Griffith University’s Peak Demand Energy Management Facility, or MicroGrid, was officially opened at the Nathan campus today (December 17).
The MicroGrid is part of a Queensland Government-funded project to develop world-leading technology for the improvement of energy capture, storage and delivery. Guests at today’s opening ceremony included Queensland’s Chief Scientist, Dr Geoff Garrett AO, Pro Vice Chancellor (Griffith Sciences) Professor Debra Henly, Senior Deputy Vice Chancellor Professor Ned Pankhurst and government and industry representatives.
In 2012, Griffith was awarded $1 million for its part in a total $5.7 million Smart Future Partnership Project to investigate how future electrical grid systems could be designed to minimise capital expenditure and energy losses.
Since then, energy companies Energex, Ergon Energy and Elevare Energy have been pursuing areas of investigation including the benefits of energy storage in an urban electricity grid — conducted in the Newmarket area of Brisbane — and the benefits of energy storage in a residential premise with rooftop solar panels.
Professor Lu says the Griffith MicroGrid will help inform energy policy
Griffith’s contribution, led by Professor Junwei Lu from the School of Engineering, has been to investigate the benefits of energy storage in a commercial building, hence the installation of a MicroGrid testing facility on the roof of Technology Building N44 at Nathan.
Professor Lu says demands on electricity grids are changing rapidly in the modern world as consumers expect ever better power reliability. He adds this will require different grid designs to those that are currently installed to draw more power than ever during peak times and to supply energy to the main grid when and how it becomes available.
“MicroGrid technology’s combination of power electronics with solar photo-voltaic cells and energy storage is game-changing,” he says. “By allowing traditional power to connect with new and renewable energies, I believe MicroGrids are the building blocks for the smart power grids of the future.”
PhD researcher Mr Domagoj Leskarac has been involved in the design, installation and implementation of the Nathan MicroGrid.
“This is the big picture, new age technologies with advantages across many areas — technological, social, economical and environmental,” says Mr Leskarac.
“For example, excessive solar energy generation throughout the day can be stored and then better utilised when demand on the grid becomes more pressing. The trials at Griffith University N44 will test this idea with new and efficient component level technologies and system level topologies.
“It gets rid of that ‘too many plugs in the power-point’ scenario by enabling improved local power delivery, use, efficiency and quality. This is complementing the main grid, not compromising it.”
Professor Lu says the MicroGrid project will provide vital data and analysis to inform electricity policy changes and future grid structure decisions in Queensland.
Gold Coast Creative – an inspiring selection of editorial, photography, typography and design – has been awarded top honours at the 2014 Gold Coast Media Awards.
The annual publication is a celebration of the ongoing cultural and creative growth in the region and is a joint initiative between Queensland College of Art (QCA) Griffith University, Sanctuary Cove Publishing and the City of Gold Coast.
Associate Professor Donal Fitzpatrick, Deputy Director, QCA (Gold Coast) says that as always, “the colourful pages of the Gold Coast Creative magazine showcase the region as an exciting and dynamic place to live, work and study.”
“This latest publication, as in past years, contains the work of some of our best young emerging graduates as well as the work of alumni who have achieved recognition in their respective fields,” he says.
“It also focuses on those companies situated at the cutting-edge of design application within the business community.”
SCP Publisher Clare E. Urwin agrees, saying the win was a fitting reward for the commitment and dedication of everyone involved.
“Now in its fifth year of publication, the sole aim of the Yearbook is to showcase the region’s cultural fraternity to a national and international audience.
“Working closely with such talented individuals and businesses on this prestigious project is truly inspirational and it is an honour to be recognised for our efforts.”
Emerging designers put their talents to work
Such direction is also the ideal fit for Liveworm, the studio responsible for producing the graduating student and Alumni pages within the Gold Coast Creative, utilising the talents of QCA Gold Coast’s leading Design, Studio Art and Photo Media students, under the guidance of highly qualified and experienced personnel.
QCA’s students compete for the cover design for the magazine and prepare a full page to showcase their work, particular skills and contact details, leading to work opportunities for our talented graduates.
The 2014 edition of Gold Coast Creative is available for purchase at select newsagencies in Queensland, NSW and Victoria. Copies can also be purchased online from the Griffith University website: griffith.edu.au/goldcoastcreative for $19.95 (including postage).
