Posted by Hamish Townsend

Environmental science in one of the foundation research disciplines at Griffith University. This grounding allows a depth and continuity of research that can literally help humans redesign their urban environment to be healthier to wildlife and help animals to change their behavior and help create better suburbs. This can have a dramatic impact on urban […]

Students attending Griffith University are jumping at the chance to be part of the University’s increasing focus on Entrepreneurial education. A recent event at Griffith’s Gold Coast campus, featuring startup educators from Austin, Texas attracted student’s from all five of the University’s campuses gleefully putting in 14 hour days over their weekend. Austin has become […]

Food wastage costs Australia about $6 billion each year. It drives suppliers, distributors, food charities and stakeholders to distraction, as they search for ways to efficiently move perishable products around the country. Opening and closing truck doors, coupled with poor cold chain transport processes, refrigerated trucks and trailers with poor insulation and struggling refrigeration units, […]

Many issues in schools just seem intractable, no matter what is tried no real and lasting impact is achieved. Sometimes it is literacy or engagement, job-readyness, further education or just higher standards. A Sunshine Coast school has decided some of its issues needed some creative thinking. They formed a partnership with Griffith University artist and […]

The number of students with autism in mainstream schools has risen dramatically over the past decade. Schools report that students with autism usually comprise the largest group of students with disabilities needing ongoing support. One of the key areas teachers and schools consistently seek help with is behaviour management. Autistic children often do not react […]

Government is the ultimate collector and holder of big data, but governments are not great at innovating with that data. In 2009 The Australian Government established GovHack as a national competition for developers and startups to discover ideas which can best put this data to use.In 2016 the competition was held at 41 locationsacrossAustralia and […]

Logitech acquires Judd Armstrong's wearable technology company.