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.

Almost nothing known about endangered Queensland seahorse

UQ researchers have begun the state’s first study of White’s Seahorses to save them from extincti

26 June 2025
A small seahorse hanging off a seaweed covered fence underwater
Julie Rrap's winning entry – "360° self portrait"

Julie Rrap has been named the winner of the 2009 University of Queensland National Artists� Self-Portrait Prize.

27 November 2009
Ms Chen at UQ St Lucia

University of Queensland graduate Elizabeth Chen created her dream job by setting up her own translation and interpreting company.

27 November 2009

Stephen Craig-Smith is a born teacher and loves to travel, making his role at The University of Queensland’s School of Tourism the perfect fit.

27 November 2009

Tourism often evokes images of beaches, walking tracks through rainforests and snowy mountain ski runs

27 November 2009

People want a holiday experience they can talk about at a dinner party rather than just another gadget – and tourism marketers need to make the most of this, a researcher from The University of Queensland says.

27 November 2009

The release of Queensland photojournalist Nigel Brennan is thrilling good news and together with the shocking murders of journalists in the southern Philippines is a timely reminder of the perilous job media workers do around the world in bringing...

26 November 2009

UQ has been advised that water pressure at the St Lucia Campus will be decreased for about 20 minutes from midnight tonight (November 26).

26 November 2009

Five UQ social work students have returned home from a unique international placement experience working with tribal communities in rural India.

26 November 2009

Going green may be a bigger – and more important - challenge for the hospitality industry than winning back customers when the economy improves, a leading academic and consultant from The University of Queensland says.

26 November 2009

People have cleared more than a quarter of the world's forests and half of its grasslands, according to a paper published today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society by researchers from The University of Queensland and Imperial College London.

25 November 2009
UQ graduate, Tim Quirey, has published two books and is currently writing his third.

Despite the chagrin of local milkos everywhere, milk crates continue to inspire possibility, and provide much needed furniture, for uni students around the world.

25 November 2009