Vivid artwork and architecture have intertwined in a Griffith Master of Architecture student’s research project, which aims to “connect people to place without four walls and a pitched roof”.
Nunan presenting her thesis research.
A native of the Byron Bay region, artist Verity Nunan co-authored The Journal of Public Space article ‘What the mapping of Byron Bay Shire’s informal settlement teaches us about having a home without having a house’ with Griffith Architecture and Design Associate Professor Karine Dupre, and based her research thesis on the homeless people of the Byron Bay and Brunswick Heads areas.
“My research is to make more significant and meaningful architecture in the future, but you need the groundwork. Research is a powerful tool for us to truly understand the world around us,” Nunan said.
Nunan created a floorplan to connect homeless and non-homeless people.
“As architects we often want to solve homelessness issues by making houses, which is
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Tourism industry has long way to go on road to equality
Griffith University researchers have found that there is still much work to be done in achieving gender parity among the tourism industry, with more than 90 per cent of United Nations World Tourism Organisation events last year still dominated by males.
The research, led by Dr Catheryn Khoo-Lattimore, examined 119 events staged by the international body in 2017, seven years after the UNWTO first partnered with UN Women to uncover the significant gender gap that exists at all levels of the tourism industry.
Of those 119, only 64 had available data on their speakers, with the final sample totalling 1656. The disparity is immediately noticeable; while 1151 males were counted – 70 per cent of speakers – only 505 females were included.
More damningly, males outnumbered females in 59 of the 64 events – a staggering 92 per cent – while females outnumbered males in only four events (6 per cent). Gender parity
Improving medication management in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
Equitable access and effective use of medicine is critical to closing the gap in health and life expectancy between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and other Australians.
Professor Amanda Wheeler from Griffith University’s Menzies Health Institute Queensland, has formed a partnership with the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO). The research team will work with Aboriginal Health Services and community pharmacies to promote culturally appropriate medication review services and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and well-being.
The Pharmacy Guild is the peak organisation for community pharmacy owners and they are working with the Commonwealth Department of Health on the Pharmacy Trial Program (PTP). The PTP aims to trial new and expanded community pharmacy programmes to improve health outcomes for consumers and/or extend the role of pharmacists in the delivery of primary healthcare services through community pharmacy.
“The Pharmacy Guild and Griffith researchers have been working
Griffith plays host to international health and science early career researchers
Oncology, neuroscience and infectious disease are among the research topics to be presented by 52 early career researchers from five countries who are staying at the Gold Coast for the International Student Research Forum (ISRF) this week.
Delegates from University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Simon Fraser University (SFU), and University of Santa Maria (USM) will join Griffith PhD students from the health and sciences disciplines for the four-day forum.
Now in its 13th year, the Forum is hosted by a different university every year. Griffith last hosted in 2013.
“In hosting the ISRF, Griffith as a university is able to showcase its research profile and facilities, as well as facilitating a key professional development experience for all involved,” Dr Sharon Saunders, Director of the Griffith Graduate Research School said.
“We look forward to hearing about research being undertaken by visiting international
Griffith students snare national percussion prize
Queensland Conservatorium student Lochlin Dormer has won Australia’s most prestigious percussion award – the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Snare Drum Prize.
Fellow Queensland Conservatorium percussion students Morgan Veal and Grace Kruger also made it into the finals, taking home second place and an Encouragement Award respectively.
The award was established in 2004 as part of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Development Program, and the prize includes a one year mentorship with MSO’s top percussionists.
This marks the second year in a row that a Queensland Conservatorium student has won the prize, which is open to tertiary percussion students across the country.
Bachelor of Music student Lochlin Dormer said winning the prize would provide further opportunities for him to pursue a career as a professional musician.
“I am super excited about the mentorship with the MSO,” he said.
“It’s one of the best orchestras in Australia, and I get a chance to sit in on rehearsals and learn
Griffith students share stage with Broadway legend
Musical theatre students will have the chance to perform with a Broadway legend this week, when diva Patti LuPone hits the stage at the Queensland Conservatorium Theatre.
