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

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

A UQ researcher has been honoured for his work in developing simple diagnostic tests for devastating human and animal diseases in Africa at the recent Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Perth.

7 November 2011

The University of Queensland has been ranked as the top Australian university in life sciences, according to the newest discipline ranking from the Times Higher Education.

4 November 2011

The UQ Tennis Club will celebrate its 100th birthday with an all-day party from 10am-6pm this Sunday.

2 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

Legal researchers at The University of Queensland’s School of Law will benefit from funding of almost $1 million in the latest round of Australian Research Council grants.

2 November 2011

Dr Gwen Lawrie and Dr Kirsten Zimbardi have advanced teaching and learning practices at UQ as part of The University of Queensland’s Teaching Fellowship Scheme.

2 November 2011
International pharmacy student Shirin Hui Tan with project team leader Jacqueline Bond

Pharmacy students from international backgrounds are learning Australian colloquialisms — as a matter of life and death.

2 November 2011

Internationalisation of teaching and learning and leadership in the promotion of overseas mobility was celebrated at the announcement of five 2011 Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Internationalisation during The University of Queensland’s (UQ) Teaching...

2 November 2011

The University of Queensland will receive $29.79 million for 92 grants in the 2012 round one funding of the Australian Research Council Discovery Projects scheme announced today.

1 November 2011
Front Row (L to R), Associate Professor Massimo Gasparon, Professor Michael Drinkwater, Dr Simon Perry, Dr Phillip Isaac. Second Row (L to R) Dr Daniel Schull, Dr April Wright, Associate Professor Lisa Nissen, Dr Patricia Short, Dr Monica Moran, Miss Jacqueline Bond. Third Row (L to R) Professor Arne Dahle, Professor Peter Dux, Mr Carl Sherwood, Dr Winnifred Louis, Ms Jane Furnas.

The University of Queensland (UQ) celebrated some of its most inspiring and dedicated teachers at the 2011 UQ Excellence in Teaching and Learning Awards held last night.

31 October 2011

A group of University of Queensland students have been named the winners of a competition to find Australia’s best university Law Revue sketch.

28 October 2011

The University of Queensland has been listed among the world’s top performers in the third annual Scimago Institutions Rankings World Reports.

27 October 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
UQ Master of Interaction Design students, from left to right: Thomas Nelson, David Harper and Mike Brand

University of Queensland (UQ) Master of Interaction Design students were awarded first prize at the esteemed SAP TechEd DemoJam competition in Bangalore, India on Wednesday October 19th 2011.

25 October 2011

The University of Queensland’s Institute of Continuing & TESOL Education (ICTE-UQ) has been recognised as the state’s leading education and training exporter at the 2011 Premier of Queensland’s Export Awards.

25 October 2011
UQ Arts students and rising netball star Laura Clemesha (left) with fellow player Shannon Holmes. Image – Libby Best

UQ student Laura Clemesha will fly the maroon flag as the sole Queensland netballer selected to attend the World Youth Cup Training Camp in Canberra next month.

25 October 2011

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) is pleased to announce the winner of the inaugural Brain Awareness Video Contest is University of Queensland’s Shiree Heath, a graduate student in Dr David Copland’s Language Neuroscience Laboratory.

24 October 2011

The University of Queensland will celebrate the graduation of the first cohort of UQ Young Achievers at ceremonies across Queensland during October and November.

20 October 2011