Year: 2006

Previous winners of the Josephine Ulrick Literature and Poetry Prizes say one of the best things about the prizes is the acknowledgement that they are writers. “Winning these large prizes lets writers know that they are on the right track. The money is also useful,” said School of Arts head Associate Professor Stephen Stockwell. Australian […]

The dual themes of femininity and nature underpin the winning entry in the 2006 Thiess Art Prize. Preselection judge and Thiess Art Prize curator Simon Wright said honours student Jennie Jackson’s huge and impressive artwork – The Forest – revealed a history of the way nature (in particular, the forest) and femininity (fertility) have become […]

Doctorate researcher Kathy Marles from Griffith University’s Department of Tourism, Leisure, Hotel and Sport Management said emotional factors associated with family rituals play a key role in the repeat visitations. “Often a particular place brings back childhood holiday memories of a time when things were simpler and more relaxed,” Dr Marles said. “For these families […]

Information sessions for people interested in a career in secondary teaching (Graduate Diploma of Education – Secondary) will be held on Wednesday, October 25 at Nathan campus and Thursday, October 26 at the Gold Coast and South Bank campuses. If you have a non-teaching undergraduate degree, the Graduate Diploma of Education — Secondary can set […]

Aboriginal rock art sites, some more than 4000 years old, have been discovered in Wollemi National Park, on Sydney’s doorstep, by a team of archaeologists, Aborigines and bushwalkers. In all, 48 sites were found in September by a group led by Griffith University rock art expert Professor Paul Tacon, who was on an expedition to […]

Paintings, carvings and poetry by birds, apes, elephants and sea lions will feature in an online art exhibition at a Griffith University conference next month. A related digital art exhibit by humans will explore creativity from an animal perspective. Exhibition curators and School of Arts lecturers Professor Paul Tacon and Jason Nelson said while it […]

Knee-jerk reactions to sexual abuse cases that come under the media spotlight are a poor basis for public policy according to a leading Australian criminologist. Associate Professor Stephen Smallbone from Griffith University’s School of Criminology and Criminal Justice said it was time people got over the need to demonise offenders and start thinking about how […]