Commonwealth Games Internships among university innovation

Griffith University is featured in the Innovative Research Universities National Innovation Case Study Collection.
As the first digital repository of its kind, the collection showcases the extraordinary ingenuity and hard work ongoing at universities to equip students and graduates with the skills and abilities to meet the challenges of life in the world of work in our time.
IRU Vice Chancellors’ Fellow Jessica Vanderelie said no longer did we accept a courtesy visit to the careers office post exams pre-graduation – IRU members were working to support student and graduate employability from the moment students stepped on campus or clicked to enrol.

The publically available resource has been developed to encourage broader collaboration across the sector and provides a powerful means through which to prevent institutions ‘reinventing the wheel’.
Within the repository, case studies are presented across 20 high level themes, each providing a detailed summary of the rationale for the innovation, description of the

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GRIDD Director honoured by Duke of York

Professor Jennifer Martin has been honoured by HRH Prince Andrew as a Bragg Remember with the Royal Institute of Australia.
Prominent Australian scientists were presented with the prestigious membership by the Duke of York on Wednesday, September 20.
Named after prominent Australian Pioneer scientists, Sir William Henry Bragg and Sir William Lawrence Bragg, the membership is the highest category of membership awarded by the Institution and recognises excellence in scientific achievement and commitment to science communication.
Professor Martin is Director of the Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery and this is among a swag of accolades already awarded to her this year.
She has been awarded the Wunderly Oration Medal and was  elected to the Australian Academy of Science.
 

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