Yannick Van Hierden is set to undertake a project of difference as the 2018 recipient of the Bendigo Bank Paradise Point Community Bank® scholarship, which will see the Master of Marketing student striving to create a positive, tangible outcome for everyday people.
The award, worth $7000, is reflective of Bendigo Bank’s ingrained community focus, a value it shares not only with Griffith University but Yannick himself.
“I came to Australia to study marketing, but not merely applying it to make a lot of profits for any other corporation; I wanted to find something that I really create some value through,” he said.
“I found social marketing, and in social marketing now I’ve found this project. I want to be part of something bigger, and I’m very happy that Bendigo Bank is doing these efforts to really create value in the community.
“So, for me, this scholarship will help me to set my first step in
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How humans won the race – evolutionary evidence at World Science Festival
If the human race had run differently, modern man might have descended from Neanderthals, or some other species of ancient hominin.
Instead, Homo sapiens won world domination, and researchers from Griffith University’s Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution (ARCHE) are at the forefront of re-tracing that ancient ‘race’ to ultimate victory.
Griffith University’s signature event at World Science Festival, The Longest Walk – winning the human race (23 March), will take the audience way back in time, presenting evolutionary evidence for how and when our species evolved out of Africa and spread into the rest of the world, including our region.
From recent fossil finds, to the revision of fossil records made possible by the most modern, non-destructive dating techniques and DNA sequencing, human history is being rewritten, with the Asia-Pacific region coming more sharply into focus as part of the prehistoric story.
According to ARCHE Director, Professor Rainer Grün, who’ll be joined for
Leading local technology saving water from Torres Strait to the Gold Coast
Water has long been acknowledged as Australia’s most precious resource, but it doesn’t stop us from wasting it. While poor infrastructure or a poor understanding of personal use can be major factors in excess water use Griffith research has revealed that water use in remote communities can dwarf urban use.
Providing water to remote and isolated communities is expensive, whether it comes from a desalination plant or a groundwater bore.
Research has found average daily water use in rural and remote communities of 900 litres per person, rising to more than 4,000L per person per day in some remote communities. The average daily use in southeast Queensland households is around 180L per person.
This has contributed to some communities having drinking water available for only nine hours a day.
The Cities Research Institute, led by senior research fellow, Dr Cara Beal has recently contracted with councils from the Torres Strait to the Gold Coast to
Students gain insight into life of man wrongly convicted
Imagine being accused of a murder you didn’t commit and imprisoned for more than 20 years.
This is what happened to Adelaide man Henry Keogh who was convicted in 1995 of killing his fiancé Anna-Jane Cheney and sentenced to a minimum of 25 years jail.
Freed in 2014 after his conviction was quashed, Mr Keogh is dedicating his life to showing others how to free themselves from the various lifelong prisons they may be grappling with whether it be abusive relationships, cyber-bullying, physical and or mental health issues. He also wants to educate others about the many innocent people still languishing in Australian prisons.
Mr Keogh recently spoke with Griffith Law School students undertaking the Innocence Project course, and gave them an insight into his life over the past 20 years.
“Once the legal system gets rolling it doesn’t stop, it’s a juggernaut,’’ he said.
After two trials, the first a hung jury, the second convicting him, he began life as a
Griffith experts present insight into Games’ legacy on Coast
The potential for a ‘city changing’ legacy to sweep across the Gold Coast region in the aftermath of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) will be explored before a public audience at Robina Library on Wednesday night (March 14).
The final edition of 2018 Inside Scoop, hosted by City of Gold Coast Libraries, will bring Griffith University experts Professor Ned Pankhurst and Dr Alana Thomson to the stage for a one-hour presentation on the likely and enduring impacts on the Gold Coast once the curtains come down on the closing ceremony on April 15.
Major opportunity
Professor Pankhurst, Senior Deputy Vice Chancellor, Griffith University, will focus on the evolution of the Gold Coast’s Health and Knowledge Precinct, and future opportunities for collaboration between high-tech industry development and world-leading research in health and science. He will also discuss the transformation of the Games Village post-Games.
“These steps are underway already,” Professor Pankhurst said. “They
Beating the bugs at World Science Festival – time for a new class of antibiotics?