For more than a decade, the Gold Coast Media Awards have been a celebration of excellence within the media profession, designed to recognise and reward those responsible for shaping this region’s identity, enhancing a sense of community and contributing to the success of local tourism and business.
Co-written by Associate Professor Grant Devilly, Griffith Health Institute and Zachary Steel, St John of God Professional Chair of Trauma and Mental Health at UNSW.
As the country reels from the Sydney siege and its unhappy end, many will be wondering what can be done for the hostages stuck for hours with the gunman in the Lindt café. The answer may be surprisingly little — especially if we want people to recover to a healthy psychological state.
Growing social awareness of psychological trauma’s impact may lead people to conclude that providing psychological support and counselling to those exposed to life-threatening events is an essential first-line response. But we need to temper the desire to offer well-intentioned care by abiding to the guiding principle of not causing harm.
To understand why psychological aid is not a suitable first response for all people, we have to go back to the fundamentals of human health.
Body and mind
In life-threatening situations, the human body enters into a state ofextreme hyper-alertness and threat reactionreferred to as the freeze, fight, flight response. This reaction is designed to promote survival by orientating the person to sources of threat (freeze), and then preparing the body for immediate escape from danger (flight) or for taking whatever direct action is necessary to remove the threat (fight). Everyone has this reaction when faced with danger that threatens their physical or mental well being.
People being held hostage face the extraordinarily difficult challenge of having to contain this survival response and wait for rescue, a chance for escape, or the threat to be over in some other way. And their survival response doesn’t necessarily shut down once the siege is over.
Many survivors experience ongoing hyper-arousal and extreme alertness after exposure to a life threat, and this warrants treatment when it continues to a degree or for a length of time that interferes with their day-to-day functioning.
Along with survivors, family members and friends, who faced the possible loss of their loved ones, may also experience intrusive memories, nightmares, and flashbacks following incidents such as the one that occurred in Sydney’s Martin Place. They may feel a strong desire to avoid places associated with the trauma and other reminders.
In extreme situations where every decision may mean the difference between life and death, it’s also not uncommon for people to second guess themselves after the fact, and wonder if they could have behaved differently. There’s no easy answer to knowing how to behave in such situations — and indeed their aftermath — but questioning your reaction under duress can be a source of great distress. That some people go on to develop longer-term psychological problems is no more surprising than the fact that most people will resolve their response, particularly with the support of friends and family.
Dangerous good intentions
In the past, mental health professionalswere of the viewthat early intervention was critical for helping prevent early symptoms progressing into debilitating conditions, such as post-traumatic stress disorder. But three decades ofresearch has demonstratedthat indiscriminant psychological intervention carried out in the immediate aftermath of a critical incident may well do harm.
Until the mid-1990s, the most common response to traumatic events was the provision of a one-session “debriefing” intervention — the most common brand of which was called Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD). Growing concern about its outcome led to multiplestudies evaluating the efficacyof such an intervention.
Every randomised controlled trial showed only one of two results: either CISD had no effect, or ledto worsening symptoms. Our guiding principle ofprimum non nocere(first do no harm) called for mental health professionals to stop this practice.
One possible explanation for this counter-intuitive finding is that the symptoms of hyper-arousal and hyper-alertness that follow a critical incident tend to naturally fade for many people as time passes. This natural process of recovery and redeveloping a sense of safety may be disrupted by ill-timed psychological interventions.
The critical time for psychological review and support often comes not in the immediate aftermath of trauma but across the medium to long term when distressing symptoms may persist, or when they may emerge for the first time, causing increasing distress and difficulty in daily functioning.
In fact, there’slittle evidenceto suggest the presence of symptoms in the immediate aftermath of a traumatic event will be enough to identify those who may go on to develop debilitating mental ill health. It’s long been noted that some people may even have a delayed onset to post-traumatic stress disorder with minimal symptoms present soon after the trauma-causing episode.
The right time
This is not to suggest that survivors of critical incidents who experience distressing symptoms shouldn’t have access to psychological services during the acute phase, if that’s what they want. What’s critical is that psychological interventions are carefully tailored to the needs of those who seek care, and that they’re not provided with a one-size-fits-all approach.
For some people, the best approach may be to return straight back to the normal routines of their life. For others, it will be to spend time with family and friends until they feel the time is right to return to their roles and responsibilities. Others still may find the acute distress following the events lead them to seek professional support.
