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.

Research consultation in the Social Sciences & Humanities Library

• advanced information research enquiries
• individual research consultations
• information literacy training
• developing collections for your research needs
• staying up-to-date with the literature in your discipline
• citation analysis for grant and promotion applications
• bibliographic management tools such as EndNote
• research data management
• trends in scholarly publishing

The Scholarly Publishing and Digitisation Service (SPADS) contributes to research excellence at UQ. In partnership with the Research Information Service, SPADS provides advice and support in a range of areas including citation metrics, scholarly publishing, open access, digitisation, repositories and research data management. SPADS manages the following services:

• UQ eSpace - this publications repository supports University programs such as HERDC, Q-index and ERA, as well as housing theses and some open access publications.
• AustLit - the 'gold standard' gateway to Australian Literature.
• Digitisation - SPADs is digitising significant library collections to improve discoverability and access. SPADs can also be consulted in regards to digitisation costs, digitisation projects and planning.

• Scholarly publishing - SPADS works with librarians in the Research Information Service to provide metrics and citation information to support and enhance grant and promotion applications. SPADS also advises about Thomson Reuters' ResearcherID service and other developments in this field. Advice is also provided on writing and publishing.
• ePublishing - SPADS is working with the Graduate School to investigate the viability of an open access, graduate ePublishing platform.
• Research data collections - SPADS works closely with researchers to describe data collections for discovery through national services such as Research Data Australia. Making data available for sharing and re-use enhances data visibility which can improve citation rates and foster collaboration.
• Research data management - SPADS consults on all aspects of data management.

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:

• 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
• Active Health Clinic – 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
• Golf
• Badminton
• Beach Volleyball
• 4-a-side Futsal

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.

The University of Queensland takes pride in its ongoing committment to providing support and guidance for international students. 

• Read our International Student Guide
• Read about Getting Started at UQ
• Join the Mates@UQ program.  It's a great opportunity for international and domestic students to make friends and interact in a relaxed and social environment.

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.

Whilst RHD students are entitled to work unlimited hours, they must maintain full-time enrolment in their studies and progress to the satisfaction of the Dean, UQ Graduate School.  This includes meeting milestones in the timeframes outlined in the policy 4.60.05 Research Higher Degree Candidature Progression and Development. 

Students holding a UQ scholarship will be entitled to undertake paid work as per the UQ Research Scholarship General Conditions.

Students studying at UQ on an externally funded scholarship should contact their scholarship provider regarding the number of hours they are permitted to work each week.

Please remember that full-time students should be undertaking their research for the equivalent of a standard five-day working week, for 48 weeks of the year.

• UQ Career Hub
• Tutoring
• Research Jobs

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