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The Commissioner for Children and Young People and Child Guardian, Queensland Elizabeth Fraser will provide the opening address. Presenters include Professor Bruce Burton who initiated the Queensland-wide Acting Against Bullying program, Professor Paul Mazerolle, director of the Griffith University Violence Research and Prevention program, and Griffith University PhD scholar Roberta Thompson whose research is on […]

The challenge is to create an innovative, informative and entertaining audio-visual testimony of their experiences here at Griffith. There are 4 x iPads, 4 x Mini-HD Video cameras and 4 x $100 gift cards to be won. Winning submissions will be shared with students all over the world on the Web and at Study Expos. […]

Three Queensland writers have scooped the literature prizes in the $40,000 Josephine Ulrick Literature and Poetry Prizes held at the Gold Coast Arts Centre last week. Brisbane author Krissy Kneen won second prize for her short story, Steeple Chase, about sisters and the secrets they keep from each other. “This award means a huge amount […]

Contrary to recent media reports, a new study from Griffith University has found that many older workers enjoy their jobs and are embracing new technology and training. The survey of 286 Australian workers in technical, para-professional and professional employment aged 45 and over, found most were not subject to age-bias and enjoyed opportunities for training […]

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 […]

A new autism-specific early learning and care centre based at Griffith University’s Nathan campus will provide young Brisbane children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) access to specialist early childhood services. With $4 million in funding from the Australian Government, AEIOU for Children with Autism, in partnership with Griffith, will deliver an Autism Specific Early Learning […]

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 […]