Friends of the Library September 2016 eNewsletter

Welcome

During August, the University welcomed the release of the 2016 Academic Rankings of the World Universities (ARWU). Following on from our best ever result of 300 in the Leiden rankings in May, Griffith rose 44 places in the ARWU to be placed 318th, affirming our position among the top three per cent of the world's universities.

In other ranking news, Griffith was ranked by the Times Higher Education as ninth in the world of Rio Olympic gold-medal winning universities, and number 1 in Australia. Our 24-member team left Rio with three gold, four silver and four bronze among them, along with a world record for the women's 4x100 swimming relay.

I look forward to seeing you at our next Friends of the Library events, the Rare and threatened plant walks on our Gold Coast campus and Extracting strategic advantage from public data sources at our South Bank campus.

Linda O'Brien
Pro Vice Chancellor (Information Services)
Griffith University

What's wrong with our political system?

It's only September but 2016 has already been a year filled with politics. From the Australian and American elections to Britain's Brexit vote. Perhaps this is why our recent event at South Bank's The Ship Inn was so popular. Or perhaps it was our expert panel (Prof Anne Tiernan, Ms Anne Coombs and Ms Janine Walker) who attempted to answer the question, what is wrong with our political system?
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What's On

20 and 25 October Rare and threatened plant walk
3 November Extracting strategic advantage from public data sources (South Bank campus)

Previous Events

29 June Spoken and written language: the foundation for learning
18 August What's wrong with our political system?
25 August Masters and Slaves

Masters and Slaves

Our annual Masters and Slaves event is always an entertaining night that showcases the talents of Griffith's creative writing students, and 2016 didn't disappoint. Students took aim at a range of literary greats including, Virginia Woolf, the Bronte sisters and even Nick Cave.
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Join us for a Rare and threatened plant walk

You're invited to a nature-filled morning with Griffith's resident botanist, Professor Catherine Pickering. Come along on a lovely spring walk and meet some of the plants that are growing at Griffith's Gold Coast campus.
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Griffith students have the golden touch in Rio

Griffith University went into the 2016 Rio Olympics with the biggest contingent of students and alumni of any university in Australia to compete against the best in the world. And we are excited to say that they did us proud, very proud. The 24 athletes were inspiring and their strong sporting performances brought home 11 medals. #GriffithGold
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Griffith Film School calls Action! with Hugo Weaving

Griffith Film School students have launched a short film featuring renowned Aussie actor Hugo Weaving. The film is close to Weaving's heart and follows the actor's 16-year old nephew, Ky Greenwood, who has autism spectrum disorder. The film blends cutting-edge animation with live scenes and is helping raise awareness of the common disorder.
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Griffith continues to climb world rankings

Griffith's rankings have continued to improve each year and we are happy to announce 2016 is shaping up to be another successful year for world rankings. Through our commitment to world-class teaching Griffith has been ranked by the Academic Rankings of World Universities (ARWU) at 318th which affirms our position within the top three per cent of the world's universities.
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Anna Bligh receives honorary doctorate

Former Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has urged our Griffith University graduates to never fear failure, as it provides important life lessons. Ms Bligh passed on this valuable life-lesson in her Occasional Address at Griffith University's Brisbane Graduation ceremony in July. Ms Bligh also received an honorary doctorate alongside four other worthy recipients.