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Upskilling
& Development

Programs that build skills, spark ideas and support career growth.

We’re committed to developing a future-ready workforce by supporting upskilling and lifelong learning across industry, health, research and entrepreneurship. Our precinct offers a suite of programs designed to empower professionals, clinicians, founders and students with the tools, networks and knowledge to thrive in fast-moving industries.

Whether you’re a clinician wanting to commercialise an idea, a startup founder building new capability, or a student preparing for your future career, the Precinct is where learning meets opportunity.

Key Programs & Facilities

We support lifelong learning and workforce development through a range of programs, facilities and initiatives designed to equip the next generation of leaders, clinicians, entrepreneurs and researchers.

  • Education Pathways

    Build your career in a precinct where learning meets real-world impact.

    Griffith University – Professional Learning & Microcredentials
    Griffith delivers industry-informed micro-credentials and professional development opportunities across health, technology and innovation. Professionals can upskill in areas like digital health, clinical research, leadership, sustainability and more, with flexible online and in-person options designed to fit around work and career progression.

    NeuTex Image-Guided Surgery & Robotics Training Centre
    A world-first, hospital-grade training facility outside of a clinical setting. NeuTex delivers advanced surgical training in image-guided procedures, neurovascular innovation, and robotic intervention, helping upskill clinicians across specialties and supporting medtech R&D and simulation.

    Customised Programs Through GCHKP Partners
    With embedded clinical, research and commercial partners, the Precinct offers opportunities to co-design short courses, workshops, and executive learning experiences tailored to industry needs. These programs can support workforce development, innovation implementation and leadership growth.

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  • Innovation & Entrepreneurship

    Supporting founders, startups and SMEs with tailored growth programs:

    NextGen Program (Cohort Innovation Space)
    A free upskilling and mentoring program that helps startup founders and small business owners accelerate their growth. NextGen combines peer learning, workshops, and coaching with practical tools in sales, strategy, finance and leadership.

    Clinical Entrepreneurship Program (CECAP)
    Delivered by Griffith University and Gold Coast Health, this program equips clinicians with the entrepreneurial skills needed to turn ideas into impact. Through intensive workshops, coaching and real-world project development, over 350 participants have already been supported across Queensland.

    LuminaX Accelerator (Cohort Innovation Space)
    Australia’s leading healthtech accelerator, LuminaX supports early-stage startups developing innovative solutions in digital health, medical devices, and wellness. The 14-week program offers tailored mentoring, clinical and commercial connections, investment readiness support, and access to the wider GCHKP innovation ecosystem, fast-tracking founders’ path to market.

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  • Clinical Training & Simulation

    Building frontline skills for safer, smarter healthcare.

    Gold Coast Health Simulation Service
    As one of Queensland’s leading simulation-based education providers, Gold Coast Health delivers high-fidelity training across emergency care, surgery, mental health, and interprofessional teamwork. Using advanced manikins, virtual reality and scenario-based simulations, clinicians and students gain hands-on experience in safe, real-world environments.

    Griffith University Clinical Education
    Griffith offers cutting-edge clinical training through purpose-built simulation labs, including anatomy, midwifery, nursing and allied health facilities. With strong partnerships across public and private hospitals, students gain practical experience in real clinical settings.

    Integrated Learning Across the Precinct
    With co-located university, hospital and research facilities, the GCHKP enables multidisciplinary, collaborative training that mirrors modern healthcare delivery, supporting the next generation of health professionals to lead with confidence and capability.

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Build your career in a precinct where learning meets real-world impact.

Griffith University – Professional Learning & Microcredentials
Griffith delivers industry-informed micro-credentials and professional development opportunities across health, technology and innovation. Professionals can upskill in areas like digital health, clinical research, leadership, sustainability and more, with flexible online and in-person options designed to fit around work and career progression.

NeuTex Image-Guided Surgery & Robotics Training Centre
A world-first, hospital-grade training facility outside of a clinical setting. NeuTex delivers advanced surgical training in image-guided procedures, neurovascular innovation, and robotic intervention, helping upskill clinicians across specialties and supporting medtech R&D and simulation.

