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‘Maternity Care: Building Relationships Really Does Save Lives’ is open for enrolment now and enables learners to see how quality relationships between mothers, midwives and other health professionals transforms maternity care and saves lives.
Griffith University’s leading midwifery expert and award-winning university teacher, Professor Jenny Gamble leads the global discussion regarding why we need relationship-based care in maternity services now.
“Unfortunately, many women around the world receive insufficient or fragmented maternity care which contributes to poor health and well-being including avoidable deaths of mothers and babies. Simultaneously the opportunity to enhance health and the health of communities is overlooked” says Professor Gamble.
Described as too much too soon, maternity care in high-income countries is often medicalised and intervention rates are too high. Conversely, in low-income countries care is often simply not available and is described as too little too late. Regardless of setting, women around the world may experience dehumanised and disrespectful

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The final report for the Cognitive Decline Health Care (CDPC) project, “Understanding the Journey Better: an investigation of the current ‘state of play’ of the health care journey experienced by people living with cognitive decline and their carers”, proposes a dementia wellness plan to enable consumers to live as well and independently as possible, and to be able to make choices.
Importantly, the project used the consumer’s voice to map and model the data, said lead investigator Professor Anneke Fitzgerald from the Department of International Business and Asian Studies, Griffith University.
“The outcomes of this project provide vital real-life data on how the journey is experienced at present – the current state – and how consumers would like to experience it – the future or ideal state,” she said.
The final report’s main recommendation includes the development of a consumer-centred dementia wellness program, which allows consumers and cares to receive information on care and

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All four Queensland finalists in this year’s Churchie Prize are students and alumni from the Queensland College of Art.
The prestigious national art award recognises emerging artists and is now in its 30th year.
Queensland College of Art Director Professor Derrick Cherrie said the strong showing illustrated the breadth of talent at the QCA.
“We are thrilled that so many of our students and alumni have been recognised by the Churchie Prize panel,” he said.
“This is a launch pad for young artists and an important showcase for their work.”

Bachelor of Photography graduate Christine Ko secured a spot in the finals with her innovative mixed media installation, Model Home.
The PhD candidate used motorised vertical blinds, mirror tint film and video projections to create a stunning installation that explores the concept of home and identity.
Christine said she was excited to make it to the finals of the Churchie Prize.
“It’s amazing to be recognised and have

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One of the nation’s most distinguished legal minds has called on the public not to be seduced and taken in by the growing push to destabilise the judicial process by campaigning against the courts.
This was one of many points touched on by the Honourable Margaret McMurdo who delivered the 2017 Tony Fitzgerald Lecture at the Queensland State Library.
In her 45 minute speech, the first woman to be the head of an appellate court in Australia, delivered a thought-provoking and entertaining discourse focusing on governance in Queensland thirty years after the start of the landmark Fitzgerald Inquiry into official corruption.
For many in the audience too young to remember Fitzgerald and its origins, the lecture provided an excellent summation of the Queensland political landscape which led to the three-year inquiry and its subsequent game-changing recommendations.
Justice McMurdo then presented a report card on the ‘state of the state’, detailing her thoughts on the

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The Griffith MBA has been shortlisted for the 2017 Wharton-QS Stars Reimagine Education Awards.
The Griffith Accelerated Online MBA is one of the shortlisted projects named in the ‘MBA & Executive Education Award’ category.
The finalists will be announced on November 27 with the overall winners to be unveiled at the Reimagine Education Awards and Conference in Philadelphia from December 4-5.
“Once more, Griffith’s MBA has been acknowledged by the prestigious Reimagine Education Awards which showcase innovation in education on a world stage,” Professor Nick Barter (left), Academic Director, Griffith Online, said.
“This represents sustained recognition of the collaborative and supportive digital learning environment in which our sophisticated MBA program is delivered.
The nomination comes on the back of recent successes for the ground-breaking program.
Griffith’s MBA placed 16th overall in the Corporate Knights Better World MBA ranking last month and first in the Asia-Pacific region. In August a Griffith MBA team was placed in the top seven of the Global

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The Commonwealth Games may still be several months away, but Griffith University alumnus Delvene Cockatoo-Collins already feels like she has won gold.

The North Stradbroke artist was selected to design the artwork for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games medals  which were unveiled at the weekend.

Griffith University Games Champion Cameron McEvoy and alumnus Domonic Bedggood were among the athletes at the GC2018 Charity Gala who got a sneak peek at the medals.

“It was overwhelming,” Delvene said.

“My mother was with me and she was in tears.

“It’s nice to finally be able to speak about it and see everyone’s reaction.

“It was so special to hear the athletes say they loved them, because they are who I had in mind when I did the drawings and designs.”

Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation chairman Peter Beattie said the medals were symbolic of every Games and the “ultimate goal” of every athlete.

“The reveal of these striking gold, silver and

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