Month: October 2007

As the ‘caretaker period’ comes into play and public servants take the reins in the lead up to the federal election, two Griffith University academics argue responsibility should remain with Ministers. Centre for Governance and Public Policy researchers Dr Anne Tiernan and Jennifer Menzies have explored the hazardous terrain of the ‘caretaker period’ in their […]

Australian franchise companies are expanding overseas before the domestic market has been saturated, attendees at the National Franchise and Small Business Convention in Melbourne (October 10 -13) will hear. Griffith Business School (GBS) Dean of Learning and Teaching Professor Lorelle Frazer will discuss research by herself and Professor of Marketing, Bill Merrilees, into the timing […]

World-renowned Japanese pianist Noriko Ogawa will give music lovers a rare treat when she performs in Brisbane this Wednesday, October 10. Famous for her interpretations of Debussy and Takemitsu, she will play a repertoire from these master composers. A living legend in Japan, Ogawa has a devoted following in the United Kingdom and spends more […]

Leading Austrade commissioner and Griffith graduate Kylie Hargreaves delivers the keynote address at the Griffith Business School Alumni Network dinner later this month, inspired by a sexist 1963 missive that women could never be trade commissioners. Ms Hargreaves has certainly rebutted the memo entitled, ‘women not recommended’, written by a chief member of Austrade’s equivalent […]

A new bursary dedicated solely to a tertiary student with a psychiatric illness will be introduced next year at Griffith University. The bursary is the brainchild of Deborah Pagura-Inglis and her son Ben, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 12. Winning a landmark case against Education Queensland when Ben (pictured) was expelled from the […]

Early research suggests an online ‘relationship check-up’ may be all many couples need to enrich their relationship. Clinical psychologist Professor Kim Halford has tested a web-based relationship assessment program in Brisbane couples and found many benefited just from the process of going through the questionnaire and the computer-generated report. Professor Halford, Dean of Research for […]

Findings from a project on humane education by Griffith University calls for animal ethics issues to be included in primary and secondary school curriculum. Dr Gail Tulloch from the Centre for Public Culture and Ideas said humane education aimed to create a compassionate, responsible and just society by stimulating people’s moral development. “Humane education is […]