A young woman in graduation cap and gown sits on a bench seat in UQ's Great Court, clutching a bouquet of flowers with a small teddy bear inside it.

LinLi Wan graduates this week from UQ’s Master of Writing, Editing and Publishing, after successfully landing a ‘unicorn’ role in the notoriously difficult to enter publishing industry.

13 July 2023
A line of people in suits sitting in chairs holding pieces of paper

People from minority groups who speak with ‘non-standard’ accents face discrimination in job interviews, researchers from The University of Queensland have found.

24 November 2022
A young woman faces the camera wearing graduation robe and cap, smiling. She is holding a bunch of flowers.

Naomi Sweasey changed the direction of her UQ Bachelor of Arts degree after an "enthralling" elective subject in her first semester.

14 July 2022
Woman standing in front of a purple sign.

As a teenager Jemima Hutton never dreamed that she would go to university, let alone study medicine at The University of Queensland.

4 November 2021
Woman sitting in front of a microphone smiling.

Until she attended a careers information fair, final-year University of Queensland journalism student Sarah Richards thought teaching art was where her future lay.

1 November 2021
William Barton has shown how traditional Aboriginal music enhances classical and other musical genres

Inspirational leaders in creative writing, music and television will work with Indigenous school students at a University of Queensland camp this month.

20 March 2015