Imagine an Australia where every citizen is paid a tax-free sustenance payment to live. It may sound like a Utopian dream but according to Griffith University student Myles Bayliss, it’s not so far-fetched.
“The idea of a Universal Basic Income has existed in various forms for hundreds of years,’’ he says.
“Currently several countries including Canada and Finland are running UBI experiments as well as other countries such as the Netherlands which is planning to begin trials.”
Indeed Myles, who is in his final year of a Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Commerce degree, and passionate about the topic, has been awarded The Law Council of Australia’s 2017 Forsyth/Pose Scholarship for his paper entitled “Universal Basic Income: The Potential Impact on the Australian Tax System”.
He writes that a UBI can offer realisable benefits to the individual, government and nation as a whole, and possibly complement Australia’s tax system.
While acknowledging that UBI policies can vary
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Sustaining livelihoods in an Indonesian dryland environment
Living in a remote area has many disadvantages, especially in dryland regions where poor access to water means households are not growing food at home, drinking insufficient water, and paying less attention to personal and public hygiene. During her Griffith University PhD research fieldwork in rural West Timor, Dr Yenny Tjoe experienced this challenge first-hand and therefore went on to initiate a community project in the remote hamlet of Timor Tengah Selatan Regency, known as the Hauhena Water Project. Since May 2017, the project has successfully supplied water directly to 30 households.
The time from seed to harvest averages 2 weeks. October 2017
In October 2017, Yenny and the project team conducted a follow-up visit and found that within 5 months, the households had begun to grow vegetables in their own yards. Prior to this project, growing vegetables in the front and back yard was extremely rare given the quantity of water
Employer satisfaction with Griffith grads surpasses national average again
Griffith University has again demonstrated its ability to deliver remarkable real-world outcomes, obtaining a higher-than-average result for another year in the 2017 national Employer Satisfaction Survey.
Based on data compiled across graduate job placements for students from 41 institutions, the latest survey reported an overall satisfaction rate of 85.5% for the university, compared with a national average of 83.6%.
Employers rated graduates across five attributes, four of which saw Griffith students surpassing the Australian mean, including their foundation, adaptive, collaborative and technical skills.
The survey reported that 90% of employers were aware their employee had come from Griffith, and 80% would hire another graduate with the same qualification obtained from the university. Additionally, 90.2% felt that their Griffith-educated staff had been prepared ‘well’ or ‘very well’ for their current job.
Griffith Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) Professor Debra Henly said the university’s consistently strong results were reflective not only of the calibre of the institution’s students
Bright sparks: How Griffith researchers are using light to build a better supercomputer
Griffith University researchers are building the next wave of supercomputers.
Work published in Light: Science and Applications shows a new technique for a quick and reliable characterisation of integrated quantum chips that encode information using light instead of electrical current.
In collaboration with ANU, RMIT and UTS in Australia and ITMO University in Russia, the researchers demonstrate a new method for measuring and certifying the quality of quantum devices.
“Such devices will be key for the realisation of an ultra-powerful computer in the near future and are researched by industry leaders like IBM, Google and Microsoft,” said Griffith University researcher Associate Professor Mirko Lobino (pictured), of the Centre for Quantum Dynamics.
“Having a technique to certify the quality of such devices is crucial for the development of this technology on a large scale, and this is what we have done in our paper.
“Since future quantum computers will consist of thousands, if not more, devices assembled together,
Student’s China internship gives her career a head start
When Griffith Business School student Ini Akinsanmi graduates, she will have a world of experience to set her apart in the job market – literally. The 21-year-old recently completed a global internship in China and, in doing so, has added valuable skills to her resume.
“A lot of employers these days are looking for people with outside of Australia or internship experiences,” the Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Government and International Relations student explains. “And China is one of the leading world markets, so what better way to go visit such a country that has such an impact on the world market and learn their practices?”