But in nearly all cases, the first helping response to trauma is not psychological — it is practical, instrumental assistance. This may include answering questions and providing information about the incident, ensuring safety and addressing the practical difficulties survivors are facing, such as assistance reconnecting with their social supports. Providing specialist psychological intervention may actually be the last rather than first item on the list.
What we know is that in the months, and sometimes years, following a traumatic incident, when the attention of the world has moved on to other issues, some survivors and their family and friends may start to experience difficulties. So what the survivors of the Sydney siege need is mental health support in the longer term, when the media spotlight has moved on.
Women may long have suspected it to be the case, but large-scale research by Griffith University and the University of Queensland has found women are more empathetic toward their partners than men.
Dr Cindy Mervin from Griffith Health Institute’s Centre for Applied Health Economicsand Professor Paul Frijters from the University of Queensland found that when partners were ill or experienced the death of a friend, women were noticeably affected, yet men were not significantly affected by the negative events in their partner’s life.
Female partner’s levels of empathy could be measured as comparable (24%) to the event happening directly to themselves, whereas men’s emotional lives were not linked to the experiences of their partner.
“It is not that men are unemotional or uncaring, since they are quite strongly affected by what happens to themselves, but they simply are not very emotional when it comes to the feelings of their partner,” said Dr Mervin.
“It is possible that men are probably more affected by their own roles and image as partners, than by the actual feelings of their partner,” said Professor Frijters.
“This research found there is a multiplier or spillover effect on events happening to one person from the pain or joy caused to others. Negative and positive shocks affect other people in the family and probably also in the neighbourhood,” said Dr Mervin.
The researchers used data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) study to analyse how the mental health of individuals changed when something happened to their partner. HILDA is a national study of over 20,000 people across Australia.
“The study also found parents were more affected by negative shocks happening to their partner than non-parents, owing to the entwined interests of the partner and the family,” Professor Frijters said.
Partners can affect each other’s mental health via many routes. If a partner is experiencing mental distress, this might not merely have a direct empathic effect on others, it may also reduce how much time they spend on household chores, reduce contact with children or other family members and thus leave more to do for others.
Indian filmmaker Balaka Ghosh and Fijian filmmaker Vilsoni Hereniko have been selected as the inaugural recipients of the Asia Pacific Screen Lab (APSL).
Announced by the Griffith Film School, the Asia Pacific Screen Academy and NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema), the two emerging filmmakers will be paired with an APSA Academy member to undertake an immersive year-long development incubator program and mentorship.
Balaka Ghosh was selected to develop her feature film about five men with one wife in a unique and extraordinary story in very ordinary surroundings, and Vilsoni Hereniko’s narrative feature film script is set in the Marshall Island, and is s tale of nuclear colonialism, a suppressed story that needs telling.
The two were selected from a host of applicants from across Australia, Cambodia, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Japan, Malaysia, People’s Republic of China, Philippines, Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam.
The APSL is an initiative of NETPAC overseen by NETPAC members Philip Cheah (Vice-President), Park Ki-yong and Professor Herman Van Eyken and hosted and administered by the Griffith Film School, Griffith University Brisbane in collaboration with the APSA Academy.
APSA Academy President Jack Thompson AM said “The Asia Pacific Screen Lab is crucial to the development of stories from the vast Asia Pacific region, and an exciting extension of the role of the APSA Academy as we use the expert creative knowledge to mentor and accelerate new and talented voices.”
According to Professor Herman Van Eyken, Head of Griffith Film School, “screenwriting and story development is a key factor in this Lab as this is where it all starts”.
“We are working with some of the world’s leading experts to develop an incubator program which will bring these scripts to production and hopefully, worldwide distribution,” he said.
NETPAC Vice President Philip Cheah said “with only one month from announcement to close of submissions, we have achieved an extraordinary result with 27 applications from established and aspiring filmmakers from the region who see the opportunity to expand their knowledge and craft”.
“Particularly promising was seeing emerging film talent coming from countries such as Cambodia who have little film industry infrastructure and funding incentives, and from the quality of their submissions we see this as a very promising trend.
“This is exactly who this initiative is meant for,” Mr Cheah said.
Park Ki-Yong, renowned filmmaker and respected academic from Republic of Korea agrees.
