Night parrot

Australia’s most elusive bird, the night parrot, may not be as good at seeing in the dark as its name would suggest, and not much better at seeing in the dark than daytime active parrots.

10 June 2020
Crepes with two toppings are $3 for students in the Great Court

The University of Queensland is making food more readily available to students as they head towards exams. Vans selling subsidised food will be around campus during the “swotvac” and exam period.

31 October 2016
Zachary Fook in Birdsville, where the Simpsons Desert Challenge begins.

University of Queensland Business School alumnus and budding young entrepreneur Zachary Fook today starts a 250km trek across the Simpson Desert to raise funds for Youngcare.

29 April 2016
Students at last year's UQ Yalari Horizons Leadership camp

Thirty Indigenous high school students will get a taste of university life and explore their tertiary study options at a three-day camp at The University of Queensland from 17 to 19 July.

15 July 2015
About one in ten people released from prison has an intellectual disability. Jes, CC BY-SA

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) promises to deliver better support to the one in five Australians living with a disability. But what about those inside prison or who have just left prison? Will the NDIS look after them too, or keep...

3 November 2014

UQ criminologist Dr Adrian Cherney is heading a research project aimed at examining the factors influencing government legitimacy following post-conflict reconstruction.

3 October 2012
Students 'walking on water' during St Lucia Open Day 2008

Potential students to UQ St Lucia’s Open Day (August 2) will not only have the opportunity to plan their future careers but dip their toes into a gravity-defying phenomenon.

20 July 2009

Handling venomous snakes may not be everyone's idea of a day at the office but for UQ Gatton graduate, Andrew Howe, it is his dream job.

13 December 2007

UQ zoologist, bush adventurer and mentor to generations of students, Professor Gordon Grigg, retires today

31 August 2007

The University of Queensland’s Moreton Bay Research Station on North Stradbroke Island is happy to announce a new arrival to their little team – a female brown-banded cat shark.

12 March 2004