Stubborn bacteria and so-called super-bugs are in the sights of researchers worldwide, and just a decade out from the centenary of the discovery of penicillin, World Science Festival Brisbane (WSF) will explore whether a whole new approach is needed.
Leading discussions at the Bugs & Drugs – The Resistance Wars Toowoomba event (16 March) will be Griffith University Microbiologist and Institute for Glycomics Research Leader, Associate Professor Kate Seib, who has her own sights set on some particularly nasty bacteria.
Dr Seib’s research into different kinds of vaccines for middle ear infections, meningococcal disease and the intractable STI gonorrhoea will hopefully find solutions, before the super-bugs get the better of us.
“Vaccines really need to be the long-term solution, because some of these bugs just continue to mutate to resist new antibiotics, which only really buy us a small amount of time,” Dr Seib said.
“The classes of bacteria I’m investigating only affect humans –
Archie Moore: 1970—2018 opens at Griffith University Art Museum
In the largest solo exhibition of his career to date, leading contemporary Australian artist Archie Moore will present a new commission at Griffith University Art Museum from 8 March – 21 April 2018.
Curated by Griffith University Art Museum Director Angela Goddard, Archie Moore: 1970–2018 takes the form of a multi-room installation based on a combination of recreated spaces and memories that reference Moore’s childhood, schooling and early life in rural Queensland.
The exhibition builds on concepts of history and architectural spaces explored in Moore’s previous installations ‘Whipsaw’ (2017) at TARNANTHI, Adelaide, ‘A Home Away From Home (Bennelong/Vera’s Hut)’ (2016) commissioned for the 20th Biennale of Sydney, ‘Relocating Land, Memory and Place’ (2015), at System Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, and ‘Dwelling’ (2010) at Accidentally Annie Street, Brisbane.
Visitors will be invited to enter the multilayered installation of seven rooms, created using reclaimed building materials and found items – some inspired by specific events in
Griffith student finds way to design winning logo
The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) have already touched Samuel Keen’s life twice.
The recent Queensland College of Art graduate designed and developed the logo to be used on the uniform of the official Games workforce.
Sam’s unique and thoughtful creation captures a special narrative that instils the brand identity of some 200,000 pieces of clothing to be worn by Games Shapers, including volunteers and staff.
“I was very grateful for the opportunity to get involved,” Sam (24) says. “It was something of an aside to my main study focus but it’s certainly my greatest achievement outside of university in terms of graphic and branding design.”
Support and guidance
Sam was studying a Bachelor of Design Futures at Griffith University when an email from QCA course convenor Eleni Kalantidou invited him to get involved with the GC2018 logo design project.
During a 12-week process he received support and guidance from Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games
Griffith swimmers book place in pool at home Games
Eight Griffith students will swim on home turf at next month’s Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Two of those students – Emma McKeon and Georgia Bohl – are also members of the Griffith University high performance swim squad which has five swimmers going to the Optus Aquatic Centre.
It brings to eleven the total Griffith contingent that will represent Australia at the home Games.
“This is a genuinely remarkable achievement for Griffith sport on both fronts. It’s wonderful to have so many students in the Australian team at an Australian Games on our doorstep,” Duncan Free OAM, Director of Griffith Sports College, said.
“And to have five swimmers from our high-performance swim squad making the national team is also testament to the coaching and training facilities we have here on the Gold Coast campus.”
Unique stories of achievement
Duncan Free congratulated all of the Griffith swimmers who will compete at the Games, and highlighted the achievements
Griffith researcher partners with Taiwanese institutions to inform economic policies
Griffith Senior Lecturer, Dr Byung Min travelled to Taipai last month to commence his research project ‘Family firms and research and development’ as part of his Taiwan Fellowship 2018. The Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER) is the largest think-tank for Taiwanese economic policy and is the designated partner organisation for the project.
Fellow researchers include Ko-Hsiung Lien (Director, Regional Development Research Centre and Small and Medium Enterprises) and Chien-Fu Lin (TIER and National Taiwan University).
Byung’s previous research with TIER on issues of corporate governance and competitiveness will be used by Ko-Hsiung in research for the Taiwanese government on policies for small and medium enterprises. The TIER component of the research is funded by the Department of Economic Affairs, Taiwan and the research outcomes will be used to inform Taiwanese economic policies.
Byung will return to Taipei in October to complete this project along with two other related research projects he