“One of the recipients is a project we can claim as a rare submission coming from the Pacific Islands, an area that needs our full support for development of their emerging film industries,” he said.
“The richness of stories that exists in this region will have a voice through the Asia Pacific Screen Lab.”
Executive Chairman of the Asia Pacific Screen Awards and its Academy, Mr Michael Hawkins states, “the Asia Pacific Screen Lab is a wonderful initiative, and APSA is proud to be involved with strategies that bring benefit to Academy members, and develop new talent in Asia Pacific.”
The Lab’s program incubator and accelerator workshops, master classes, script clinics and other development activities will be scheduled in conjunction with existing initiatives in the region, and created specifically for the APSL and include:
Script workshop with European story development expert, Jan Fleischer, who was the long-time head of screenwriting at the UK’s National Film and Television School;
A directorial workshop by US experts including the world famous performance expert Mark Travis who is an advisor at Amsterdam’s prestigious Binger Filmlab, and prolific and award-winning director Gil Bettman;
A workshop opportunity with auteur-style writer-director-producers such as Marion Hansel, who is also a pitch expert involved in Torino Film Lab; and
Producer workshop entirely focused on co-production and building on expertise from Europe but also independent experts such as Ted Hope and Ira Deutschman, and from our own region from experts such as Lorna Tee and Shozo Ichiyama.
The Lab is an important development vehicle to enable film co-production across the 70 countries and areas of Asia Pacific. This will accelerate global export of Asia Pacific creative screen content and creative products and strengthen its creative entrepreneur’s capacity for success.
Almost 5000 Griffith students will take part in graduation ceremonies in Brisbane and the Gold Coast this week.
These will be occasions of much celebration for the graduating students and their families, as well as Griffith teachers and mentors. The graduations will also cap off a spectacular year of achievement for the broader Griffith community.
In 2014 we have seen;
Dr Katherine (Kat) Curtis, aGriffith medical graduate, winning the 2014 Australasian Junior Doctor of the Year Award
Griffith Law Schoolgraduate Kara Cook winning the Queensland Law Society 2014 Australian Young Lawyer of the Year Award
three Griffith graduates making the prestigiousGradConnectionlist of Australia’s top 100 most employable students
seven Griffith students secure New Colombo Plan scholarships each worth up to $67,000, allowing them to travel and study at destinations in the Indo-Pacific region
five of Griffith’s Master of Speech Pathology graduating students offered placements with QueenslandHealth.
The Master of Speech Pathology program was launched in2012, and this is the second student cohort to graduate.
Discipline Head, Associate Professor Elizabeth Cardellfrom theGriffith Health Institute is delighted that Griffith students have secured all five positions on offer from Queensland Health.
“This shows that our program is achieving its aims in in providing high quality,work-ready graduates for the speech pathology sector.”
Further recognition of Griffith graduate job readiness can be found in the inclusion of three Griffith graduates on the prestigiousGradConnectionlist of Australia’s top 100 most employable students of 2014. The students are;Griffith Business Schoolgraduate Christina Ruiz who is about to begin a graduate position with Ernst and Young in Melbourne, and Engineering graduates Brodie Chan (Civil Engineering) and Krystine Chung (Electronic and Biomedical Engineering).
The sevenNew Colombo PlanScholars; Braden Rowe, Courtney Organ, Phoebe Atkinson, Michelle Gunawan, Jonathon Glindemann, Matthew Sharp and SarahGriffin, have elected to study at leading universities in Japan, Hong Kong and China.
Griffith University’s Pro Vice-Chancellor (International) Professor Sarah Todd said they will be fine ambassadors for Griffith and Australia.
“The New Colombo Plan is an excellent initiative and these scholarships will provide our students with a terrific opportunity to enhance their cultural understanding and employment potential, and to create lasting bonds in the region,” Professor Todd said.
“It is a testament to the quality of our students and the support provided by the university.”
Analysis and sequencing of two penguin genomes is revealing how the iconic Adelie and Emperor penguins have adapted over millions of years to life in cold and hostile Antarctica.
An international team of scientists, including Griffith University’s Professor David Lambert, hasreleased a paper providing insight into penguin origin, fluctuations in population over the past 10 million years and potential links between biological patterns and global climate change.
Published in the open access journal GigaScience, the study is timely for the Southern Hemisphere summer in Antarctica when Adelie penguins come ashore to breed.
