Jenny Max, a University of Queensland Masters of Communication (Communication for Social Change) student, has received a Prime Minister's Pacific-Australia (PMPA) Award in recognition of her leadership potential and academic achievements.

20 December 2011

A Canadian UQ exchange student is planning to surprise his parents with round-trip tickets to Australia for Christmas after winning a study abroad video competition.

29 November 2011
The Reading Room at Washington University (WU)

A new partnership between The University of Queensland's TC Beirne School of Law and the Washington University (WU) School of Law in St Louis is giving UQ law students a chance to undertake formal study in two jurisdictions and add a postgraduate...

10 November 2011
The 2010 winning entry "Children in Ghanzi" taken by Stephen McLoughlin in western Botswana

Entries are now being received for the annual World in Focus photography competition hosted by UQ's School of Political Science and International Studies (POLSIS).

24 August 2011

Fancy trying to condense an 80,000 word thesis into a 180 second speech?

5 August 2011

A school oval in Vanuatu was transformed into a makeshift dental clinic during a recent visit by a volunteer team from The University of Queensland.

15 July 2011
(L-R) Tosca Santoso, winner of the individual award in 2010, Vice Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield AO, activist Professor David Bellamy OBE and Sharad Sharma, representative of World Comics India, winner of organisation award 2010

Over 50 nominations from 22 countries have been received for The University of Queensland 2011 Communication for Social Change Award, which closed on Friday, 24 June.

29 June 2011

Students from Brisbane State High School were presented with prizes donated by UQ's TC Beirne School of Law at the International Humanitarian Law Paper Presentation Competition held at the Federal Court of Australia recently.

15 June 2011

Australia’s education system is well placed to meet Chinese students’ demand for high quality education overseas, Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has said.

1 June 2011

Two young German students were recently awarded prizes granting them a two-week study tour of UQ’s St Lucia campus.

31 May 2011
2010 Social Change Award winner Sharad Sharma

Nominations are open for the world’s only communication for social change award, offered by The University of Queensland.

20 May 2011
UQ students Rebecca Upton and Eva Kiriakoff (left and centre) with Uniquest's Suzanne Brangwin and Mel Dunn

A new internship program is helping University of Queensland students work with vulnerable communities overseas.

28 April 2011
UQ Brisbane International Student Ambassador Quoc Duy Tran (right) with former Lord Mayor Campbell Newman

Six UQ students were named official Brisbane International Student Ambassadors at a special event last month.

28 April 2011
Hannah McConnachie, Arthur Abal and Yooree Lee at the Global Experience Evening

Two University of Queensland entities joined together recently to encourage students to expand their global outlook.

7 April 2011
UQ PhD student Michael Hewson with Dr Steve Peckham on the rooftop of the David Skaggs Research Centre in Colorado. Image courtesy Will von Dauster

A University of Queensland researcher has travelled to the United States to extend his work into atmospheric pollution.

24 March 2011
2010 intern UQ journalism and law student Naomi Lim . . . “so many academic, professional and cultural opportunities”

Some of The University of Queensland’s best and brightest students go straight to the top, gaining work experience on Washington’s Capitol Hill through an internship program co-ordinated through the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.

10 January 2011