From the moment Gary Collins’ eldest son Christopher walked onto the South Bank campus during Open Day, the family felt at home at Griffith.
“We had been to Open Days elsewhere but as soon as Chris took in what was on offer at Griffith, it just felt right and there’s never been a moment’s regret,” Brisbane dad Gary said.
Chris studied a Bachelor of Film and Screen Media Production and graduated in 2014, and developed an appetite for learning which has led him to pursue other academic interests.
Gary’s younger son Nicholas has also had a life-changing experience at Griffith initially studying Science at Griffith’s Nathan campus before transferring to a Bachelor of Marine Science at the Gold Coast.
“Nick has some learning difficulties and needs extra assistance and he received so much support and help from both fellow students and teachers at Griffith that he has excelled in his studies and we are
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Griffith-led conference aims to understand China’s changing global role
Leading international and local scholars will come together in January for a conference that will cast an analytical eye on the rise of China and its impact on global politics.
Titled Debating China and International Order, the two-day conference will be held from 17-18 January at the Royal on the Park Hotel, and is the first Griffith University event to be supported by the US-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation as part of a grant issued in 2016.
It will be hosted by Professor Kai He (ARC Future Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute and Centre for Governance and Public Policy) and Dr Huiyun Feng (School of Government and International Relations), with a welcoming address by Senior Deputy Vice Chancellor Professor Ned Pankhurst.
Dr Huiyun Feng and Professor Kai He
The conference will take the form of a bilateral dialogue/debate, canvassing a diversity of thematic topics around China’s rise and its changing role in the international order.
Academics from America,
Quantum “spooky action at a distance” becoming practical
Scientists from Griffith University have overcome a major challenge in applying a strange quantum effect to real applications.
The team from the Centre for Quantum Dynamics have demonstrated how to rigorously test if pairs of photons – particles of light – display Einstein’s “spooky action at a distance”, even under adverse conditions that mimic those outside the lab.
They demonstrated that the effect, also known as quantum nonlocality, can still be verified even when many of the photons are lost by absorption or scattering as they travel from source to destination through an optical fiber channel. The experimental study and techniques are published in the journal Science Advances.
Quantum nonlocality is important in the development of new global quantum information networks, which will have transmission security guaranteed by the laws of physics. These are the networks where powerful quantum computers can be linked.
Photons can be used to form a quantum link between two locations by
International career beckons New Colombo Plan scholar
New Colombo Plan scholar Nicholas McLean has a dream to forge a career as a dispute resolutions specialist in the Asia Pacific region.
“Even as a boy, I was fascinated by how societies collapse, evolve and function – ultimately this steered me in the direction of law” he says.
“I’ve always viewed law as the mechanism which regulates and upholds a society. Without it, we’d be at the mercy of anarchy. I think my legal studies have made me more aware of how our way of life is maintained, as well as honing my analytical skills”.
“Ideally, I’d like to combine comparative political analysis with legal knowledge of dispute resolution practices to become a government relations specialist in the Asia-Pacific Region”.
Already making a mark in the international arena, Nicholas is a World Economic Forum Global Shaper, a former Hansard scholar and more recently a Griffith Asia Future Fellow. This last experience, he says,
Griffith student accepts Queen’s Baton on Australian soil
After travelling for 288 days and engaging with all nations and territories of the Commonwealth, the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) Queen’s Baton arrived back on Australian soil on Christmas Eve.
And Griffith University Bachelor of Science (Advanced Honours) student Cameron McEvoy was literally on hand for its arrival.
The GC2018 Ambassador and Longines Friend accepted the Queen’s Baton airside from Hugh Graham, Vice President Commonwealth Games Federation for Oceania, following its arrival from New Zealand.
Hundreds of travellers were there to witness the historic arrival as Cameron carried the Queen’s Baton into the arrivals hall on Brisbane International Airport’s busiest morning of the year.
“With the arrival of the Queen’s Baton in Australia, the countdown to GC2018 is on,” Cameron said.
“As a proud Gold Coast athlete, I am looking forward to this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to compete in a global sporting event in my own backyard.”