Having first appeared around 60 million years ago, penguins are subject to extremely low temperatures, high winds and profound changes in daylight. They inhabit an environment that most other birds could not survive.
However, thanks to a distinct evolution relative to other bird species, they have developed complex biological systems to regulate temperature and store energy for long-term fasting.
“Although Adelie and Emperor penguins both breed on the Antarctic continent, they do so in very different ways,” said Professor Lambert, Dean of Research (Griffith Sciences) and one of the co-authors of the study.
“By sequencing the genomes of two penguin species which are quite closely related, we have been able to compare many of the genes that are responsible for these different abilities to do the same thing, namely to survive and breed in Antarctica.
“We are able to reveal the genetic basis of the birds’ adaptations and their evolutionary history in response to climate change.”
For example, the study shows that the Adelie penguin population increased rapidly about 150,000 years ago when the climate became warmer, only to decline by 40 per cent about 60,000 years ago during a cold and dry glacial period.
In contrast, the Emperor penguin population remained stable, suggesting they were better adapted to glacial conditions by being able, for example, to protect their eggs from freezing temperatures and incubate them on their feet.
“This suggests that climate change may have differing impacts on both species, thus informing the approach of conservation efforts to come,” said Professor Lambert.
“These findings and other aspects of the research now provide us with the opportunity to conduct large scale evolutionary studies of both penguin species.”
Among other findings:
. Adelie and Emperor penguins have expanded genes related to beta-keratins, the proteins that make up 90 per cent of feathers. They also have at least 13 genes responsible for a single type of beta-keratin, the highest number compared to all other known bird genomes and which would explain their importance in ensuring penguin feathers are short, stiff and densely packed to minimise heat loss, remain waterproof and aid underwater flight;
. The scientists identified a gene called DSG1, known to be involved in a human dermatological disease characterised by thick skin on the palms and soles;
. The penguins were found to have exploited different adaptations for lipid (fat) metabolism in the course of their evolution, which may also provide insight into their contrasting abilities for coping with climate change.
Congratulations to all 2014 Queensland College of Art (QCA) graduates including the following students awarded across the 2014 QCA graduate exhibitions at the Queensland College of Art, QCA Gold Coast and the Griffith Film School.
The GAS: Graduate Art Show and The Survey Co. Art Award 2014 was announced at the Griffith University Art Gallery during the QCA Showcase.
MAJOR AWARDS
Andrea Higgins, Claire 2013, digital print on rag paper.
The GAS & The Survey Co Art Award – Winner Recipient: Andrea Higgins
The GAS & The Survey Co Art Award – Highly commended Recipient: Corrie Furner
The GAS & The Survey Co Art Award – Highly commended Recipient: Sancintya Simpson
Tony Albert Encouragement Award Recipient: Soulla Porfyriou
QCA Showcase 2014 – Winners Recipients: The creators of the game Mage Rage OSX; Nathan Jensen; Tylah Heil; Tim Horvat
Sebastien McNamara — Best Graphic Design portfolio
“With all the current and emerging graphic designers it is forever important to build a personal brand identity. There should be a visual brand image attached to your personality, individual and design style that communicates and sells yourself to people and future employers.” Sebastien McNamara is a developing multidisciplinary individual that focuses on graphic, web and apparel design with a bright future.
$2,000 ADFAS Scholarship for outstanding performance by a student continuing on to study Honours Recipient: Monique Montfroy
3 Dimensional Design Academic Achievement Award Recipient: Shari Lyon
Best 3 Dimensional Design Portfolio Recipient: Shari Lyon
3 Dimensional Design Student Culture Award Recipient: Cassie Tapper
Digital Design Academic Achievement Award Recipient: Tomoko Suzuki
Best Digital Design Portfolio Recipient: Tomoko Suzuki
Digital Design Student Culture Award Recipient: Mitchell Hickey
Photo Media Academic Achievement Award Recipient: James Darlington
Best Photo Media Portfolio Recipient: Monique Montfroy
Photo Media Student Culture Award Recipient: James Darlington
Studio Art Academic Achievement Award Recipient: Melissa Spratt
Best Studio Art Portfolio Recipient: Christopher McKenzie
Studio Art Student Culture Award Recipient: Christopher McKenzie
Graphic Design Academic Achievement Award Recipient: Libbi Reed
Best Graphic Design Portfolio Recipient: Sebastien McNamara
Graphic Design Student Culture Award Recipient: Natasha Smith
Typism Encouragement Award Recipient: Jacinda Baird
Honours Excellence in Research Award Recipient: James Novak
Best Honours Research Project Recipient: James Novak
Honours Student Culture Award Recipient: Junichi Harada
Aquaponics Kitchen Bench, Food Security: addressing the issues of food mileage, Callum Burgess, 2013.
