Month: May 2014

Griffith graduate wins national emerging photographer award

Image by Jessica Woosley as part of her entry to the Australian Emerging Photographers Awards.
Queensland College of Art
Published AuthorCasey Stewart
Queensland College of Art Photography graduate, Jessica Woosley (pictured), has won the title of Top Emerging Documentary/Photojournalist of the year as part of Australia’s Top Emerging Photographers Awards. The awards recognise, encourage and promote talented Australian photographers in the early stages of their careers. Now in its sixth year, the competition attracted a record of […]

Don’t get left on the digital scrapheap – business warned

Ian Fenwick, in shirt and tie, smiling, leaning forward slightly, with hands in pockets.
Department of Marketing
Published AuthorStephen O'Grady
Simply throwing money at digital marketing could be costing Australian businesses millions of dollars and still get them left behind. This digi-mantra will form the platform of an executive education workshop to be presented by world-leading authority, Ian Fenwick. Dr Fenwick will be in Brisbane in August for ‘The Essential Workshop in New Media and […]

Working with the world’s best

Jani Haenke winners
Queensland Conservatorium
Published AuthorNicole Butler
A Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University (QCGU) string and wind ensemble will use some of the world’s best instruments after winning a University competition recently. The competition, made possible as part of a bequest from the Jani Haenke Charitable Trust, provides a string quartet and wind quintet with access to high-quality instruments for 12 months. The […]

Loneliest superpower

Griffith Asia Institute
Published AuthorBelle Hammond
Griffith Asia Institute Director, Professor Andrew O’Neil, was today quoted inan article by Rowan Callickfor The Australian. The article discusses the ‘hot spot’ political issues currently plaguing China, including yesterday’s revelation thatthat five officersof Shanghai-based Unit 61398 ofthe People’s Liberation Army – have been chargedwith economic hacking by the USJustice Department. You can read the […]

An opera sprung from a comic strip

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Published AuthorContributed
Opera students of the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University (QCGU) will bring one of the 20th century’s musical treasures to the stage this month in what may be the only opera to be inspired by a newspaper cartoon strip! Described as the grown-up opera version of The Lion King, The Cunning Little Vixen celebrates the relationship […]