Sarah Kendall, Professor Peter Greste, Richard Murray and Dr Rebecca Ananian-Welsh ... advocating for a “journalism-based exemption from criminality”. Photo: UQ.

Journalists must be protected from prosecution in a much-needed overhaul of Australia’s Espionage Act 2018, according to a group of academics pushing for reform.

1 March 2021
Professor Simon Haines,  CEO Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation Professor Heather Zwicker, Executive Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Queensland Professor Peter Hoj, Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Queensland

The University of Queensland expects to offer an extended major in Western Civilisation with effect from 2020 after signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation in Sydney yesterday.

8 August 2019
Back (from left):  Professor Paul Mills; Monica Taylor, Jennifer Gibbons.  Front: Associate Professor Peter Billings, Dr Francesca Bartlett, Belinda Bern, Kate Swanson, Professor Heather Douglas, Associate Professor Tamara Walsh.

The University of Queensland has maintained its position in the Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT), with the 2016 presentation in Canberra this month confirming that UQ has garnered more national teaching awards than any other...

14 December 2016
From left, Professor Susanne Schmidt, Professor Heather Douglas and Associate Professor Kerrie Wilson

Three University of Queensland professors have been appointed to the Australian Research Council College of Experts for 2017.

25 November 2016
Artist's impression of the Forgan Smith refurbishment

Queensland judicial leaders tried their hands as graffiti artists at The University of Queensland’s landmark Forgan Smith building this morning to mark the beginning of a new chapter in the building’s history.

27 November 2015

Students from The University of Queensland Law Society are putting superhero Batman on trial to show the public how the Australian court system works.

6 May 2013
Chief Justice of Queensland Paul de Jersey AC presents the Dr MHM Kidwai Memorial Prize to UQ law student Tegan Stockdale.

UQ law students have been awarded for their exceptional academic performance, in areas from environmental law to criminal procedure.

23 May 2012

The Chief Justice of Queensland, The Hon. Paul de Jersey AC, was among the distinguished guests who attended an official welcome for UQ's new Dean of Law, Professor Gerard Carney, at Customs House on 29 February.

6 March 2012

The University of Queensland's TC Beirne School of Law has celebrated its 75th anniversary with a gala “Town and Gown” debate at Customs House.

14 September 2011