After years of designing in his parent’s garage and stealing tools from his father, Callum Burgess decided to turn his childhood passion into a career. Callum’s desire for product design has led to a passion to re-develop the world we live in. He is actively trying to connect and explore different facets of design; this is evident through his activation of internships with local and international businesses.
Liveworm Award for excellence in Design Recipient: Joshua Kenzie
Design Excellence Award (Visual Communication) Recipient: Joel Matheson
Design Excellence Award (Product Design) Recipient: Callum Burgess
Design Excellence Award (Interior Design) Recipient: Emma Williams
Design Institute of Australia Encouragement Award (Visual Communication) Recipient: Tamati Currie
Design Institute of Australia Encouragement Award (Product Design) Recipient: Megan Rowe
Design Institute of Australia Encouragement Award (Interior Design) Recipient: Ashlee Barker
FINE ART
Lucy Tyler – Trevor Lyons Award for commitment and passion in printmaking: Vernacular, Silkscreen print on paper, 16cm x 20cm each, total dimensions variable, 2014
“Pattern, and the human compulsion to recognise it, has been essential to our survival and our humanity. When life becomes chaotic, a common response is to order things in an attempt to reassert control. In the words of Umberto Eco, ‘We make lists because we are afraid to die’. My work explores the sense of satisfaction obtained through the recognition and creation of patterns. The final work will include a total of 224 images.” — Lucy Tyler
Iain Turnbull Memorial Award presented to the fine art student at QCA judged to have displayed the most outstanding progress and potential for future development in printmaking Recipient: Tim Mosely
St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital Award recognising artistic merit Recipient: Pippin Blackwell
The Trevor Lyons Award: an annual award in memory of Trevor Lyons for presentation to a print media student of the QCA who has displayed commitment and passion in printmaking during their studies and is likely to continue working in this field. Recipient: Lucy Tyler
Bonnie English Memorial Award presented to the fine art student with the highest academic achievement in 3rd year Art Theory courses Recipient: Michelle Gunther
QAGOMA Bookstore Book Prize for Best Presentation in Graduate Show Recipient: Penelope Grills
Painting Faculty Book Prize for best average grade across painting 3 and 4 courses Recipient: Trevor Tierney
ADFAS Brisbane Young Arts Award 1st Prize – Painting Recipient: Anya Swan
ADFAS Brisbane Young Arts Award 2nd Prize – Painting Recipient: Todd Whisson
ADFAS Brisbane Young Arts Award 1st Prize – Print Recipient: Tess Mehonoshen
ADFAS Brisbane Young Arts Award 2nd Prize – Print Recipient: Christine Scott
ADFAS Brisbane Young Arts Award 1st Prize – Sculpture Recipient: Alrey Batol
ADFAS Brisbane Young Arts Award 2nd Prize – Sculpture Recipient: Aishla Manning
ADFAS Brisbane Young Arts Award 1st Prize – Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art Recipient: Dianne Hall
ADFAS Brisbane Young Arts Award 2nd Prize – Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art Recipient: Bridget Broderick
Oxlades Art Essentials Undergraduate Painting Award Recipient: James Barth
Oxlades Art Essentials Undergraduate Print Media Award Recipient: Fred Gooch (Kyle Gooch)
Oxlades Art Essentials Undergraduate Sculpture Award Recipient: Sally Molloy
Oxlades Art Essentials Undergraduate Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art Award Recipient: Bridget Broderick
Art Shed MAVA Graduation Achievement Award of Accomplishment Recipient: Maryrose Moxham
JEWELLERY AND SMALL OBJECTS
Congratulations to the recipients of 2014 J&SO Graduate Awards. Thank you to the sponsors: Australian Jewellers Supplies, Peter W Beck, Morris and Watson, A&E Metal Merchants, Emmanual and Cox and thank you to our guest judge, Pia Robinson, Public Programs Curator, QUT.
