Staff recruitment and retention are an ongoing challenge for employers. Proponents of big data in the workplace are now claiming they can change that.

24 November 2014

It’s now late spring, with summer just around the corner, and many people with hay fever suffer at this time of year in Australia. Although the cause of this suffering is invisible to us, it is actually all around us — plant pollen floating in the...

20 November 2014

Former Australian Prime Minister Mr Bob Hawke will address an Asia Pacific Forum to be hosted by the University of Queensland on Monday (17 November).

13 November 2014

The Whitlam memorial was a grand story of Australia’s evolution since the war and a portrait of the life and legend of a towering, verbose ex-prime minister.

10 November 2014

In a playful rhetorical flourish at the Sydney Town Hall on Wednesday, Indigenous leader Noel Pearson monumentalised Gough Whitlam’s prime ministerial legacy, Monty Python-style: What did the Romans ever do for us?

10 November 2014
UQ's top teachers were recognised this week as part of the University's annual Teaching and Learning Week

Outstanding university teachers have been recognised at The University of Queensland’s 2014 Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Learning ceremony this week.

3 November 2014
UQ has a range of experts able to speak on the Ebola virus.

Looking for interview talent on Ebola and its impact? The University of Queensland has several researchers and experts happy to take media calls on the subject, listed below.

3 November 2014

Research linking The University of Queensland (UQ) and industry partners was recognised at an awards ceremony yesterday.

17 September 2014
The University of Queensland’s Advanced Engineering Building (AEB). Photo: Peter Bennetts.

Queensland Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek officially opened The University of Queensland’s Advanced Engineering Building (AEB) at St Lucia last night.

10 September 2014

New research from The University of Queensland has highlighted poor dental health as one of the most detrimental, but least understood, aspects of homelessness in Australia.

16 June 2014
The winning team Ananda Unnikrishnan, Jesse Smart,  Breyton Mann, Nicholas Valese and Georgia Semrau.

It’s a bloomin’ record-breaking year for the University of Queensland’s annual sunflower competition.

21 May 2014
Queensland Minister Ian Walker, left, Dr Goce Dimeski and Dr Paul Masci.

The University of Queensland has welcomed the Queensland Government’s $1 million commitment to translating medical research into better health care.

17 April 2014
UQ Head of School and Dean of Law Professor Sarah Derrington with Chief Justice Paul de Jersey AC.

The University of Queensland has congratulated Chief Justice Paul de Jersey AC following the announcement he will be the 26th Governor of Queensland - the sixth consecutive UQ graduate to be appointed to the position.

27 February 2014

A new program has been launched at The University of Queensland to tackle the under-representation of Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students at university and in the top tiers of academic achievement.

26 February 2014
An infrared picture of two wells containing approximately 50,000 fat cells each. They are transformed from ordinary white fat cells to heat-producing brown fat cells following hormone treatment.

Shivering against the cold may have the added benefit of burning body fat, a new study led by a University of Queensland researcher has found.

4 February 2014
Professor Alewood from UQ's IMB has developed a molecule that showed significant potential in alleviating abdominal pain.

Australian researchers have found a key to treating chronic abdominal pain may lie in a hormone that induces labour and encourages social bonding.

31 January 2014

A UQ scientist has joined international colleagues to accurately date Martian rocks using a specially-designed instrument on board NASA’s Curiosity rover.

13 December 2013

A collaborative research project aimed at discovering a drug to treat a highly resistant form of breast cancer is one of two projects given the green light by the Queensland Emory Development (QED) Alliance.

7 November 2013
2013 UQ Teaching and Learning award winners: Dr Craig Engstrom, Dr Jessica Gallagher, Dr Susan Rowland, Dr Janette McWilliam Front Row, Monica Taylor, Associate Professor Polly Parker, Dr April Wright and Dr Neil Cottrell.

A group of outstanding teachers has been recognised at The University of Queensland's 2013 UQ Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and Internationalisation ceremony last night.

29 October 2013
Daniel Yates (MBA), Andrew McGhee (MBA), Juliette Wright (GIVIT CEO), Bridget Delahunty (MBA), Harman Jolly (MBA).

A Brisbane charity is pursuing plans for growth after receiving advice and support from MBA students at The University of Queensland Business School.

23 October 2013