Completing a PhD is no easy feat, but throw in significant health challenges and that makes the academic achievements of one UQ graduate even more remarkable.
19 September 2024University of Queensland research into the impact of listening to music while studying has been so positive it is now a practical short course offered to all undergraduate students.
28 June 2023A PhD candidate working to understand early embryo development has won The University of Queensland’s 2022 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition final.
15 September 2022A senior lecturer at The University of Queensland is gaining international attention for his innovative efforts to change tertiary level teaching and learning with the help of artificial intelligence.
5 November 2021A University of Queensland researcher has spent decades compiling a first-of-its-kind database of the butterfly species of the Torres Strait Islands, boosting biosecurity and conservation measures in the region.
16 October 2021An expert panel of University of Queensland researchers is examining the issue of sexual consent and will make recommendations to governments and schools about how to better teach young Australians about sexual violence.
14 September 2021Graduation looks a little different for the Class of 2020 at The University of Queensland. COVID-19 has forced the postponement of on-campus graduation ceremonies. Instead, there'll be an online celebration. Here we learn about just a few of the...
15 December 2020University of Queensland post graduate student Alicia Kirk will undertake important research on enzymes in Brisbane, after being named a 2020 Westpac Future Leaders Scholar.
5 March 2020A television appearance teaching science was one of many highlights for Alicia Kirk, who graduated as Valedictorian after completing her Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Chemistry, following a dual degree in Science and Arts.
16 December 2019Attempts to redevelop informal settlements with apartment buildings could cause more harm than good in developing regions, according to a University of Queensland PhD architecture student.
8 July 2019A trial of ways to cool turtle nests is underway in Queensland’s Far North as global warming threatens turtle populations throughout the tropics.
11 February 2019A citizen science initiative collecting data on the world’s biggest fish is a finalist at Australia’s premier science awards.
31 July 2018A finding that cardio-respiratory fitness is more important than fat loss for people suffering so-called ‘Syndrome X’ has landed a Queensland researcher a New Investigator Award.
5 November 2015Collecting the faeces of an extremely strong, 120kg sea turtle in the open ocean is no simple task.
2 October 2015Time is of the essence for University of Queensland research students who will battle it out for the Three Minute Thesis title tomorrow.
15 September 2015Playing music with toddlers could benefit their development even more than shared reading, according to University of Queensland research.
15 September 2015University of Queensland researchers have discovered a new signalling pathway that controls cell adhesion, an important process that is disrupted in diseases such as skin cancer and inflammation.
15 September 2015Is the use of so-called ‘study drugs’ among tertiary students as common as depicted, or is it a subject of exaggeration?
10 July 2015More than 170 university students from 18 countries are using their semester break to work on research projects at The University of Queensland, on topics ranging from vaccine delivery to paternity leave.
29 June 2015The University of Queensland continues to strengthen its international competitiveness, gaining 11 places to rank 56th globally in the National Taiwan University (NTU) Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities.
14 October 2014