Rachel Mathews-Fredrick – A+E Metal Merchants Outstanding Series of Work award: Two Dreams of Death, Bronze, 5cm x 5.5cm x 17.7cm, 2014
“Within my practice I explore the ability of objects to act as both the subject of a story and as forms for telling. Generated during a process of intuitive making, the forms are symbolically charged and address notions of mortality, existence, and transience. They are records of memory and experience, melancholic works that are metaphysical mythologies given physicality.” — Rachel Matthews-Frederick
Oxlades Art Essentials Undergraduate Jewellery and Small Objects Award Recipient: Monique Tregenza
ADFAS Brisbane Young Arts Award 1st Prize – Jewellery and Small Objects Recipient: Rebecca White
ADFAS Brisbane Young Arts Award 2nd Prize – Jewellery and Small Objects Recipient: Jen Eales
Australian Jewellers Supplies Award Recipient: Veronica Silva
Australian Jewellers Supplies Award Recipient: Laura Burstow
Australian Jewellers Supplies Award Recipient: Tegan Rynne
Pallion Group Award for outstanding individual piece Recipient: Helen Bird
Peter W Beck Award for outstanding individual piece Recipient: Angela Fok
A+E Metal Merchants Award for outstanding series of work Recipient: Rachel Mathews-Fredrick
A+E Metal Merchants Award for outstanding body of work Recipient:Ari Fuller
Morris and Watson Award for outstanding body of work Recipient: Monique Tregenza
Aspirational Award for the greatest improvement Recipient: Sarah Gillow
Emmanual and Cox Award Recipient: Veronica Silva
PHOTOGRAPHY
Joseph Byford — Allchromes Award for Most Creative Folio: Analogue Camera, Digital Image, 22.5 x 22.5, 2014
“There is something melancholic about the obsolete – a physical reference to times that cannot be revisited, despite our constant endeavours to do so. An obsolete object reminds us of our own progress just as much as it does our own mortality. This work is from a series that celebrates the obsolete. I have manipulated the objects, using paint, fabrics and various lighting techniques, to underscore the inevitable demise of these outdated items.” — Joseph Byford
The St Aiden’s Anglican Girls School Award recognising artistic merit from a photography student Recipient: Cory Wright
St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School Award recognising artistic merit from a photography student Recipient: Victoria Nikolova
The Sun Studios Award presented to the student whose work best demonstrates, technical excellence and conceptual depth within any of the three photography majors Recipient: Dominique Mills
Kayell QLD Award for excellence in Creative Advertising in still and moving image Recipient: Breanna Sheather
AIPP Photography Business Mentoring Award presented to a student with the highest standard of visual and lighting ability Recipient: Dominique Mills
Anna Smith Prize for innovation and excellence in portraiture Recipient: Simon Hardy
Allchromes Award for most creative folio Recipient: Joe Byford
TEDS Camera Stores Photography Award presented to a graduating photography student in recognition of excellence in portraiture Recipient: Andy Willis
CameraPro Award presented to a graduating photography student in recognition of excellence in an advertising body of work with a strong conceptual framework in still and moving image Recipient: Adam Green
John McKay Memorial Scholarship presented to the photography student with the highest GPA continuing into Honours. Recipient: Cory Wright
Street’s Imaging Award for the student with the best overall series from any major, presented to a graduating student going into Honours Recipient: Victoria Nikolova
DES Beyond Creation Award in recognition of print mastery within a conceptual framework Recipient: Adam Green
RGB Digital Prolab Award in recognition of excellence in Creative Advertising Recipient: Alex Coppo
The Queensland Centre for Photography Award for experimentation and innovation within Photographic Art Practice Recipient: Laura Seeds
Jacky Owens Photography Staff Award presented to a student for significantly adding to the culture of the Photography department Recipient: Cherie Blyth
APJ Award presented to a continuing or graduating student for the best example of social documentary photography Recipient: Chelsea Miller
ADFAS Youth Arts Photography Prize – Winner (for artistic merit) Recipient: Jaala Alex Lee-Emery
ADFAS Youth Arts Photography Prize – Runner-up (for artistic merit) Recipient: Katelyn-Jane Dunn
Surrounded by journalists in the G20 Media Centre at the height of the leaders’ summit, third-year journalism student Audrey Courty was in her element.
