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Many factors including a child’s age, parental expectations and geographic location all contribute to the efficacy of cochlear implants in children, a new report from Griffith and Deakin Universities has found. The study — A comparison of Anticipated Benefits and the Personal, Educational and Social Outcomes of Cochlear Implantation in Deaf Children — is one […]

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 […]

The Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University and the Australian Army Band Brisbane orchestras will unite in concert to celebrate the joyful sounds of wind, brass and percussion at South Bank Piazza on Saturday, June 6. Forty-five students from the Young Conservatorium will join 55 students from the Queensland Conservatorium Wind Orchestra and 40 professional musicians from […]

The project — Improving literacy outcomes for Samoan-Australian students in Logan City schools — was conducted in an area where more than 170 ethnic groups reside. The Samoan group is the largest and one of the fastest growing. “Children must learn to operate in two different cultures — a collective culture at home and a […]

Leading Griffith University researcher, Mark von Itzstein, has urged people to remain calm in response to news the deadly swine flu is already on Australia’s doorstep. The new influenza strain, feared to have killed 81 people in Mexico and infected 10 in the US, has “pandemic potential”, the World Health Organisation warned on Sunday. Ten […]

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, […]