UQ's performance in the highly competitive Australian Research Council (ARC) funding arena has gone from strength to strength with the announcement of successful Future Fellowships and Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards (DECRA) yesterday (...

15 November 2011

University of Queensland (UQ) academics have been awarded the prestigious ICT Research and Development prize for their face-recognition technology that improves the speed and accuracy of identifying faces for law-enforcement at the Asia-Pacific ICT...

15 November 2011

Professor Helen Edwards OAM will be presented with the 2011 Psychology Distinguished Alumni Award at a ceremony later this month, said Professor Bill von Hippel, Head of the School of Psychology at The University of Queensland.

10 November 2011
Professors Robert Lingard, Mark Western, Stephen Bell and Andrew McLennan

Four of Australia's leading social scientists, have been elected Fellows of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia – one of the highest honours for individual contributions to the social sciences awarded in Australia.

2 November 2011

As part of World Teachers' Day celebrations, two University of Queensland teaching graduates were recently nominated for a Queensland College of Teachers excellence in teaching award.

27 October 2011
Bruce Redman (centre) films Family First candidate John Lewis during the 2004 Federal Election campaign

Life is often stranger than fiction, just ask Dr Bruce Redman.

20 July 2011

UQ students showcased their knowledge of Chinese language and culture at an international competition held at St Lucia recently.

20 May 2011

The Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology (EAIT) has awarded tuition fee scholarships to seven international students undertaking degrees with the faculty in Semester 1, 2011.

15 March 2011
Professor Ian Lilley, “UQ’s Indiana Jones”.

A passion for researching early human settlements has taken archaeologist Professor Ian Lilley to some of the world’s most remote regions, and led to him being dubbed “UQ’s Indiana Jones”.

29 November 2010

ANALYSING techniques used in the theatre to keep audiences spellbound led a University of Queensland psychology lecturer to change his own teaching style, with amazing results.

1 November 2010

The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences celebrated the outstanding achievements of some of its top teachers at its annual faculty Teaching and Learning Awards ceremony today.

1 November 2010

An innovative, Australian-first project conducted at The University of Queensland (UQ) will provide new insights into language disorders.

28 September 2010

The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (SBS) and the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) has celebrated the achievements of their emerging researchers at the annual Research and Innovation Awards ceremony on Wednesday, September 22.

21 September 2010
2010 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year Oliver She

A gifted UQ music student who commenced piano lessons at four years of age has taken out Australia’s top classical music prize.

3 September 2010
Three generations of UQ graduates: Joshua Keyes-Liley, who received his BA yesterday, with his parents Mary Keyes and William Liley, and grandmothers Lynette Keyes (left) and Margaret Liley.

WHEN Joshua Keyes-Liley received his Bachelor of Arts this week, he was the fourth generation of his family to receive a degree from The University of Queensland.

22 July 2010

Two UQ drama students will be perfecting their “play doctor” skills and adding to their dramaturgical toolbox as interns at Playwriting Australia’s national script workshop.

22 June 2010
Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield . . . UQ will always be the people's university

The University of Queensland scooped the pool when Premier Anna Bligh announced the prestigious Queensland Greats Awards today.

3 June 2010
James Hudson in the UQ Antiquities Museum with the 2400-year-old Egyptian mummy mask he voted for in the Treasures competition

A 2400-YEAR-OLD Egyptian mummy mask has brought good luck to an eight-year-old Brisbane boy, who is now the proud owner of a valuable contemporary artwork.

21 May 2010

The University of Queensland's Confucius Institute hosted the heats of an international Chinese language and knowledge competition last week.

19 May 2010

A UQ academic who has been offered an internationally competitive research scholarship says he hopes to use the opportunity to raise the profile of Japanese art in Australia.

29 April 2010