Shape your experience at Griffith
During your time at Griffith, you’ll have opportunities to share ideas, influence decisions, and work with staff to improve your experience.
Student ideas and feedback have helped shape initiatives, services, and improvements across all areas of Griffith.
Our Student Voice and Partnerships Framework
Our framework sets out the values, principles and roles that guide how students and staff work together. From sharing feedback, to co-designing projects, to leading change across the University.
Share your voice
You can share your ideas, feedback and experiences to help improve the student experience at Griffith. Your voice helps us understand what’s working well, where things can be better and what matters most to students.
Some opportunities are quick and flexible, while others give you the chance to be more involved.
Getting involved
New opportunities to share your voice are added throughout the year. You can explore what’s coming up, or join our student community to stay updated.
More about our program and ways to get involved
The Co-Design Lab
The Co-Design Lab brings students and staff together to work through ideas and challenges in a collaborative way.
In the Co-Design Lab, you might:
- explore real challenges or opportunities across Griffith
- share your experiences and perspectives
- contribute ideas and help shape potential solutions
- build on ideas with other students and staff
Sessions are designed to be interactive, welcoming, and focused on open conversation.
Find us
The Co-Design Lab is located at Brisbane South (Nathan) in the Community Plaza (N66_0.20) and we also host pop-up style engagements at other campuses and online.
Upcoming opportunities and events
New opportunities to get involved are added throughout the year. From workshops and consultations, to events and activities.
Student representation
Student representatives are here to advocate for your interests and ensure that your voice is heard and considered in decisions that impact the student experience. Student representatives sit on many of Griffith's committees and also within our Student Associations.
Become a student representative
Throughout the year there are opportunities to become a student representative across programs, schools and university-wide committees.
Student associations
Griffith recognises and supports independent, student-led representative bodies that enable students to have their interests represented and participate in university life.
Governed by student representative boards, Griffith’s student associations advocate for their respective student communities and provide a range of services, activities and opportunities that support student connection, wellbeing and success. This includes representation and advocacy, academic and wellbeing support, clubs and societies, social and community activities, as well as practical initiatives such as food and cost-of-living support, events and assistance for students seeking advice or support.
SRC and GUPSA
The Student Representative Council (SRC) and Griffith University Postgraduate Student Association (GUPSA) are student-led representative bodies governed by student boards elected by students. Together, they advocate for student interests and provide services, support, events and activities that contribute to student life and wellbeing.
The SRC represents undergraduate students, while GUPSA represents postgraduate students across Griffith’s Logan, Brisbane South (Nathan), Brisbane City and Digital campuses.
Find out more about the SRC and GUPSA
Gold Coast Student Guild
The Gold Coast Student Guild represents undergraduate and postgraduate students enrolled at the Gold Coast campus.
The Student Guild is governed by a board with a majority student membership, supported by five sub-committees that advocate for the interests, needs and priorities of Gold Coast students.
Find out more about the Student Guild
Student Experience Sub-Committee
The Student Experience Sub-Committee (SESC) was established in 2023 as a sub-committee of the Learning and Teaching Committee, to bring students and staff together to discuss ideas, share perspectives and help shape the student experience at Griffith.
The committee includes student representatives from other central University committees, student board members from our student associations and staff partners from key areas of the University.
SESC is also co-chaired by a student who is elected by the student members of the committee, helping ensure student perspectives remain central to its discussions and work.
The committee provides governance input and in 2025 explored a range of topics including:
- supporting students at academic risk
- governance of the Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF)
- improving complaints handling and processes
- campus safety and respectful conversations
- strengthening how students contribute to proposals and decision-making in committees
Get in touch
studentsaspartners@griffith.edu.au
Connect with us
Join the Student Partnerships community to hear about opportunities to share your voice, take part in workshops and get involved in projects across Griffith.
Further information
Looking for more information about our program or opportunities to engage?
Staff
Want to partner with students to inform your strategy, business process or projects? We're here to help.
Student Voice Australasia
Griffith joined as a member of Student Voice Australasia (SVA) in early 2023. SVA is a network of students and staff from tertiary institutions in Australia and New Zealand who are partnering to foster and embed a culture of authentic, meaningful and inclusive student engagement across the sector. As a member institution, Griffith students and staff can gain free access to practitioner networks, workshops, events and a wide range of resources.