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2012 Brisbane Writers Festival

Dr Venero Armanno

UQ sponsored the 50th Brisbane Writers Festival in September with The Faculty of Science, the UQ Library, and the Schools of Social Work and Human Services, English, Media Studies, and Art History all hosting several events at St Lucia Campus during the festival.
Critically acclaimed author and Senior Lecturer in creative writing at UQ, Dr Venero Armanno (pictured) also hosted an off-campus session on his latest novel Black Mountain and a panel discussion on ‘Brisvegas’.
The annual festival celebrates reading, writing and ideas, and showcases Queensland writers to the world through workshops, master classes and seminars.
For more information and to see highlights from this year’s festival go to www.bwf.org.au

Three Minute Thesis

3MT logo

The Three Minute Thesis is an annual competition that challenges PhD and Masters students to describe their research in three minutes.
Developed by UQ in 2008, it has grown to an international event with 43 universities participating in the Trans-Tasman finals held at UQ on October 11.
Amanda Pearce, from the Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, represented UQ with her thesis titled: “Prostate cancer–‘Probing’ for a solution”.
Tim Paris, from the University of Western Sydney, won the competition, while Tristan Simons, from Deakin University, received the people’s choice award.
For more information about 3MT and to view the presentations go to www.uq.edu.au/grad-school/three-minute-thesis or scan this QR Code with your smartphone or tablet device.

Poh Ling Yeow

Masters in Cooking

Chefs from the hit programme MasterChef Poh Ling Yeow (pictured) and Dan Hong recently hosted a 10-week cooking course at the UQ Confucius Institute in partnership with the Australia Chinese General Chamber of Business.
40 aspiring chefs from across the UQ community were schooled in the art of transforming tofu, spicing up Szechuen and perfecting the noodle to name but a few of the diverse and delicious sessions that were offered.
For more information about other UQ Confucius Institute events and courses go to www.uq.edu.au/confucius

School of Wikipedia

Wikipedia is playing a growing role in academia at UQ

Wikipedia is the fifth most consulted website in the world, and is now playing a growing role in academia at UQ, with students researching and writing high-quality articles for the online encyclopedia.
Students of the Research Methods course, run by the School of English, Media Studies and Art History, are producing Wikipedia articles, but not before stringent double-checking for accuracy and extensive referencing.
Course Convener and Lecturer in Research Methods, Kerry Kilner said that the course helps students produce painstakingly cross-referenced, high-quality articles and give them a greater understanding of how the online community is used for knowledge production.
For more information about the course go to www.uq.edu.au/study/course and search for ENGL3000

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