Griffith ends Games partnership on a high
Alumni
The Gold Coast saved its best for last as the 2018 Commonwealth Games came to a captivating end with the staging of the marathon on the final day of competition.
10 Reduced Inequalities
Griffith athlete goes for (more) gold at World Para Championships
First-year criminology student and Griffith athlete Katja Dedekind has been selected to compete at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships after sweeping success at this month’s National Swimming titles on the Gold Coast. Katja’s prosperous efforts in the pool saw her secure three gold medals and a spot in the Dolphins national swim team alongside […]
Arts Education Law
Living lab launched in Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct
Up to 30 Griffith Researchers and PhD students will develop innovative programs and early interventions for young children in collaboration with a new early learning centre in the GCHKP.
Arts Education Law
Aussie Boxing team picks Griffith for Tokyo preparations
The Australian Boxing team is finalising its preparations at Griffith’s Gold Coast Campus, where the elite athletes have been based for the past couple of months.
Arts Education Law
Remarkable Ron Clarke Griffith Futures scholars revealed
Two stellar up-and-coming Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sport stars at Griffith have been named the first ever recipients of Ron Clarke Griffith Futures Scholarship.
Alumni
Griffith announces Sporting Hall of Fame
To celebrate Griffith's successful sporting alumni, which include more than 55 Olympians, 10 Paralympians and 60 Commonwealth Games athletes, the University will launch a Sporting Hall of Fame.
Alumni
Hockeyroo alumnus Rosie Malone shares her journey with aspiring athletes
Hockeyroo and Sport Management grad Rosie Malone will be one of the star attractions at Griffith Sports College’s elite athlete webinar event.
Arts Education Law
Two Silvers, a Bronze and a Blues Award for Steph Morton
Griffith criminal justice and criminology student and sprint cyclist Stephanie Morton returned to competition in Brisbane over the weekend, collecting valuable qualification points for Tokyo 2020.
Corporate
Griffith kicks a winning major with Gold Coast AFL teams
Following on from last year’s highly successful Commonwealth Games partnership, Griffith’s ongoing commitment to the Gold Coast is further enhanced with the announcement of an exciting new relationship between the university and the Suns’ AFL and AFLW teams. The partnership, which sees Griffith become the Official Research and Education Partner for the Gold Coast SUNS, […]
Business and government
Commonwealth Games: good for the Gold Coast, bad for business
New Griffith research examines local business opinion about the Commonwealth Games, 12 months on.
Business and government
Academics seeking input from Gold Coast businesses for Commonwealth Games impact survey
The survey seeks to reconcile the Games' lofty expectations with the reality of its impact and legacy, one year on.
Features
Analysing the impact of the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games on ED
Aiming to positively improve local emergency department (ED) care during large scale mass gathering events is the focus of new Griffith University led research.
Arts Education Law
Journalism students nominated for mid-year Walkleys
Two Griffith University students have been nominated for a Walkley Young Journalist of the Year Award.
Alumni
Griffith Journalism students write their own history
For three hectic weeks, around 40 Griffith University students had an opportunity that many reporters would envy: having access to and reporting on the Commonwealth Games at the Gold Coast. Based from a pop-up newsroom at the Gold Coast campus for the duration of the Games, journalism, photography and public relations students were embedded alongside […]
Alumni
Medal haul spotlights powerful influence of Griffith Sports College
Student-athletes stand out from GC2018 crowd
Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games
Griffith student paramedics and doctors help out at GC2018
Bachelor of Paramedicine student Louise Richardson was just one of the trainee medics who were lucky enough to get some real world career experience at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games this April.
Alumni
Marathon double gold crowns glorious Games
Team Griffith wins 40th medal on final day at GC2018