bangkok on Sunday where she will participate in a workshop with delegates involved in a UN action research project on Disability, Poverty and Livelihoods. Professor […]

Mechanical engineering, autism studies and speech pathology are just a few of the new programs and courses offered at Griffith University in 2012. Launched as a result of industry feedback and demand, the Gold Coast-based Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering ) will enable students to work in a range of industries including design, research and […]

Griffith Law School graduate, Lauren Dancer, has been awarded an Australia-at-Large Rhodes Scholarship for 2012, the first Griffith student to receive the prestigious prize. Through her scholarship, Lauren (pictured) will study a Bachelor of Civil Law at the world-renowned University of Oxford, focusing on international human rights. Dean of Griffith Law School, Professor William MacNeil […]

With the first anniversary of the Brisbane floods upon us, there are lessons still to be learned. As the debate on last year’s Queensland floods continues, it’s important that we don’t lose sight of the significant environmental costs of such events and, equally important, the environmental consequences of proposed management responses. This is according to […]