The Queensland Premier, Dr Anna Bligh, speaking at the graduation ceremony on Wednesday night

GRADUATION ceremonies this week have brought classic scholarly scenes to The University of Queensland, with academic gowns and mortarboards aplenty being worn with pride around the Great Court and other hallowed halls.

22 July 2010

You might think that law, occupational therapy and music students don’t share much in common, but Brisbane’s newest choir is hoping to change that.

22 July 2010
Winner Tyson Cooke and Director of NOPE, Harry Samson

Maroochydore State High School student Tyson Cooke will be riding with more than just pedal power, after winning an electric bike at a UQ careers day held last week.

21 July 2010
Mr Jorgensen with UN Under-Secretary-General for Public Affairs and Communication Mr Kiyo Akasaka

A University of Queensland student has combined his twin passions of international relations and journalism to land the dream job - blogging for the United Nations in advance of a major youth summit.

20 July 2010
The 2009 NAAUC Executive Committee outside Dreamworld

Young leaders from around the country will converge on UQ this weekend to make positive changes for themselves and their communities.

2 July 2010
Young Queenslander of the Year Yassmin Abdel-Magied

Giving deaf children an opportunity to be heard has earned UQ graduate and current PhD candidate Dimity Dornan the Queenslander of the Year Award.

3 June 2010
Sticky Fingers by Karishma Patel, one of last year's winning entries

Following last year’s success, UQ’s School of Political Science and International Studies is delighted to launch the 2010 International Photography Competition.

19 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
Zuzana Petovska on fieldwork in the Tiwi Islands

UQ’s Rotary Peace Fellows will present their experiences of contemporary peacebuilding during their annual seminar on May 22nd.

17 May 2010
Journalisim students Kim Smith and Adam Evans interview Brenda Nadjiwan at World Press Freedom Day

UQ students will take advantage of a rare opportunity to speak with and learn from world-renowned journalists when they cover World Press Freedom Day, held at the St Lucia campus from May 1-3.

30 April 2010

Interested in learning about climate change? Come see Skeptical Science founder and UQ graduate John Cook speak about the realities of climate change Friday May 7.

29 April 2010

Two of Australia’s most promising water polo players have jointly won the University of Queensland Sportsman of the Year Award.

22 March 2010

Picking up where Vancouver left off, top school students from around the country will push their brains to the limit when they compete in a linguistics Olympiad at UQ next week.

19 March 2010

Olympic and Commonwealth Games athletes are among those who will be honoured at a gala event this Friday night at Hillstone, St Lucia.

18 March 2010

Protecting Intellectual Property and identifying ways to optimise its commercial potential are among the topics UQ researchers and Research Higher Degree students will cover at this year’s research commercialisation "boot camps" run by UQ’s main...

22 January 2010