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.
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10 Reduced Inequalities

Global growth for GAPS programme creates pathways for Asia-Pacific athletes

Demonstrated success is driving the global expansion of Griffith's successful GAPS programme.
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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 […]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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, […]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 […]
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Alumni

The medals won by Team Griffith at GC2018

Who won what medals in what sports.
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Alumni

Medal haul spotlights powerful influence of Griffith Sports College

Student-athletes stand out from GC2018 crowd
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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.
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