Welcome 2020 Remote Global WIL Students! Re-Imagining a Rite of Passage

Global WIL
Business and government
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Amid the uncertainty regarding international travel and with border closures currently restricting mobility, Griffith Asia Institute (GAI) was quick to pivot to remote/online offerings, ensuring students are afforded the opportunity to participate in a Global Work Integrated Learning (WIL) experience as part of their degree program during 2020. This year, in lieu of an in-country work […]

Round Table discussion on Labour Market Needs Forecasting offers valuable insights for Australia Awards scholars

Griffith Asia Institute
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Participants of the Australia Awards Labour Marketing Needs Forecasting Short Term Award presented by Griffith University recently participated in a Round Table discussion led by experts from across the labour market sector. The Round Table brought together key experts from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research, the Workforce Gender Equality Agency, TAFE, Crawford School […]

Australia Awards scholars visit Griffith

Griffith Asia Institute
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Australia Awards scholars from Indonesia recently visited Griffith University for two weeks to partake in the inaugural Labour Markets Needs Forecasting Short Term Award. During the course, awardees travelled through Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Adelaide and on to Canberra where the program came to a close. In Brisbane the group visited the Queensland Tourism Industry […]

PhD candidate kicks goals for kids with Indonesian AFL program

Business and government
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David Schmidtke is a force to be reckoned with. The Griffith University PhD candidate is on track to create multilevel impact through sport after delivering an AFL program to more than 300 students across Bali, Indonesia, in just one week through his not-for-profit company, Via Sport. David, along with Rory Brown (University of Queensland), Alexander Horton […]

Indonesian officials learn about Australian fiscal policy

Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics
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A member of both APEC and the G20, Indonesia has the largest economy in South East Asia which, since the Global Financial Crisis, has experienced strong sustained economic growth around five per cent.  With a population over 260 million, more than ten times Australia’s, Indonesia is the world’s third largest democracy. In 2017-18 Australia will […]