An immersive program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander high school students.

National Indigenous Business Summer School (NIBSS) is an initiative of the Australian Business Deans Council, providing immersive business study experiences for high school students at universities around Australia.

The 2025 program will be hosted across Meanjin (Brisbane) and the Yugambeh region (Gold Coast) by Griffith University’s Business School in conjunction with GUMURRII and partner universities.

Applications for the 2025 NIBSS in Winter will open in February 2025.

Dates

Sunday 29 June – Saturday 5 July 2025

  • Sunday 29 June – travel to Brisbane
  • Monday to Friday, 30 June – 4 July – program
  • Saturday 5 July – return travel home

Cost

Free! All expenses including travel to and from Brisbane, accommodation, meals and activities are covered.

Image: The Currency of Country. Ink on paper, 2017 © Shawana Andrews

More information and important details on how to register coming soon!

GUMURRII Student Success Unit

GUMURRII is a dedicated support unit for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students providing undergraduate and postgraduate support, including tutorial assistance.

Servicing on each of Griffith's campuses, with officers who also assist online students studying through the digital campus, GUMURRII Student Success Unit offers a safe and culturally appropriate environment to enhance the student experience.

Banner image: Artwork by Sid Domic

Image: The Currency of Country

Ink on paper, 2017 © Shawana Andrews

The people come together to trade and share. They are dressed in possum skin cloaks and have a basket of ochre, berries, yams and eggs to exchange. There is also an axe of stone and timber to be traded. The squares represent the shared knowledge built over generations of cultural memory. The people are connected with a songline and they look to the ancestors to learn and maintain culture.