Staff on hand to help with student issues include an Education & Postgraduate Advocate, legal representatives, a Welfare and Gender & Sexuality Advocate, as well as an employment service that offers guidance in areas such as finding part time or casual work, reviewing resumes, or practicing job interviews.

Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) Student Lounge

The Graduate School coordinates, on behalf of the Infrastructure Sub-Committee, a Postgraduate Reserve, a collection of office spaces in various buildings at St Lucia campus, reserved for use by RHD students.

The Postgraduate Reserve is a strategic buffer of space provided by the Infrastructure Sub-Committee (ISC) to alleviate displacements during building renovations and support the infrastructure needs of Schools or Institutes that do not have sufficient space for their RHD students.

The Postgraduate Reserve is allocated by the Graduate School, on behalf of the ISC. Allocations occur bi-annually around June/July of even-numbered years (e.g. 2010). Schools/Institutes with a Postgraduate Reserve allocation manage that space for the duration of the allocation. RHD students in these spaces should direct maintenance issues to the appropriate administrator in their School or Institute.

The Postgraduate Reserve consists of approximately 300 desk allocations distributed in the following buildings: 

• Hartley Teakle - Level 5 [map]
• Gordon Greenwood - Level 6 [map],
• General Purpose North - Level 4 [map],
• General Purpose South - Levels 2, 3 & 4 [map]
• Social Sciences - Level 3 [map],
• Social Science Annexe - Level 1 [map]

The specific needs of RHD students vary by discipline, however guidelines for core office space requirements are described in the Infrastructure Support Guidelines.

UQ St Lucia Athletics Track

UQ Sport offers a wide range of sport and fitness activities at all UQ campuses.  
 

At UQ’s St Lucia campus, UQ Sport operates:

• Sport & Fitness Centre - a multi level gym, air-conditioned cardio studio, including squash courts, an indoor sports pavilion, multi-purpose area, and a martial arts gym. Group Fitness and Personal Training services are also available.
• Fitness Studio – another quieter gym and cardio space for use by all UQ Sport & Fitness Centre members, including massage, Pilates and dietician services
• Aquatic Centre - a nine lane Olympic sized swimming pool and a small enclosed teaching pool for children
• Athletics Centre - an Olympic standard eight lane synthetic track and state-of-the-art grandstand that seats over 500 spectators
• Tennis Centre - featuring 21 floodlit courts and a Pro Shop
• Inter-Professional Clinics - Therapy and rehabilitation programs for anyone with a chronic disease or special needs.
• Playing fields and ovals – join a social sport team and have fun playing on the many fields surrounding the campus
• UQ Sport Activity Hub – located in the heart of the campus, this is the place to come with any sporting queries or to make a booking

UQ Sport also offers a variety of short Lifestyle courses ranging in:

• Dance
• Martial Arts
• Holistic Health
• Personal Development
• Sports Coaching & Fitness
• First Aid & CPR

There are also various Social Sport competitions including:

• Indoor & Outdoor Netball
• Indoor Soccer & 7-a-side Soccer
• Water Polo
• 7-a-side Hockey

Your family can also get involved in sport at UQ, with facilities being open to all Brisbane residents, including children, with a fantastic junior program, Active Tribes for kids.

UQ's Student Services assists students with things such as:

• Accommodation
• Careers
• Counselling
• Disability, illness and injury
• International student support 
• Learning
• Multi-Faith Services
• Student equity
• University Life

Student Services also offer a range of learning workshops on assignment writing, reading and researching, time management, group work and student equity.

You can find Student Services at St Lucia, Ipswich and Gatton campus.  

UQ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Graduates

UQ has recently developed an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Postgraduate Meeting Place to assist Indigenous students at UQ to collaborate and build relationships, irrespective of their field of study.

RHD students are permitted to undertake a limited amount of paid employment during their degree, provided it does not interfere with their research and studies. 

• UQ's Career Hub provides a great avenue for finding employment in your field. 
• Student Employment and Graduate Careers, also offers assistance with planning your career, finding out about employers and securing a job.
• Tutoring at UQ is also a valuable experience to prepare you for a career in academia.
• Research Jobs 

If you wish to undertake paid employment while enrolled full-time, you must request approval from your Advisor/s and your School/Institute Postgraduate Coordinator.  Please remember that full-time students should be undertaking their research for approximately 35-40 hours per week, for 48 weeks of the year. Part-time students are required to undertake approximately 18-20 hours of research per week.

• During standard work hours (9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday)
  You may undertake up to 270 hours of paid employment per year (approximately 5 hours per week). 
• During other hours
  You may undertake extra paid employment for as many hours per week or year as you wish, providing it does not prevent you from making satisfactory progress through your degree.

Students may receive additional funding for expenses not covered by a scholarship, such as fieldwork, equipment and overseas travel.  Unless otherwise prescribed in scholarship rules, students may receive additional tuition or living allowances from other awards or scholarships up to the value of 50% of the UQ scholarship. 

If you are nearing thesis submission and are investigating different avenues for employment once you have finished your degree, there are a number of pathways.  Below are some resources to assist you in your search for a job.

• UQ's Career Hub provides a great avenue for finding employment in your field. 
• Australian Researchers' Mobility Portal
• Uni Jobs
• Queensland Government Jobs
• ResearchCareer
• Research Jobs 
• Seek - Australia's #1 job site
• UQ Jobs