is a constituent member of the council of australian postgraduate associations. unique to the gold coast is the student guild (gusg), which represents all students from this campus and has an administrative structure that is apparently independent of the university. griffith honours college the griffith honours college offers high-achieving students potential opportunities to enrich their university experience through mentoring, international experiences, leadership roles, and community engagement activities. griffith sports college students who are elite athletes are eligible to join griffith sports college, which provides support by helping them balance sporting and university commitments. griffith university formally fielded soccer teams within football gold coast competitions. gumurrii student support unit the gumurrii student support unit (ssu) is the heart of griffith's aboriginal and torres strait islander community and is located on each of griffith's five campuses. gumurrii is a dedicated student support unit for aboriginal and torres strait islander students. aboriginal and torres strait islander staff assist students from recruitment to orientation providing undergraduate and postgraduate support through to graduation to afar. griffith college located on griffith university's mount gravatt and gold coast campuses, griffith college, formerly the queensland institute of business and technology, offers undergraduate diplomas in a range of areas, which provide a pathway into many of griffith's degree programs. griffith english language institute students from non-english-speaking backgrounds can study english at the griffith english language institute (geli). a wide range of english language courses is available to help students improve their english for work, travel, study, or everyday purposes. residential colleges kinaba, kgbc colleges, griffith university nathan campus griffith university has four residential colleges, with two located on its nathan campus and one each on its mt gravatt and gold coast campuses. the three colleges located in brisbane compete in the sporting inter-college cup, also known as the icc. the premier event of the icc is the phar cup, where both female and male teams compete in rugby league matches against each other. the colleges are as follows: bellenden ker college, a.k.a. bk, is a co-educational college located on the nathan campus in the toohey forest reserve. kgbc, also known as "the flats", consist of four co-educational undergraduate and postgraduate apartments on the nathan campus. mt gravatt college, a.k.a. mg, is a co-educational college located on the mt gravatt campus which itself sits on the hill for which the surrounding suburbs are named. griffith university village is a collection of co-ed apartments on the gold coast campus. safe campuses initiative between 2011 and 2016, there were 46 officially reported cases of sexual abuse and harassment on campus released by the university, resulting in no expulsions and one six-month suspension, the highest reported stats in queensland at the time. this was fewer than the 2017 australian human rights commission report on sexual assault and harassment, which found reported figures higher than this. following the release of the report, griffith university established the safe campuses taskforce. the taskforce and its working parties are working to ensure griffith's campuses provide safe, inclusive and respectful environments for all students and staff. alumni griffith has over 200,000 alumni. notable graduates have been journalists, musicians, actors, artists, filmmakers, photographers, athletes, activists, and politicians in the parliament of australia and the parliament of queensland.