Month: November 2013

New link to global network for MBA graduates

Nick Barter leans against red wall
Griffith Business School
Published AuthorStephen O'Grady
Griffith MBA graduates will complete their university studies with an extra string to their bow following a new link with a globally-renowned business leadership body. The CEO Institute has announced an Educational Alliance with Griffith University, establishing a pathway for alumni tobecome part of an exclusive global network of Certified CEOs. The CEO Institute is […]

Fighting resistant breast cancer

Griffith Health
Published AuthorContributed
There is new hope in the fight against resistant forms of breast cancer as Griffith HealthInstitute (GHI) research aims to target the disease with novel anti-cancer agents. Breast cancer occurs when abnormal cells in the breast grow in an uncontrolled way. In2009, breast cancer was the most common cancer in Australian women (excluding nonmelanomaskin cancer), […]

Creative careers: reasons, realities and work-life balance

Centre for Work Organisation and Wellbeing
Published AuthorCentre Manager
Hands up those wanted to be a musician when they grew up? Any painters? A ballerina perhaps? In a global culture saturated with aspiring creatives, the artistic labour market is predominantly project-based, often dictated by cultural trends, and offers widely uneven rewards; particularly, unpaid work! Why then do people pin their livelihood on a workforce […]

Australia and Indonesia – New Era, New Opportunities

Griffith Asia Institute
Published AuthorNatasha Vary
The inaugural Asian Century Futures Initiative: Australia-Indonesia Dialogue Workshop was held on the 19 November 2013 at Nathan campus. Australian and Indonesian experts were drawn from Griffith University, the Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI), the University of Indonesia and Gadjah Mada University. Topics of discussion included the role of leadership in shaping the bilateral relationship, […]