Tagged with Education professional Brisbane

Business lecturer Peter Woods has secured one of only 27 awards up for grabs in the prestigious Australian Awards for University Teaching. The Australian Learning and Teaching Council announced the names on Wednesday (Sept 29) in the lead up to the Canberra ceremony on November 16 which acknowledges the outstanding efforts and achievements of higher […]

Lecturers Peter Woods and Scott Harrison have secured two of only 27 awards up for grabs in the prestigious Australian Awards for University Teaching. The Australian Learning and Teaching Council announced the names on Wednesday (Sept 29) in the lead up to the Canberra ceremony on November 16 which acknowledges the outstanding efforts and achievements […]

The Commissioner for Children and Young People and Child Guardian, Queensland Elizabeth Fraser will provide the opening address. Presenters include Professor Bruce Burton who initiated the Queensland-wide Acting Against Bullying program, Professor Paul Mazerolle, director of the Griffith University Violence Research and Prevention program, and Griffith University PhD scholar Roberta Thompson whose research is on […]

Renowned education scholars from across the globe will attend the sixth international Basil Bernstein conference in Brisbane from June 30-July 3. Chair of the symposium planning committee, Professor Parlo Singh, from the Griffith Graduate Research School said the symposium aimed to encourage informed dialogue between academics undertaking research that engages with the work of the […]

Visiting Canadian Professor Jean Clandinin will present a public lecture entitled ___Composing Lives: Narrative inquiry into the experiences of youth who left school early___, on Monday, June 7 from 4pm-6pm. Professor Clandinin is visiting the Griffith Institute for Educational Research (GIER) as a 2010 University Sewell Fellow and is Director of the Centre for Research […]

Contrary to recent media reports, a new study from Griffith University has found that many older workers enjoy their jobs and are embracing new technology and training. The survey of 286 Australian workers in technical, para-professional and professional employment aged 45 and over, found most were not subject to age-bias and enjoyed opportunities for training […]

She has been teaching in the special education program at Emerald State High School in western Queensland for more than a year and loves living in the rural town. “This is new for me but suits me so well. I have a busier social life in the country than I ever did in the city,” […]