Customised Programs Through GCHKP Partners
With embedded clinical, research and commercial partners, the Precinct offers opportunities to co-design short courses, workshops, and executive learning experiences tailored to industry needs. These programs can support workforce development, innovation implementation and leadership growth.

Learn More

Supporting founders, startups and SMEs with tailored growth programs:

NextGen Program (Cohort Innovation Space)
A free upskilling and mentoring program that helps startup founders and small business owners accelerate their growth. NextGen combines peer learning, workshops, and coaching with practical tools in sales, strategy, finance and leadership.

Clinical Entrepreneurship Program (CECAP)
Delivered by Griffith University and Gold Coast Health, this program equips clinicians with the entrepreneurial skills needed to turn ideas into impact. Through intensive workshops, coaching and real-world project development, over 350 participants have already been supported across Queensland.

LuminaX Accelerator (Cohort Innovation Space)
Australia’s leading healthtech accelerator, LuminaX supports early-stage startups developing innovative solutions in digital health, medical devices, and wellness. The 14-week program offers tailored mentoring, clinical and commercial connections, investment readiness support, and access to the wider GCHKP innovation ecosystem, fast-tracking founders’ path to market.

Learn More

Building frontline skills for safer, smarter healthcare.

Gold Coast Health Simulation Service
As one of Queensland’s leading simulation-based education providers, Gold Coast Health delivers high-fidelity training across emergency care, surgery, mental health, and interprofessional teamwork. Using advanced manikins, virtual reality and scenario-based simulations, clinicians and students gain hands-on experience in safe, real-world environments.

Griffith University Clinical Education
Griffith offers cutting-edge clinical training through purpose-built simulation labs, including anatomy, midwifery, nursing and allied health facilities. With strong partnerships across public and private hospitals, students gain practical experience in real clinical settings.

Integrated Learning Across the Precinct
With co-located university, hospital and research facilities, the GCHKP enables multidisciplinary, collaborative training that mirrors modern healthcare delivery, supporting the next generation of health professionals to lead with confidence and capability.

Learn More

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Success Stories

Clare Minahan

Come and experience the ecosystem they’ve dropped themselves into, it’s incredibly powerful because of the people that are coming, the people you have access to, and the athletes you have access to. It’s not just an environment of opportunity, it’s incredibly positive. If you came and experienced that ecosystem, you’d find those two major pillars: access, and a really positive environment.

Clare Minahan – Associate Professor, Griffith University

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When I think about the number of elite athletes we have at Griffith University, right here on our doorstep, and the way we can connect sports tech companies directly to them, it’s incredible. Add to that the semi-professional athletes at the Southport Sharks and the fact that sport is in the Gold Coast’s DNA. We’re so lucky to have an innovation precinct purpose-built to support sports tech, it’s a game changer.

Craig Rowsell – Director, Gold Coast Health & Knowledge Precinct

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Mayor Tom Tate

The 2018 Commonwealth Games put us on the world stage for sport and innovation, and one thing about the Gold Coast is, once we’re on the world stage, we don’t get off it. That momentum sparked lasting legacies like the Health and Knowledge Precinct, along with other high-performance centres across the city. It all feeds off each other, and that’s how the best in sports tech find their way to the Gold Coast.

Tom Tate – Gold Coast Mayor

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As a student passionate about advanced medical research and its potential to transform lives, the Precinct offers an ideal environment for connecting with like-minded and leading individuals. The people here are proactive, always ready to offer support and inspiration, making it a fantastic place for someone like me who is just starting.  

Dennis Nguyen – Student

Griffith University
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Coming back from the US, where we work very closely with the world-renowned Texas Heart Institute, to see the expansion of the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct made it really attractive for us to bring our technology back here to work with a world-leading laboratory at Griffith.

DANIEL TIMMS, Founder and CTO

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