Tagged with Indonesia

Scholarship collaboration in focus for Australia and Indonesia

Department of Business Strategy and Innovation
Published AuthorEloise Copp
With the Indonesian Government focused on strengthening the competitiveness of its workforce, international scholarships present ideal opportunities for people to upskill and meet workforce needs. In a collaboration between Griffith University’s International Business Development Unit, the Griffith Business School’s Griffith Asia Institute and the Australian National University in Canberra, 27 participants recently completed ‘International Scholarship […]

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

Griffith Asia Institute
Published AuthorContributed
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
Published AuthorContributed
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
Published AuthorMitch Knox
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 […]

The troubling reality of Southeast Asia’s ‘democratic recession’

Business and government
Published AuthorContributed
By Dr Diego Fossatiand Dr Lee Morgenbesser Griffith Asia Institute and the Centre for Governance and Public Policy The notion that democracy had triumphed over authoritarianism became an irresistible conclusion following the downfall of the Soviet Union. In what amounted to a historic transformation, 46 countries transitioned to democracy between 1991 and 2006. This process […]

Conrad Gargett supports an Indonesian World Heritage listing application

Architecture
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Architecture students from Griffith University have undergone a detailed cultural heritage study in Indonesia. Conrad Gargett, a leading Australian practice in architecture, urban design and planning, interior design and landscape architecture, supported the study tour, underpinned by the Semarang local government’s World Heritage listing application. The tour culminated with Griffith hosting a photographic exhibition – […]