A competitive swimming program developed by UQ researchers for young people with severe cerebral palsy has reversed motor decline associated with the condition.
19 November 2024
Technology has enabled athletes with disabilities to reach incredible heights but it has also introduced new challenges, particularly in ensuring fairness and equity in competition.
2 September 2024
UQ has a range of experts available to comment on the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games – from sports coaching and sports psychology to tourism and marketing.
26 July 2024
UQ's ParaSTART program is giving people with high support needs a pathway to high performance sport.
29 April 2024
Three generations of one family have now played in premiership-winning rugby sides for the University of Queensland, after the club won the inaugural Wheelchair Rugby National League.
3 June 2022
Cutting-edge innovation in Paralympic sport performance will enter a new era after an agreement was signed between Paralympics Australia and key Queensland-based sporting and research bodies including The University of Queensland.
28 May 2021
UQ experts are available to comment on various issues relating to the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.
29 March 2018
Dr Emma Beckman was already on a high from working as a Paralympic Games athletics classifier, and then she got an extra boost of a rare Universitas 21 Teaching Excellence Award.
14 October 2016The University of Queensland has a list of experts available for comment on issues relating to the Olympic Games Rio 2016.
3 August 2016
University of Queensland biomedical science graduate Melanie Schlanger has walked away from the London Olympics with a gold and two silver medals.
30 July 2012
An exercise scientist from The University of Queensland is leading the development of a new classification system for assessing impairments and assigning sporting classes of Paralympic athletes.
19 July 2012Paralympic sport has been a long-time passion for UQ’s Sean Tweedy, who will attend his third Games in Beijing in September.
21 August 2008A project to help people with significant physical, cognitive and behavioural disabilities stay physically active is one of the winners of this year’s University of Queensland`s Vice-Chancellor’s Equity and Diversity Awards.
19 May 2006The classification system for Paralympians competing in athletics is changing and a University of Queensland exercise scientist Sean Tweedy is leading the overhaul.
29 November 2004Exercise scientists from the University of Queensland are bridging the gap between hospital rehabilitation and community-based physical activities for people with disabilities.
10 June 1997