On top of having an international experience, Ini’s job placement involved stepping out of her comfort zone and giving herself a serious skills upgrade. “I ended up doing marketing and communications over there, which was not my study area at all,” she says. “But you should
Extra opportunities put Griffith top of the list for scholarship recipient
Griffith University’s most recent scholarship recipient hadn’t even decided where she wanted to study until a visit to the Tertiary Studies Expo in 2017. But after discovering all the opportunities Griffith Business School could offer her in the tourism and hospitality sector, Georgia Kelly says her mind was made up.
“The staff really sold it to us,” the 18-year-old explains. “They really took the time to speak to me and explain what the course and the University could give me. And Griffith had so much to offer in terms of scholarships and international experience and study abroad that it made the choice easy.”
The incoming Bachelor of International Tourism and Hotel Management student was recently awarded the Pro Vice Chancellor (Business) Academic Excellence Scholarship, which will see her receive $15,000 over her degree to help with her educational aspirations.
“Having this scholarship will give me the safety of not having to
First encounter leads to three degrees in family affair
Brisbane mum Louise Scott remembers fondly her first encounter with Griffith University.
With her eldest daughter Alana preparing to leave high school and take the next step of her education journey, Louise had guided her around the university Open Day and expo circuit to ensure they had all the information needed in their search for the right engineering degree for Alana.
“We had not been able to make it to the Griffith Open Day unfortunately but I was determined that Alana would at least have a look at the Griffith campus before deciding,” Louise says. “So I rang the university on a public holiday and asked if it would be okay for us to come on campus and have a walk around.”
Her call was transferred to the first year convenor at the School of Engineering who invited mother and daughter not only to visit the campus but to meet him at his
Hockey star in the making finds new learning zone
When she dares to glimpse her future, Gold Coast hockey prodigy Morgan Mathison dreams of representing her country on the Olympic stage, maybe even captaining the Hockeyroos someday. The talented field hockey midfielder took a small but significant step towards this goal as 2017 closed when she was called into the Australian under 21 hockey squad for a training camp in Canberra.
When considering her future career, the 17-year-old also has a clear picture of where this may lie. She sees herself before a classroom of Grade 10 students teaching mathematics someday. As 2018 opens its doors, Morgan has also taken a significant step in that direction after accepting offer to study a Bachelor of Education at Griffith University.
“When I was young, and thought about what I wanted to be, it was always a teacher,” she says. “In high school it faded off a little bit and I started thinking about
Griffith filmmaker living the dream
Griffith Film School graduate Samuel Keene is living the dream.
Just 12 months after graduating from a Bachelor of Film and Screen Media Production, he has been awarded a Talent Development Grant from Screen Queensland and secured a job with global gaming giant Halfbrick.
“I’ve scored my dream gig at Halfbrick, scripting their first story-based game, and the grant from Screen Queensland has allowed me to polish up a script for a TV series that I’m hoping to sell to ABC iView or SBS On Demand,” Sam said.
The young film graduate isn’t content to stop there. The director, writer and script editor is also working on a children’s animation and a documentary.
“I like to keep busy, and generate my own work,” he said.
“I have a pretty diverse range of projects on the go, but at the end of the day, it all comes back to telling stories.”
Samuel graduated from the Bachelor of Film and
Master of Architecture paves way for career success
Jordan Pope’s career has gone from strength to strength since he graduated with a Master of Architecture at the Gold Coast campus in 2015.
His achievements include working on the Pacific Fair Redevelopment with Westfield to his current role with DBI Design in Surfers Paradise where he’s working on a high-rise development in Broadbeach.
“My Griffith University qualifications definitely got me where I am today in the industry,” he says.
“I’d always wanted to become an architect since I started doing subjects like graphics and art in high school. I was always picking up a pencil and sketching as a kid.
“It obviously just eventuated in the architecture side of things because my father is a builder and both my brothers are carpenters. I suppose I have just incorporated the artistic/creative side that I enjoy into my everyday life.”
Not getting the OP needed for university when he graduated from high school didn’t deter Jordan