A Multiple Tony and Grammy Award-winner will perform her critically acclaimed show, Don’t Monkey with Broadway, to a packed house at the Queensland Conservatorium Theatre on Wednesday night.
The concert, presented by Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University in association with the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC), will feature a chorus of third-year Bachelor of Musical Theatre students.
Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University Director Professor Scott Harrison said the collaboration with QPAC had provided remarkable opportunities for students.
“We are delighted to welcome Patti LuPone to the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University,” he said.
“Our close ties with the Queensland Performing Arts Centre have opened up once-in-a-lifetime opportunities for our students.
“A chance to perform alongside one of Broadway’s renowned musical theatre artists is a fantastic learning experience for our young performers.”
Professor Harrison said Queensland Conservatorium
BusinessPLUS program boosts students’ employability
Griffith Business School is helping bridge the graduate employability gap with their innovative BusinessPLUS program. The educational add-on available to all who study within Griffith Business School gives students the opportunity to participate in a range of extra-curricular activities and seminars aimed at increasing graduate employability. Upon finishing all the BusinessPLUS requirements, students will reap the rewards of a range of professional development activities they can add to their resumes.
The program features a series of career management workshops, industry-relevant mentoring programs, practical work experience and community volunteering opportunities, and a range of activities aimed at enhancing students’ personal and professional growth. All these things combined not only bolster students’ CVs but also equips them with practical experience to boost their future job prospects.
With many employers increasingly looking for graduates with more than just a degree under their belt, the professional development opportunities BusinessPLUS provides couldn’t have come at
The entrepreneurial life of the musician
“I didn’t grow up in a musical house, but we did own a record store. We never really sat around the table talking about music, the family talked about business. I had an absolute passion for music and loved playing, but I wasn’t surrounded by it, my environment was other stuff.”
Teacher, researcher and woodwind specialist, Dr Diana Tolmie has combined her passion, professional experience and her MBA training to lead the development of an innovative suite of courses and research around career management for musicians at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University.
Dr Tolmie believes musicians need to be creative entrepreneurs; developing, honing and forever recreating musical identities that challenges themselves as life-long learning artists and allows them to sustain their livelihoods.
Since 2011 Dr Tolmie has been delivering a career development stream of study that helps students understand their cultural and economic value beyond their musical skills and dedication.
The result has been
PhD candidate insights into balancing research and motherhood
Katie Woolaston
PhD candidate, lecturer
Griffith University
I am an awarded and published PhD candidate, researching the interaction between law and the human-wildlife relationship (#Immodestwoman). I am also the mum of two vivacious and demanding children. My typical day might involve submitting a conference abstract, then scooping poop out of the washing machine. (This actually happened. I literally have no idea how.) Doing a PhD is no small feat in the best of circumstances. Doing a PhD with toddlers (my kids were one and three when I started) is a legitimate health hazard. My mental health oscillates on a daily basis between ‘I am brilliant and killing this adulting thing’ to ‘I am such an imposter who will fall apart at any given moment’.
Despite the many wins of the feminist movement, mums who work are still subject to a higher workload than dads who work. Women are still largely responsible for the ‘mental
Griffith brings skills, knowledge and sustainability to Sri Lankan tourism
A group of representatives from Sri Lanka’s tourism sector have completed their post-course workshop to conclude an Australia Awards Short Course on Sustainable Tourism Development.
This third and final component of the Short Course ran for five days earlier this month, and is designed to develop the participants’ capacity to deliver various services for, and within, Sri Lanka’s tourism sector.
The Short Course participants hold various positions in Sri Lanka’s tourism sector, including senior officials from the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority and the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, under the Ministry of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs.
Chief executives, directors and managers of reputed tourism institutions in the country were also among the attending ranks, including the CEO of the Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management.
This Australia Awards Short Course for South and West Asia was funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
Australia Awards are prestigious international scholarships, fellowships