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New students starting at Griffith this week will have their own unique place in the university’s history books.
Trimesters replace semesters in 2017, with the first of three 12-week teaching periods commencing on February 27.
Griffith is the first Brisbane-based university to offer the trimester structure.
“Universities need to deliver flexible learning options more than ever before,” Professor Debra Henly, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic), said.
“Our new structure will allow students in many degrees greater flexibility to balance work and study by spreading their workload across three trimesters, or to accelerate and complete a standard three-year degree in two years.

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In many programs, students will also be able to commence their studies in Trimester 2 starting on July 3 or Trimester 3 commencing on October 30.
The introduction of trimesters is a part of a suite of teaching innovations that Griffith University is implementing in 2017, focusing on preparing

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Griffith University continues to cement its reputation as one of Australia’s leading educational institutions with the release of the Graduate Management Association of Australia (GMAA) 5-star rankings.
The University attained one of the prized top ratings of five stars for their MBA program in 2016, which reinforces their position as an industry leader in the field of business.
The Griffith MBA is already well credentialed, ranked No. 4 in Australia by the Australian Financial Review BOSS Magazine and is among the country’s leading MBA programs in the CEO Magazine’s ranking.
Pro Vice Chancellor of Business, Professor David Grant, says the ranking results further demonstrate Griffith Business School’s commitment to producing high-quality, cutting edge content that ensures graduates are ready for the modern workplace.
“We are delighted that GMAA have once again awarded the Griffith MBA five stars,” Professor Grant says. “The award reflects both the program’s innovative content as well as the commitment of

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Experts in rehabilitation have joined forces to improve the outcomes for people with long-term disabling conditions including spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, and persistent pain.
Launched today by the Minster for Health and Ambulance Services Cameron Dick, The Hopkins Centre – Research for Rehabilitation and Resilience brings together almost 150 senior clinicians and researchers from Metro South Health and Griffith University, to produce impactful research in disability and rehabilitation.
“Rehabilitation is an essential part of a person’s healthcare journey and should be seen as an essential component of an integrated health system,” Mr Dick said.
“The distinguishing feature of the Queensland health system is that it never gives up—not on people, not on the conditions that afflict them, not on finding better ways to treat them.
“The Hopkins Centre will make an important contribution to that tradition, and the partnership it formalises between Metro South Health and Griffith University will promote and support

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Australia’s largest whistleblowing research project has given evidence to the first hearings of the Joint Parliamentary Committee inquiry into whistleblower protections in the corporate, public and not-for-profit sectors.
Whistling While They Work 2 project leader Professor A J Brown of Griffith University’s Centre for Governance & Public Policy told the Brisbane Inquiry, comparisons across the G20 countries showed Australia’s legal protections for corporate and not-for-profit whistleblowers is embarrassingly weak.
“However, Australian business and government face a vital choice on what to do about this,” he said.
“Will it be by introducing protections for employees who reveal wrongdoing in a piece-by-piece fashion in Commonwealth laws, starting with tax avoidance, then financial misdeeds, and so on?
“Or will it be a more strategic approach in which business is spared pain, with companies and employers operating under one overarching set of protections for those who blow the whistle on wrongdoing?”
Professor Brown and fellow WWTW2 research team, Associate Professor

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