Defining the Australian linguistic landscape

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Language researchers are collating the nation’s first representative collection of digitised spoken and written language in Australia. The Australian National Corpus project is a joint partnership between Griffith, Sydney, Melbourne, Monash and Macquarie Universities, ANU and UNE. It aims to bring together the country’s language data resources in one place so researchers and educators can […]

Perspectives : Asia – ‘Korea and Australia: Middle Power Cooperation’

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Presented by His Excellency Dr Kim Woo Sang, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Republic of Korea “Perspectives: Asia” is a seminar series designed to promote public discussion of Australia’s relations with this region. The series is presented by the Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University and the Australian Centre of Asia-Pacific Art, Queensland Art Gallery. This podcast […]

Does swimming make you smarter?

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A Griffith University research project will survey more than 10,000 swimming students in the world’s most comprehensive study into early-years swimming. The joint project between Griffith University, Kids Alive Swim Program and Swim Australia aims to determine whether regular swimming contributes to the physical, social, cognitive and linguistic development of pre-school learners. Project leader Professor […]

Perspectives : Asia inaugural Australia – Japan Annual Dialogue

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‘Australia-Japan Relations: The Current State of the Relationship — Existing and Future Challenges’. Jointly presented by His Excellency Mr Sigekazu Sato, Japanese Ambassador to Australia and The Hon Alexander Downer. Presentation by the Hon Alexander Downer can be found at: file2202 Perspectives: Asia inaugural Australia — Japan Annual Dialogue is an initiative of the Griffith […]

International study to catch burglars before they strike

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A major international study into understanding where and when burglars decide to offend aims to reduce crime. The four-year project will analyse offending profiles in Australia, Canada, UK and the Netherlands. It will build a comprehensive model of offender spatial preferences to determine how neighbourhood planning can be used in crime prevention. Griffith University researcher […]