Year: 2008

An Australian-first alliance between Queensland’s three largest universities will expand higher learning in a range of Asian and European languages. With $2.27 million in Australian Government funding, Griffith University, The University of Queensland (UQ) and Queensland University of Technology (QUT) will pool teaching of at least nine languages so their students may learn them as […]

The IDP Australian Education Open Day will be held at the Orchard Hotel, Singapore on 10 – 11 January 2009. Ms Serita Pinalli, Griffith International Marketing Manager for Singapore, will be in attendance at this event. If you wish to submit an application, please bring your original diplomas and academic transcripts with copies. The application […]

One of the most popular superannuation investment strategies is badly flawed according to a Griffith University finance expert. Griffith University Professor of Finance Michael Drew says recent research shows ‘lifecycle investing’, popular in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom, can potentially leave investors worse off in retirement than alternative strategies. “Lifecycle investing tends […]

Griffith University Master of Arts student Cheryl Malone took out the National Press Club of Australia Student Journalist of the Year award at a ceremony in Canberra yesterday. She also won the NAB Excellence in Student Journalism Award in the Australian Sport or International Sport category for her feature story Star Signs which was published […]

Leading adult stem cell researchers will converge at Griffith University, Brisbane this week for an international conference revealing breakthroughs from around the world in this exciting frontier science. Adult stem cell therapies returned to the headlines this week when British, Spanish and Italian researchers reconstructed a woman’s trachea from her own adult stem cells. National […]

International Business graduate Peta Simpson has been named as a state finalist in the 2008 Telstra Business Women’s Awards. Peta is owner and Director of Sunshine Coast business, New Staff Solutions, which she started in 2004 after graduating from Griffith in 1995. The boutique recruitment agency offers a personalised approach and strives to deliver outstanding […]

An Asian business extraordinaire and a mover and shaker on Brisbane’s political scene were both recognised with outstanding alumnus awards at the Griffith Business School Alumni Network dinner on Friday night. BHP Billiton China President Clinton Dines took out the Griffith Business School 2008 Outstanding Alumnus of the Year award and Leader of the Brisbane […]