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Welcome
Welcome to our first newsletter for 2016.
This year our programme will include presentations on Cyber Security, Healthy Communities, Human Rights, Open Data, the 2018 Commonwealth Games and our annual Masters and Slaves, something for everyone!
We're proud to support the Nancy Weir appeal and I encourage you to read her inspiring story. Over her amazing musical career Nancy became a national treasure and was a beloved teacher at the Queensland Conservatorium for almost twenty years.
I look forward to seeing you at our events throughout the year.
Linda O'Brien
Pro Vice Chancellor (Information Services)
Griffith University
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Griffith Review's new
e-book
To accompany their tremendously successful Griffith Review: Fixing the system, Griffith Review are excited to announce the publication of 'Time for a new consensus: fostering Australia's comparative advantages'. West and Bentley provide an in-depth and insightful analysis of the Australian political and economic landscape.
Click here to download a free PDF, ePub or Kindle version.
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A great year ahead - upcoming events
The 2016 Friends of the Library calendar is quickly filling up with some show-stopping events. Just around the corner on 14 April is Cyber Conflicts and Small States. Our May event will feature photojournalist Nigel Brennan, aptly called The Price of Life. Another evening not to miss is Healthy Communities with Professor Sheena Reilly, Director of the Menzies Health Institute. Then keep your calendar handy because our annual Masters and Slaves event will return in early August.
Full list of event dates>>
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Griffith Graduate, Dami Im at Eurovision
Australian pop idol and Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University graduate Dami Im will fly the flag for Australia at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden.
Read more >>
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Commonwealth Games Scholarship
Incoming student and elite para-athlete 18-year-old Rowan Crothers has been awarded the first Griffith University and Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Sporting Excellence Scholarship, worth approximately $70,000.
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Nancy Weir Appeal
2015 marked the centenary of Nancy Weir’s birth, one of the most prolific and extraordinary musicians of the last century, and a beloved teacher at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University. Over her illustrious career, and for almost twenty years, Nancy guided the musical journey of hundreds of students at the Conservatorium.
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Extracting strategic advantage from public data sources
It was a full house at our recent Friends event on 9 March at Griffith's Red Zone on the Gold Coast. The night hosted an engaging and knowledgable panel who explored the opportunities and challenges public data sources present. The panel introduced a range of thought-provoking ideas, but together they held a similar view for the future of open data and its strategic advantages.
Read more >>
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