“It was exciting to be working alongside thousands of professional journalists from all over the world,’’ the aspiring foreign correspondent recalled.
Audrey was one of five G20 media-accredited Griffith University journalism students who were able to broadcast live from the International Media Centre mingling with international and local journalists.
“Itwas thrilling to be in the media scrum at press conferences competing for that little bit of audio.
“I feel very lucky to have been selected for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,’’ she said.
Griffith Journalism Media Centre manager Faith Valencia said she was proud of the journalism students’ work during the G20.
“Our newsroom covered many stories ranging from hard news such as security and the political situation, through to more human interest ones such as what locals thought of theevent and even plane spotting.”
As well as the five G20 media-accredited students, another25 Griffith journalism students and five photojournalism students undertook shifts at the Griffith Media Centre at South Bank.
Students produced and published across all facets of a multi-platform news room as part of the project.
“Theyfilmed and edited video news, wrote and produced audio packages for radio, and published print articles gaining valuable experience of what it’s actuallylike working in “modern journalism”.
“Working closely with Industry partners, students had stories and interviews broadcast on 4BC,and stories published in Brisbane Times in the lead up to and including the Summit.”
The student journalists also harnessed the power of social media, tweeting their stories as well as using Facebook and engaging in online conversations,aftertheir stories were published onThe Source News.
Obama visit
Audrey was one of 200 Griffith students who attended US President Obama’s speech.
“Obviously, I was very excited to listen to Obama in person and the atmosphere in the room was electric.
“What really stuck with me though was just how fast the other journalists were working. Some of them were filing three stories in the time it took me to write one!”
Jakarta calling
Already a well-travelled citizen of the world French-born Audrey has lived in Turkey, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Canada and mainland China.
“But nowhere has felt like home until I came to Brisbane,’’ she says.
Audrey will return to Jakarta, where she lived for eight years while completing her schooling, this month to undertake an internship at Tempo Magazine.
“I’m really excited. This will give me an opportunity to flex my investigative journalism skills as the magazine focuses on politics and in-depth features.”
She also hopes to gain more broadcast experience while in Jakarta.
“In Brisbane I’ve interned at SBS in Sydney and Channel 10, as well as the Griffith newsroom, but I’d really love to get a job with SBS or another international news and documentary station when I finish university.”
As debate swirls at a state and national level on the most cost-effective way to provide a universal health service, award winning Griffith research has found Australians are clearly averse to paying for emergency health care.
The findings were part of a PhD thesis by Mr Paul Harris from Griffith Health’s Population and Social Health Research Program. Mr Harris was presented with a national award for best PhD research paper by Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand (HSRAANZ) at a ceremony in Sydney late last week.
“International evidence shows that more than half of all visits to Emergency Departments (EDs) are classified as non-emergencies, but our research indicates Australians make different choices depending on the situation and generally prefer to access a GP for less urgent problems,” Mr Harris says.
However, nearly all the (over 1800) respondents to Mr Harris’ research demonstrated a consistent aversion to a co-payment to access emergency or primary care alternatives.
“Even paying $1 towards the cost of care resulted in a significant reaction which increased with every minute of waiting. This suggests many people will not support such reforms if introduced in the future and for some it may influence their preparedness to seek medical care.”
It has been well-established in many studies that delaying care can have negative health outcomes for patients and result in more complex and expensive care in the long term.
“Governments looking to reduce healthcare budgets need to be mindful of ingrained public perceptions of quality healthcare and the different scenarios which drive those expectations,” says Mr Harris. “The worst outcome would be people turning away from care when they really need it.”
He also surveyed subjects to find if they’d use other services, like Britain’s new Emergency Care Practitioners, who can treat emergencies in the home but are not doctors.
“No matter the condition, Australians wanted to see a doctor and want quality care and seem quite emphatic about it — and are prepared to wait to see the doctor opposed to being treated sooner by an expert nurse or paramedic,” he said. “People want that reassurance.”
Mr Harris believes extraordinary support is the reason his research has been so well-received.
“The quality of the research is the result of our industry partnerships (including Queensland and South Australian Health policy professionals and clinicians and other researcher partners). Without them we could never have created such relevant work.”
Mr Harris is a registered psychologist and former manager at Queensland Health, he will complete his PhD in January thanks to an APAI scholarship through the Australian Research Council.
