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The Griffith MBA, built on core values including sustainable business practices, has earned a Top 20 place in a leading global ranking list.
The program placed 16th overall in the Corporate Knights Better World MBA ranking, and 1st in the Asia-Pacific region.
Associate Professor Chris Fleming, Director of the Griffith MBA, said he was delighted the program had been recognised for their commitment to producing graduates who are equipped for the challenges of the 21st century.
“This ranking is a reflection of the Griffith MBA core values of responsible leadership and sustainable business practices and the hard work of our academic staff to making sure these core values are embedded throughout,” he said.
The Corporate Knights Better World MBA ranking is now in its 15th year, with programs assessed on currriculum, institutes and centres, and faculty research.
See the full Top 40 list here. 
Read Corporate Knights’ article ‘Greening the business of business education‘ here. 
 

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Griffith University scientists have developed a new class of nanomaterials that could detect early cancer.
The inexpensive, non-invasive diagnostic tool can deliver sensitive and specific results that are easily and quickly interpreted with less reliance on laboratory equipment.
Working with the team from the University of Wollongong (UOW), the researchers have developed a new class of enzyme-like nanovehicles using gold-loaded nanoporous iron oxide nanocubes for sensing body fluid which, despite containing gold nanoparticles, are inexpensive to make.
The researchers will keep refining the technology with the aim of developing a portable diagnostic device for less than $5.
Early diagnosis of cancer leads to more effective and cheaper treatment, and the majority of cancers can be treated successfully if they are detected at their earliest stages.
However, most current diagnostic methods use expensive biomaterials and rely on sophisticated instrumentation, limiting their use in developing countries and other resource-poor settings.
The team’s two-step diagnostic method uses the gold-loaded

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Finding a job after graduating is now a lot easier, thanks to industry partnerships such as the one between Griffith University and The Star.
The relationship sees representatives from the hospitality and tourism businesses visit Griffith Business School to recruit promising students both during and after their studies. A recent event has resulted in 54 eager students successfully gaining employment with the renowned hospitality and tourism brand.
Josephine Dalton, The Star Entertainment Group’s national talent manager says the company wanted to work with Griffith because of their stellar reputation.
“Griffith has a leading reputation in the industry for their strong hospitality and tourism focus,” she says. “Specialising in hospitality and tourism makes their end qualification very desirable and it’s something we are really interested in at The Star; we really look for students from that background when employing.”
The Star’s Queensland recruitment manager Amanda Spencer agrees. “There’s no one else with such

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There’s a certain thrill that comes from discovering an incredible local band, away from the mainstream media and Top 40 countdowns.
Two Griffith Business School students are hoping to make that process easier – for music lovers, as well as the artists and venues they’re searching for.
Phann Music is an app developed by Bachelor of Commerce student Nathan Nagy and Bachelor of Business student Peter Hamilton.
Phann will help its users find local artists and venues, whilst still incorporating preferred social media concepts.
The app uses location based services and features to identify nearby gigs that fit a user’s music taste.
Much more than that, though, it also provides a valuable platform for musicians wanting to increase their profile and venues needing to publicise events.
The idea took shape during a surfing trip last year, when the two friends combined business ideas – Peter wanted a platform for underground musicians in Australia, while Nathan envisaged

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A sugar cane farming family on the Gold Coast has found a way to do well by doing less.
As the farming community shrinks along the South East Queensland corridor, the Keith family, who are based at Woongoolba and own the Rocky Point Sugar Mill, were constantly wondering ‘what next’ to keep their land and turn a profit. They have now diversified their business practice and offer a range of sustainable garden supplies for all home garden projects including organic gardening, potting plants, fruit and vegetable growing, suppressing weeds and more!
Local farmers have been doing it tough over the past ten years but recently published research by a team from QUT and Griffith University has unearthed a potential antidote to the problem.
Simply shifting investment decisions around equipment and processing could avoid future mill and farm closures in the state’s southeast.
Lead-researcher Ms Savindi Caldera, a doctoral researcher from QUT, said the findings

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With a healthy dose of humour and insightful observations, Jeff Bleich delivered a memorable keynote address to launch Griffith University’s annual Integrity20 event at the Queensland Conservatorium.
The former US Ambassador to Australia, whom former Prime Minister Paul Keating described as the best to have held the post, Mr Bleich spoke on issues from integrity, technology, social media fame, the growing distrust in news media as well as a key theme of this year’s event, spin versus truth.
“This is a serious threat. It is why a summit on integrity and how to restore it could not be more timely.”
Using US President Donald Tump as a metaphor for the disconnect between truth and fiction, Mr Bleich argued that President Trump’s notoriety and fame was all he needed to garner power and remain relevant.
“He’s figured out that fame can be a faster and simpler way of getting what you want than actually doing something

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