UQ News

Leadership as legacy: a Kiwi rugby team's secrets to success

Fresh from clinching the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific title, the Crusaders are proving they’re not only built for big moments but for lasting success.

27 June 2025

Hands holding a rugby ball on a kicking tee.

Safety check for Brisbane e-scooter riders

A UQ study has examined the behaviour of e-scooter riders in Brisbane before and after the introduction of tighter regulations.

26 June 2025

A man in high-vis and wearing a helmet and backpack rides an e-scooter across a Brisbane road.

UQ to upskill miners across Latin America

26 June 2025
Almost nothing known about endangered Queensland seahorse

26 June 2025
‘Good’ fats and inflammation: more complex than first thought

25 June 2025

Free maternity swim program helps mums-to-be stay healthy

Staying healthy during pregnancy and building water confidence with newborns have become a whole lot easier with the launch of an aquatic initiative at The University of Queensland.

14 March 2016

Research heavyweights join forces to combat breast cancer

Professor Sunil Lakhani ... seeking to offer improved quality of life and more targeted treatments to beat the most common female cancer

Three of Queensland’s leading breast cancer researchers have joined forces to lead a $6.5 million National Health and Medical Research Council-funded program that is set to change the future of breast cancer diagnosis, prevention and treatment.

14 March 2016

When performers are in the zone, it’s spiritual, researcher finds

The research focused on ballet dancers because their strict training regimes are similar to those of elite athletes – but they are also performing artists.

Prima ballerinas Anna Pavlova and Margot Fonteyn reported entering altered states of consciousness and having “spiritual” experiences during performance, a UQ researcher says.

14 March 2016

UQ to pay teacher test fees for education students

Head of School of Education Professor Merrilyn Goos with (left to right) students Emily Muller, Vishael Narayan, Jordan Duncombe, Eamonn O’Loughlin, Jarrod Golltz, Tessa Hogan and Chelsea Iddon

The University of Queensland will pay literacy and numeracy test fees for its teacher education students for the next three years.

13 March 2016

UQ and Netball Queensland join forces

Bluejays players with Queensland Firebirds Laura Clemesha (L) and Gabi Simpson (R)

The University of Queensland and Netball Queensland today announced a formal partnership to help promote higher education to women and girls.

11 March 2016

Spreading access to science, technology, engineering and maths

Brisbane Grammar School students with Head of Physics Noël Chan discuss the outcomes of their experiment on acceleration due to gravity.

More secondary school students than ever will have access to science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects after a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), launched at the World Science Festival Brisbane on Thursday (10 March).

11 March 2016

Combatting multiple sclerosis with smartwatches

A Queensland researcher’s goal of using smartwatches to combat the effects of multiple sclerosis (MS) will see her fly to the USA on an MS Research Australia grant.

11 March 2016

New program helps student start-ups grow

Students with a passion for entrepreneurship are set to benefit from The University of Queensland’s new UQ Idea Hub program.

10 March 2016

Plastic not so fantastic for marine creatures or our diets

Toxic plastic is wreaking havoc on marine life – and University of Queensland researchers fear it could be making its way up the food chain and ending up on our dinner plates.

10 March 2016