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Griffith celebrates Pride Week
Contributing to equality, diversity, and increased visibility of the LGBTIQA+ community, Griffith University is celebrating Pride Week and reflecting on the positive actions which help make Griffith an inclusive environment to work and study.
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Promising leap for female athletes as AIS announces Griffith research lead
The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) has announced Griffith University’s Associate Professor Clare Minahan will lead the Female Performance & Health Initiative (FPHI) in not one, but two major research groups working to optimise performance in female athletes. Associate Professor Minahan (School of Health Sciences and Social Work) has established the Operations and Advisory Research […]
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International Women’s Day Spotlights Innovation and Inclusivity at Griffith
From social justice leaders to health scientists, high achievers in aviation and tech entrepreneurs, Griffith University celebrates its bold and brilliant women this International Women’s Day. This year’s theme from United Nations Women Australia, ‘Cracking the Code’, honours those accelerating gender equality through inclusive innovation, research discoveries and digital technologies. Recipient of the Athena […]
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Griffith lands amongst five-star ratings in Good Universities Guide
The most recent report from The Good Universities Guide shows a high percentage of students were happy with their education at Griffith University, ranking well above the national average for overall student experience. Griffith remains a strong presence in the social equity space, supporting a high percentage (42 per cent) of ‘first in family’ students. […]
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Griffith Sport is serious about pride
Griffith Sport launched its Pride in Sport Strategy, which embraces diversity of gender, bodies and sexualities and demonstrates a commitment to create environments that are visibly inclusive and welcoming.
Corporate
Griffith gains Silver Tier status at national LGBTIQ+ inclusion awards
Griffith is building on its reputation as an LGBTIQ+ inclusive organisation by achieving Silver Tier status for the first time in the Australian Workplace Equity Index.
Alumni
New scholarship to support students with disabilities
Students with disabilities are set to be supported through a new scholarship started by a Griffith Business School alumnus.
COVID-19
Griffith acknowledges International Day of People with Disability
Griffith supports International Day of People With Disability, which this year coincides with the first anniversary of the Queensland Human Rights Act and an easing of COVID-19 restrictions.
Griffith Health
Griffith’s First Peoples Health Unit celebrates five years
Our First Peoples Health Unit turns five on Tuesday 25 August, and Director, Professor Roianne West, says while the unit has come a long way, there’s much more to do.
Arts Education Law
A bright future for vision-impaired legal eagles
Two vision-impaired law students are off to a flying start at Griffith, achieving top marks in their first trimester even in the midst of a pandemic.
Alumni
An extra $2.2m in COVID-19 support available for students
The third round of Griffith's COVID-19 Student Support Bursary will provide an additional $2.2m for struggling students.
Corporate
Griffith lends support to WOW 2020
Griffith University continues to shine a light on women and girls as well as gender equality by partnering with the Women of the World Foundation (WOW).
Corporate
New VC receives stirring welcome by Elders and Kombumerri
New Vice Chancellor and President Professor Carolyn Evans has been given a spectacular welcome to Griffith by the University's Council of Elders and traditional owners of the lands where Griffith's campuses reside.
Griffith Health
Griffith holds follow-up NDIS Jobs Roadshow
Providing industry relevant employment for Griffith Health students is the aim when Griffith will again team up with WorkAbility Queensland in a Jobs Roadshow.
Centre for Work Organisation and Wellbeing
Five minutes with…Ruth McPhail
WOW’s Professor Ruth McPhail is Head of the Department of Employment Relations and Human Resources (with whom the Centre has a close working relationship). Raised as an academic at Griffith University, her social justice agenda has always been very strong. We spent five minutes with Ruth to learn a little more about what research underpinned by […]
Academic Administration
Griffith University accepts AHRC report recommendations
Following the release of the results of the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) report into sexual assault and sexual harassment at Australian universities, Griffith University has committed to implementing the report’s recommendations in full. The wide ranging report, commissioned by Universities Australia (UA) on behalf of universities including Griffith, has made a total of nine […]
Arts Education Law
Open Doors paves way for better reporting on disability
Griffith University journalism students are at the forefront of a campaign to improve media representation of people with a disability. Project Open Doors, which aims to develop positive media reporting around people with a disability, was launched by the Disability Discrimination Commissioner Alastair McEwin on Monday, July 10. Project coordinator and journalism lecturer Faith Valencia says […]
Features
Student and dog raise awareness of rare condition
A career in speech pathology or child psychology is the fuel for study for Honours student Erin Condrin, who is raising awareness of the usual condition Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.