Remarkable Tales

This year’s Women in Technology Awards at Brisbane City Hall attracted a record of more than 150 entries, celebrating the achievements of women working around the country in the STEM industry. Two of the finalists from that stellar lineup, are Griffith University researchers - Professor Vicky Avery and Dr Leigh Potter. They tell Remarkable Tales about the significance of their research, and the joy of being recognised as leaders of their field.

In this episode of Remarkable Tales podcast, we speak to Griffith University Communications graduate and now Communications Manager of Donate Life - Alana Jones. Since graduating from Griffith, Alana has worked her way up through different government jobs to finally secure her dream job as Communications Manager for DonateLife, Victoria. It's her dream job, and a way of trying to ensure that no other family experiences what she did. Her mother died at the age of 41 after waiting seven years for a transplant, when Alana was just a teenager. Alana now hopes her work will increase the number of people who receive a donation and in-turn reduce the number families who lose a loved one whilst they are on the waiting list.

In this episode of Griffith University's Remarkable Tales, we speak to the Project Director of the Reef Islands Initiative for the Great Barrier Reef Foundation - Andrew Simmonds. From wondering where he would go after finishing school, to now leading a program to protect the world heritage listed wonder of the Great Barrier Reef, the Griffith University Environmental Science graduate has forged his own path. He tells how he found his passion, and his career path, taking him on adventures up the east coast of Australia as far as the Torres Strait.

In this episode of Griffith University's Remarkable Tales, join the 37 Griffith University students who were embedded in the university's Commonwealth Games pop-up newsroom for three weeks. They reported alongside working journalists and Editors from Fairfax in a real-life working newsroom environment. You’ll hear of the struggles and the incredible highs they experienced producing eight editions and 20,000 copies of The Village Source – the special Athletes Village newspaper.

In this episode of Griffith University's Remarkable Tales, we speak to participants of the 2018 WOW Women of the World Festival. Griffith University sponsored the travel and enabled the participation of some of the speakers in this festival which celebrates the contribution of women throughout the Commonwealth. Listen to the amazing musical creations of Brisbane performer and DJ extraordinaire Busty Beatz who tells us about her show which has travelled the world, called Hot Brown Honey. The podcast also features WOW guest speaker and Griffith University Climate Change research scientist Esther Onyango.

In this episode of Griffith University's Remarkable Tales, we speak to film school graduate Alex Podger, who has now risen to become Director of the Woodford Folk Festival closing Fire Event - the largest outdoor performance of its type in Australia. The massive ceremony involves a team of more than 160 volunteer artists, puppeteers, performers, painters and pyrotechnicians, and combined with a soaring live symphonic score, takes more than an hour and a half to unfold. It’s just another day in the life for the Griffith University graduate, who has created large scale outdoor theatrical works across Australia and Europe.

In this episode of Remarkable Tales, we take you to the Woodford Folk Festival. The Griffith University student newsroom based on site has gathered tales from throughout Woodfordia, where more than 130,000 thousand people gather every year, making it larger than the nearest town of Nambour.

In this episode of Remarkable Tales Griffith University Business School Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor David Grant talks about how social impact and industry partnerships are what differentiates Griffith University's Business School from other business courses around the country.

In this episode of Remarkable Tales, Stephen O'Grady speaks to Dr Justin Ready about the emergence of body-worn cameras in the police force. For a moment in time, technology offered a panacea of sorts to the world. A new dawn for the place of trust in relationships between officers of the law and the broader community was briefly heralded until the reality of social situations duly tempered expectations. The question is, do cameras record the whole policing story and what impact are these devices having on the legal process.

In this episode of Remarkable Tales, we hear about how the 2018 Commonwealth Games were not only an event for athletic excellence but also for the thousands who volunteered their time and effort to make the games one of the best in history.

But how do we judge the volunteer effort? That is the focus of a Griffith Business School research project led by Dr Liz Fredline at the Department of Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management.