The State Government budget delivered recently shows funding will be cut to Queensland Drug Courts, but UQ School of Psychology lecturer Dr Genevieve Dingle believes this will do more harm than good.

24 September 2012

In a world-first, a team of University of Queensland researchers has developed a laboratory aimed at unpacking and understanding the political implications of news television programs.

20 September 2012

Academics in UQ’s School of Political Science and International Studies (POLSIS), and its Asia- Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, have been helping to improve the diplomacy and conflict resolution skills of our neighbours in Africa.

20 September 2012

At four years old Dr Fiona Barlow told her mother she would make improving race-relations in Australia a priority.

20 September 2012

The long-term adjustment of children and adolescents who sustain burn injuries is being explored by UQ PhD candidate Jessica Maskell.

18 September 2012

Anthropologists from The University of Queensland’s School of Social Science are investigating coal seam gas disputes in the Darling Downs region of southern Queensland.

18 September 2012

Better and more consistent involvement of families in child protection decision-making is a key goal of the research undertaken by Professor Karen Healy from UQ’s School of Social Work and Human Services.

18 September 2012

Using music to engage with and educate young people about their emotions, and how to tolerate and regulate their strong emotional states, is the focus of a new intervention developed by University of Queensland clinical psychologist Dr Genevieve...

18 September 2012

Community can be a formidable force, capable of achieving the seemingly impossible.

17 September 2012

A new University of Queensland study is examining how involuntary mental health admissions are experienced from the perspectives of mental health consumers, families and health care professionals within a recovery framework.

17 September 2012

With an ageing population and the competing interests of the individual, the family, service providers, the market and the state in the use of older people’s financial assets, protection and quality management of such assets has never been more...

17 September 2012

Freedom of speech is a vital democratic liberty that many of us take for granted, with most Australians firmly believing that they have, and that they should have the right to free speech.

17 September 2012

Grandparents who babysit their grandchildren are the focus of a new Triple P program being trialled in Australia.

17 September 2012

When globally popular skills competition Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) was first developed by UQ in 2008, it was designed to help students pitch their work effectively to people who may not have expertise in their field of research.

14 September 2012
An image from one of last year's finalists entitled 'The Journey to School'

Organisers of the 2012 Annual Photography Competition at The University of Queensland's School of Political Science and International Studies are delighted to have secured sponsorship for a first prize to the value of $1000.

4 September 2012

Two students in UQ's School of Journalism and Communication, Carl Smith and Alison Francis, have won prestigious Clarion Awards, and were named the Most Outstanding Journalism Students at a presentation ceremony on Saturday 25 August.

27 August 2012
Dr Bruce Redman and Caitlin Holding at the 2012 Ekka.

A University of Queensland (UQ) journalism and arts graduate has been named first runner-up in the Ekka Showgirl competition this year.

22 August 2012

The University of Queensland (UQ) is the first university to sign an agreement with the world's largest copper producer – The National Copper Corporation of Chile (CODELCO).

21 August 2012

Five University of Queensland undergraduate journalism students are finalists in the Queensland Clarion Awards, the prestigious state-based awards promoting excellence in the media.

9 August 2012

University of Queensland lecturer Associate Professor Pradip Thomas was named Vice President of The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) at a conference in Durban early this month.

9 August 2012