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The 2017 Australian Awards for University Teaching, Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, have been announced by Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham, Minister for Education and Training.
National Citations are awarded to those who have made a significant contribution to the quality of student learning in a specific area of responsibility over a sustained period, whether they are academic, general, sessional staff or institutional associates.
Citations have been awarded to five nominees from Griffith. These awards join a long tradition of acknowledgement for Griffith’s scholarly, innovative and student-centered teachers.
The University’s 2017 Citation winners are:
Professor Jennifer Gamble, School of Nursing and Midwifery
Leading midwifery education for transformative change in the provision of maternity care: A story of vision, partnership and research-led innovation.
Professor Jenny Gamble
Dr Sean Horan, School of Allied Health Sciences
For scholarly design and innovations in physiotherapy learning and teaching that promote engagement and professional capability in students.

Dr Kevin Larkin, School of Education and Professional Studies
For motivating and

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Associate Professor Alannah Rafferty wants to make the experience of organisational change a better one for everyday employees, so her research focuses on solutions which enhance organisations’ ability to implement that change and in return, improve employee wellbeing. We spent five minutes with Alannah, who’s also Director of Research with Griffith’s Department of Employment Relations and Human Resources, to learn a little more…
In what area/s does your current research interests lie?
My major research interests are focused on organisational change. In particular, I have two major [areas of] research at the current time:

I am especially interested in employees’ change readiness attitudes at the moment. My major focus has been on understanding the structure of the global change readiness attitude and its antecedents and consequences. My research has identified that positive emotions are a critical but ignored component of change readiness. If we want to develop employees’ global change readiness then there is

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Researching Queensland’s policing procedures has proved arresting for Griffith’s School of Criminology and Criminal Justice lecturer Dr Elise Sargeant.
Five years after graduating with her PhD, Dr Sargeant has been named one of the country’s most outstanding early career researchers by being awarded the prestigious Paul Bourke Award for Early Career Research (2017) awarded by the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA).
Her expertise lies in the field of policing includes citizen and officer perceptions of police and policing as well as procedural justice and police legitimacy.
Research impact
Published in top-ranking criminology, sociology and policing journals, Dr Sargeant’s research has received significant scholarly recognition with more than 470 citations. Her work has also been cited in the 2015 final report of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing presented to then US President Obama.
“To see my work having an impact in terms of being recognised by academia, the police and other stakeholders is reassuring.
“The

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Australia can become a world leader in protecting whistleblowers if reforms recommended by a parliamentary inquiry are made law, according to a Griffith University expert.
Professor A J Brown, from Griffith’s Centre for Governance and Public Policy, said reforms suggested by the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Corporations and Financial Services will mark “a historic step” in protecting those who speak out against wrongdoing in the workplace.
Research led by Professor Brown was cited heavily throughout the inquiry’s report, which looked at whistleblower protections in the corporate, public and not-for-profit sectors.
The recommendations were a “comprehensive approach” to better protecting employees who blow the whistle on misconduct, corrupt or illegal behaviour, Professor Brown said.
“Whistleblowers play a crucial role in a well-functioning society,” he said.
“Whistleblower protection is not just about justice. It’s also about recognising the best way for modern organisations and regulators to know when they’ve got problems, before they turn into even bigger ones.
Trust

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Gone are the days when an environmental degree was for “tree hugging hippies”.
Griffith University is the first in Australia to be accredited by the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ) for its Bachelor of Environmental Science.
The accreditation recognises the content and teaching and Head of School Professor Chris Frid said it was a remarkable achievement.
“This shows a maturing of the profession and a move away from the hippies hugging trees in the 70s,” he said.
“This is a highly trained profession that includes many aspects including science, social justice and law and shows a complexity that is equivalent to other professions such as accountancy.”
The School of Environment was one of Griffith’s four foundation schools and the first in the country to have a dedicated school and degree.
In November the 40th year of Environmental Science students will graduate.
To find out more about studying Environmental Science visit the study page.
 
 

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