Ipswich anniversary

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UQ Ipswich celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2009 with a special event which also launched the teaching of medicine at the campus.

Professor Helen Chenery and Pro-Vice-Chancellor Alan Rix celebrate the 10th anniversary of UQ Ipswich

Guests at the July event included Her Excellency Dr Penelope Wensley AO, Governor of Queensland.

Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Alan Rix said the opening of the UQ Ipswich campus in 1999 signalled a new era in higher education in Queensland.

“The campus was born out of the University’s support for long-term growth in South-east Queensland’s western corridor,” he said.

“It blends the best elements of the old and the new, with 19th century heritage buildings sensitively rehabilitated to accommodate 21st century technology, new courses and student-centred learning.”

Professor Rix said today’s UQ Ipswich students were able to study in arts, business, human services and increasingly health, all with choices of specialisation.

“A cohort of first-year Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery students are now based at the campus, along with students in nursing, midwifery, health sciences and dietetics who are using the campus’s growing range of teaching facilities and clinics in health,” he said.

Professor Rix said that while UQ celebrated its past, it was always looking towards the future.

“Plans for two new lecture theatres are being finalised. Specialised health teaching facilities will also be further developed on campus, including the new GP Super Clinic recently announced by the Federal Government,” he said.

“A University college is proposed in 2011 to offer associate degree courses. The college will use the facilities of UQ Ipswich while teaching independent courses.”

Professor Rix said UQ Ipswich would work closely with Bremer State High School and Education Queensland following the recent announcement that the State Government had decided to relocate the school next to UQ Ipswich.

By Jessica Freiberg

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