<b>A history of the first five decades of one of Australia's leading universities.</b><br/><br/>Griffith University's first students arrived on its leafy bush campus in March 1975. Without the pedigree of age, Griffith set out from the start to be different.<br/><br/>Drawing on interviews with over 150 staff and students, as well as wide-ranging documentary sources, Patrick Weller investigates what the university as an institution stands for: its goals, its activities, its values and its considerable achievements. He considers how its early ambitions have influenced its development, and how it has evolved over its first five decades. <i>Doing Things Differently</i> includes snapshots of the work of outstanding members of the Griffith community and insights into teaching, research, extra-curricular activities and governance. It asks to what extent the university achieved its ambitions and whether the values it espoused are still retained. <br/><br/>It is a fascinating account of one of Australia's leading institutions, one that sought to distinguish itself from the traditional models of university governances and organisation.