Griffith students oozed professional confidence when describing their internship experiences at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC).
The latest group of current students to complete a 12-week full-time internship with the Games organising body presented their reflections at a seminar on Griffith’s Gold Coast campus last week.
Human Resource Management student Georgia Arnold looked confidently to the future on the back of her time as a HR Operations intern. “The internship experience bridged the gap between my studies and the workplace,” she said. “I now have the graduate skills and attributes needed for graduate positions.”
Plan for the future
Rachael Saw, who is studying Human Resource Management and Marketing, echoed her intern colleague’s sentiments. “Before my internship I thought wherever you went, that’s the path you follow. Now I realise it’s so important to have a plan for my future.”
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Ochres reveal colouring of colonialisation
Ochres have always been a part of the cultural practices of Aboriginal peoples.
A study published in the journal Nature, reports ground ochres among the earliest evidence for human occupation of Australia, 65,000 years ago.
The multidisciplinary team working on these finds includes Dr Jillian Huntley, a Research Fellow at Griffith University’s Place, Evolution and Rock Art Heritage Unit, whose research investigates the physicochemical properties of the earliest pigments used by modern humans across Australasia.
Dr Huntley applies scientific techniques to reveal patterns in prehistoric ochre use.
“Unlike other archaeological materials, differences in pigments are not always obvious” she said.
“Ochres that look the same in colour and texture can be from different sources, or prepared and used in a variety of different ways.
“Understanding the chemical, mineral and morphological properties of ochre is often the only way to see differences between them.”
Dr Huntley says it was a privilege to be entrusted to work on the internationally significant ochres recovered from the recent
Griffith to introduce new social science degree in 2018
Economics, environmental sustainability, global security threats, media communication and social change, politics in Asia, and social justice are not only some of the biggest issues facing the world today—they’re also the majors offered in Griffith’s new Bachelor of Social Science.
According to a recent article in ScienceNordic, social scientists are key to tackling global challenges, as, for the first time in history, our world is being shaped more by humans than by nature.
Dr Ben Fenton-Smith, convenor of the new social science degree, to be introduced in 2018 at Griffith’s Nathan and Gold Coast campuses, agrees.
“There is no question that social scientists are going to be in huge demand in the next 20–30 years. As our use of data, technology and information increases, we are going to need social scientists to make sense of it,” he said.
“Climate change is a good example of an issue that social scientists are uniquely equipped to
West Side Story opens in Brisbane
Love and death. Romance and rivalry. Welcome to West Side Story, the Queensland Conservatorium’s main stage musical for 2017.
The show, which turns 60 this year, headlines the Queensland Conservatorium’s 60th anniversary line-up.
Hailed as ‘the greatest musical of all time’, the show features a Grammy-winning score by legendary composer Leonard Bernstein and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, including hits like Maria, America, Somewhere and Tonight.
Inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story is set in New York’s Upper West Side in the mid-1950s where racial and social tensions have reached boiling point.
The blockbuster production will feature a triple cast, comprising the entire musical theatre cohort, accompanied by the Queensland Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra.
Final year Bachelor of Musical Theatre student Courtney Monsma is one of three students playing the lead role of Maria.
“It is a dream role,” she says.
“It is amazing to be on stage in the Conservatorium Theatre with a huge set, an orchestra, costumes… it’s what I’ve been working towards for years.”
The
Renowned researcher returns home to FNQ
One of Australia’s foremost researchers into Parkinson’s disease, Professor George Mellick from the Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery (GRIDD), returns home to North Queensland next week to encourage locals into future scientific study.
And it should come as no surprise that the former Mareeba boy will reinforce a strong belief that many jobs in the future will require employees to have related skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), during the inaugural ‘Future-proof your career, The Griffith STEM Roadshow’ in Cairns.
“I love Cairns and the Tablelands. It is always home to me, and I want our current crop of FNQ school leavers to have every opportunity to be the thought leaders and problem solvers of the future, confirmed Professor Mellick.
“A degree in STEM is a great start to an innovative career. We have the world’s best research and some of Australia’s top university teachers at Griffith University. It’s great to
App maps geography of crime fear
People are more worried about being attacked in places they think lack a sense of community rather those perceived as having high levels of social cohesion, a Griffith University study has found.
The pilot study published online in Applied Geography, led by PhD candidate Michael Chataway from the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, used mobile technology to measure people’s fear of crime in their immediate environments.
Tertiary students living at the Gold Coast were surveyed over three months, using a smartphone app within 10 distinct locations.
The app used GPS sensors built into participants’ smartphones to trigger a series of surveys on perceptions of crime, based on movements within local areas.
The participants were surveyed in relation to three perceptual indicators of personal victimisation: being attacked in an area, being robbed or mugged and being harassed or threatened.
Researchers found participants were less worried about personal crime in areas where they thought people in and
How to land that grad job
By Tonya Evara, marketing student at Griffith Business School
So, you’ve graduated. Congratulations! You’ve just returned from your solo Contiki trip around Europe and you’re wondering: now what? Perhaps the hangover has worn off and you’ve been scouring Seek for months, living off Mi Goreng noodles? Or maybe you’re in the final few semesters of university and praying for the light at the end of the tunnel?
Well, I’ve got both good and bad news for you. The good news is: Generation Y is the most educated generation in Australian history. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), in 1976 only 5% of young adults had a bachelor degree or higher qualification compared to more than a quarter (26%) in 2011.
The bad news: all of these gradates means you’ll be graduating into a highly competitive job market. A report from Graduate Careers Australia in 2015 shows that 68.8% of recent grads were able to secure a full-time job within four