Researchers are calling for parents and kids to be involved in a national study into early childhood sleeping patterns at The University of Queensland.
19 March 2021COVID-19 has exposed fault lines in the education system for already disadvantaged students who are more likely to be severely impacted by the pandemic.
26 November 2020Australia’s COVIDSafe app needs to be faster and have higher uptake rates to be effective as the nation’s digital contact tracing solution, according to a working paper released by The University of Queensland’s Institute for Social Science Research.
5 June 2020A free online University of Queensland course aimed at community development workers has received a United Nations accolade.
10 October 2019UQ research has revealed that lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) Australians suffer more health problems in areas where most people voted against same-sex marriage.
4 June 2018The University of Queensland’s Professor Lorraine Mazerolle last night told an international gathering of more than 500 criminologists how a five-year trial successfully reduced truancy among at-risk youth in Queensland.
10 June 2015The shortage of medical practitioners in regional rural and remote areas of Australia continues despite government initiatives.
27 May 2015The members of a 19th century Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performance troupe are being remembered in an exhibition at The University of Queensland’s Anthropology Museum.
19 February 2015In a first for an Australian general election, when Queenslanders head to the polls on January 31 they’ll need more than loose change for the sausage sizzle and cake stalls – they now also need to bring proof of identity.
14 January 2015University of Queensland (UQ) researchers from the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) will be monitoring and evaluating the impact of the Australian Government’s Dad and Partner Pay.
5 February 2013Leading social scientist from The University of Queensland Professor Brian Head has received two accolades for his research leadership and expertise this year.
22 November 2012Former senior public servant and University of Queensland researcher Professor Brian Head is setting out to change a widely held perception that while evidence-based research is necessary in medicine and science, the leap to making social policy...
15 December 2011Playing Djembe and football with some Ghanaian friends was an enjoyable part of Charles Hunt's recent research trip to West Africa.
6 December 2010It’s official: Coalition politicians are less certain than their Labor counterparts that climate change exists and less likely to consider it a serious threat to human existence, a new survey shows.
12 August 2010A conference hosted by UQ’s Social Research Centre is set to bring together the world’s leaders in the field of international peacekeeping.
30 June 2009