Major Milestone
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, Minister for Innovation
Hong Kong study for New Colombo Plan scholar
A fascination with how people behave led 2018 New Colombo Plan scholar Kimberley Bates to a double degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice and Psychology.
“I’ve always been interested in human behaviour and why people behave the way they do,’’ she says.
“Criminology and psychology are a natural fit for me. Townsville where I grew up has a lot of youth problems, as do many other towns in Australia. This sparked my interest in research and the dynamics of relationships between parents and their children.”
As part of her New Colombo Plan scholarship Kimberley will travel to Hong Kong City University where she will study with the School of Applied Social Sciences.
“It offers unique courses in domestic violence and I’d really like to study what happens in Asian countries so I can apply what I’ve learnt to an Australian context.”
Kimberley also plans to undertake an internship at the Pol Leung Women’s Refuge Centre
Journalism student gets full picture from internship
If you could picture a day in the life of a professional photographer on duty at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games what would it look like? Bachelor of Journalism student Janelle Miller has had that very experience … literally.
As part of her internship with the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC), the 23-year-old turned to animation to depict the different parts of a photographer’s job and life when covering a major sporting event.
“It captures everything from grabbing a cup of coffee in the morning to working out the transport system and getting to the different venues to accessing facilities to edit and upload photos from the day’s competition,” Janelle says.
After analysing the many elements of a photographer’s daily to-do list, Janelle decided that cartoon offered a powerful medium for including all the relevant details while also bringing the story to life. Her visual concept impressed her supervisors at
GUMURRII officer participates in Queen’s Baton handover
Griffith University’s John Graham will be in Auckland this weekend for the formal handover of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) Queen’s Baton for the final international leg of its journey in the lead up to the Games in April.
John, a senior learning assistance officer with the GUMURRII Student Support Unit, will represent the Yugumbeh people when the traditional Maori owners of the land in Auckland pass on the Queen’s Baton ahead of its arrival in Australia on Christmas Eve.
“I am really happy to be given this great honour and feel privileged to represent our people at this important ceremony,” John said.
“I also feel privileged to be representing GUMURRII and Griffith University at this important stage of the Queen’s Baton’s journey throughout the Commonwealth on to its final destination at the Gold Coast in April.”
John was selected by the Yugumbeh Elders and the GC2018 Working Group for the official
Wearable devices to remotely manage patient chronic conditions
Wearable devices to remotely manage patient chronic conditions are set to become available for the medical profession as part of an Australian first.
The move follows collaborative research between Griffith University, telecoms company Huawei Australia and Tonwo Health Clinic Technology.
Aimed to help patients better self manage health conditions such as hypertension and cardiovascular disease and diabetes, the devices – which are set to become available next February – will use narrowband internet (NB-IoT) chips provided by Huawei Technology, which will send live data to an application platform.
“Both patients and doctors can view not only historical data to make a disease diagnosis but also manage the potential risks for other health conditions,” says Associate Professor Jing Sun from Griffith’s Menzies Health Institute Queensland (MenziesHIQ).
Associate Professor Sun and her team at MenziesHIQ have been involved in the development of a prototype of the wearable device and will be evaluating the data as part of a patient trial on the Gold
Queensland College of Art graduate awards 2017
Congratulations to all 2017 Queensland College of Art (QCA) graduates.
During the QCA graduate shows throughout October and November, our graduating students showcased work from the disciplines of fine art, photography, design and digital media, contemporary Australian Indigenous art, film, animation and games design.
Many of the works exhibited were available for sale, kick-starting emerging artists on their way to professional careers in the many diverse and exciting art forms mastered during their time at QCA.
These exhibitions celebrated the remarkable achievements of students during their studies, and recognised notable outstanding students through awards across each of the creative disciplines.
FINE ART
Iain Turnbull Memorial Award presented to the fine art student at QCA judged to have displayed the most outstanding progress and potential for future development in printmaking
Recipient: David Jones (PhD graduate)
Bonnie English Memorial Award presented to the fine art student with the highest academic achievement in 3rd year Art Theory courses
Recipient: Emmalynn Hawthorne
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