Griffith University

Events

• Griffith Alumni finalists in the 2011 Australia China Alumni Awards
• International expertise bids to manage health security
• Griffith graduates set to address global issues
• Tourism Confucius Institute to open on the Gold Coast
• Griffith Farewells Brisbane's Consul-General for the PR China
• Former Peking University President revisits Griffith University

News

Prof. Peiyu Wang, International Relations and Research Expert, from China’s prestigious Peking Health Science Center in Beijing, has visited Griffith University’s Gold Coast campus for the signing of a new agreement with Griffith Health on the development of a set of practical, evidence-based programs and services, to address public health concerns in China, and across the Asia Pacific region. The signing ceremony was appropriately hosted on Griffith’s Gold Coast campus which adjoins a unique Health and Knowledge Precinct, including a new $150 million Griffith Health Centre and $1.76 billion Gold Coast University Hospital. Complementary to Griffith’s well-established presence in the Asia Pacific, the Peking Health Science Center, selected Griffith for its strengths across a number of health areas and in particular to aid in the development of a new, comprehensive Public Health model for the Nation. Read more

Griffith senior administration and research staff members with Prof. Allan Cripps, PVC Health and Prof. Peiyu Wang, Peking University Health Science Centre after the signing 21 November 2011.

• Peking University Health Science Centre
  

On Monday 28 November 2011 a delegation led by Mr. Xiaochun Song, Party Leader and Vice Dean, of the WTO Studies School, Wuhan University, and his delegation of five, visited the Griffith Nathan campus. Mr. Yu met with a number of Griffith’s academic and research staff to discuss avenues for the two institutions to expand collaborations to include Creative Arts, Technology and Business. This was a very productive visit and both parties had a number of innovative ideas to share about expanding the Griffith-Wuhan partnership, particularly in disciplines that complement each of their teaching and research strengths. Griffith’s bilateral relations with this prestigious institution began 14 years ago with a student and staff exchange agreement with the Griffith Law School in 1997. The mobility between the two, since the signing of their original agreement, has been active and reciprocal over the years, and provided the foundation for the partnership to expand mature. Wuhan is regarded as one of the best and most selective tertiary education providers in China, with a history dating back to 1893. This makes it one of the oldest higher learning institutions in the country. It is located in Wuhan, the capital of the Hubei Province and similar to Griffith, has interesting elements of history, and fosters a culture that also committed to multidisciplinary and innovative approaches to higher education and research.

• Wuhan University
  

Nicola Banwell, School of Public Health has just been awarded a Premier's Endeavour Scholarship as part of the 2012 Prime Minister’s Australia Asia Awards to undertake a program in China, announced on 9 Nov 2011. Dr Pan, Peking Uni will be a co-supervisor of her project with Dr Jing Sun, School of Public Health. Nicola will be graduating soon from the Environmental Health Stream of our Public Health program, and will do a Honours Program under the supervision of Dr Jing Sun, School of Public Health together with Peking University and Dr Pan. The project will focus on Community Recovery and Resilience Building after Natural Disaster occurrence in China and is particularly relevant in relation to disaster relief in flood affected areas, drought areas in southern China and the Sichuan earth quake area. The overall aim of the research will be to investigate natural disaster resilience building capacities amongst individuals and communities in China and its relationship with depression and mental illness at individual and community level. The participants will be recruited from the communities which have experienced disaster events including droughts, flood, and earthquakes. The research will investigate two levels of resilience due to the recent shift to a community-based approach to disaster preparedness. The two levels of resilience assessed by the research will be the community level and the individual level. Data collection is planned to take place through Peking University, Beijing, China as China embraces a similar resilience focused approach to disaster management and preparedness for drought and flood conditions comparable to Australia’s.

• The Endeavour Awards

International students in Australia will be in the centre of the action at the 2018 Commonwealth Games to be held on the Gold Coast. Griffith University has thousands of overseas students enrolled and the campus will be a focal point for the Games following last weekend’s announcement that the Australian beachside city won the 2018 event. The Athletes Village and other key facilities will be built adjacent to the Griffith University’s Gold Coast campus. With close to 11,000 overseas students from 124 countries among its student population of 43,000 across five campuses, Griffith has a strong international flavour. In fact, more than 58 Commonwealth countries are represented among its students. Read more

Griffith University international students gather to celebrate the Gold Coast hosting the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Upcoming visits to Griffith University / Jan - April 2012

• Hiroshima University (Japan), Tuesday, 24 January 2012
  
• Korea University (South Korea), Monday, 30 January 2012
• Ganesha University of Education (Indonesia), Tuesday, 7 February 2012
  
• Shandong Trade Union University (China), Wednesday, 15 February 2012
• Akita University (Japan), Monday, 5 March 2012
• Universiteit Utrecht (Netherlands), Monday, 2 April 2012