Tagged with Arts and Communications

What is the meaning of friendship in today’s digitally-enhanced world? For most of us our friendship circle doesn’t usually extend beyond a few figures. On Facebook however, it’s not uncommon for people to amass literally thousands of ‘Friends’. According to Griffith University sessional lecturer Brady Robards, whose PhD research explores the notion of ‘friendship’ on […]

Queensland College of Art has expanded internationally, with the opening of a new off-shore program in Bachelor of Design at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The course has begun with a full compliment of 30 students who over two semesters will “top up” their existing qualifications and graduate with a completed Bachelor Degree from […]

Delighted Brisbane sisters had double the excitement when they received their hard-earned doctorates from Griffith University this week. Dr Hellene Demosthenous and Dr Catherine Demosthenous graduated from Griffith’s School of Education and Professional Studies with guidance from common supervisors. Both agree the support from each other in their academic career has played a critical role […]

The effects of internet child exploitation on investigators, is the focus of a new Griffith University Australian Research Council Linkage grant. The world-first study will examine the psychological, behavioural, social and health-related impacts on internet child exploitation investigators in all nine Australian policing jurisdictions (AFP, QLD, ACT, NSW, NT, SA, TAS, Vic & WA). Each […]

The deteriorating Queensland economy is the number one issue in the State election says political scientist Dr Paul Williams from Griffith University. “With job losses in the mining sector and a $1.5 billion budget deficit, all eyes will be on Queensland to see how voters react to the economic downturn. “Will voters punish the incumbent, […]

Leading media figure Professor Julianne Schultz has been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2009 Australia Day Awards. Professor Schultz, Founding Editor of the award-winning literary and public affairs quarterly Griffith Review, was awarded the accolade for service to the community as a journalist, writer, editor and academic, for fostering […]

An Australian-first alliance between Queensland’s three largest universities will expand higher learning in a range of Asian and European languages. With $2.27 million in Australian Government funding, Griffith University, The University of Queensland (UQ) and Queensland University of Technology (QUT) will pool teaching of at least nine languages so their students may learn them as […]