Members of "Team UQ" pitch in to assist the Smith Family Christmas Appeal

University of Queensland staff and students have helped spread a little Christmas cheer among Brisbane’s disadvantaged kids.

22 December 2011

Jenny Max, a University of Queensland Masters of Communication (Communication for Social Change) student, has received a Prime Minister's Pacific-Australia (PMPA) Award in recognition of her leadership potential and academic achievements.

20 December 2011

The University of Queensland has welcomed a Federal Government announcement of $67 million as part of a scheme to assist more students from disadvantaged backgrounds attend university.

20 December 2011

Chancellors' Place road repairs have now been completed with both the road and bus stops to be reopened as at 7am on Monday, December 19, 2011, a week earlier than expected.

13 December 2011

A mixture of relief and a touch of sadness are the emotions experienced by Indigenous arts/law student Zoë Cochrane as she readies for her UQ graduation ceremony in mid-December.

12 December 2011

The Faculty of Arts at The University of Queensland will boost its undergraduate course offering by 22 new courses in Semester 1, 2012.

9 December 2011

Blood, sweat and gears will be on display next week when a group of University of Queensland students take to the racetrack in Melbourne.

8 December 2011
Emily Neagle in Cambridge where she attended the Cambridge Summer Veterinary School last year in June.

The Smith Family has helped University of Queensland Veterinary Science graduate Emily Neagle reach her childhood dream of becoming a ‘vet’. Today she would like to say ‘thank-you’ to the Smith Family as her hard work and dedication pays off as she...

7 December 2011
Bobby Whitfield will become UQ's first masters graduate from Liberia at a ceremony on December 8

Next week Bobby Whitfield will become the first former Liberian refugee to have completed a master’s degree at The University of Queensland.

2 December 2011
On show: the Summer Exhibition, hosted by UQ's School of Architecture

The University of Queensland's (UQ) annual Summer Exhibition, hosted by the School of Architecture was officially opened on Thursday 24 November.

1 December 2011

A Canadian UQ exchange student is planning to surprise his parents with round-trip tickets to Australia for Christmas after winning a study abroad video competition.

29 November 2011

MBA students have helped to launch a social business which provides marginalised young men with an opportunity to run their own shoe shine operation.

28 November 2011
Women rise to the challenge of balancing a career with motherhood

University of Queensland (UQ) graduate and academic, Dr Kate O'Brien and UQ graduate (and Associate Professor at Monash University) Associate Professor Karen Hapgood are raising awareness of the universal issues facing professionals, particularly...

25 November 2011
Ali Rae (right) meeting the Sheikh during the opening gala of Festival of Thinkers

Ali Rae, 23, from the School of Journalism and Communication (SJC), is one of three UQ coursework masters' students selected to fly to Abu Dhabi in November to take part in the prestigious United Arab Emirates Festival of Thinkers.

15 November 2011

One of Adelaide's most unusual cultural tourism developments, the Heritage Highlights interpretive trail, won Best New Tourism Development at the 2011 South Australian Tourism Awards in early November.

15 November 2011

An arresting black and white image taken in Nepal has been awarded an annual photo prize organised by UQ’s School of Political Science and International Studies.

14 November 2011
UQ student Jefferson Mac (left) meets Ride for Life Challenge ambassador Robbie McEwen after the race

Jefferson Mac wants the world to know vision impaired people can achieve anything with the right support.

11 November 2011
Some of the TRIP students in Linville, Queensland

UQ tourism students have applied their knowledge to assist regional tourism enterprises finetune their operations.

10 November 2011

Australia’s largest student training facility in a private hospital has been opened in a partnership between Greenslopes Private Hospital and The University of Queensland (UQ).

10 November 2011
The Reading Room at Washington University (WU)

A new partnership between The University of Queensland's TC Beirne School of Law and the Washington University (WU) School of Law in St Louis is giving UQ law students a chance to undertake formal study in two jurisdictions and add a postgraduate...

10 November 2011