Maarten Rothengatter

After experiencing the taxi-driving industry first-hand, recent PhD graduate Maarten Rothengatter was driven to explore the financial issues facing cabbies.

6 August 2009

Senior ABC News and AusAID representatives are amongst the members of an eminent jury panel which will meet in Brisbane on August 14 to judge UQ’s 2009 Communication and Social Change Award.

5 August 2009

Better online support services for suicidal people is more important than shutting down websites showing ways to die, a research academic from The University of Queensland says.

30 July 2009

What started as a challenging way to raise awareness and funds for two charities looks set to become an annual run from Brisbane to Longreach for a student from The University of Queensland.

28 July 2009

The Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary General will share his insights on the global effort to prevent genocide and mass atrocities at a public lecture hosted by the Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect at UQ next week.

28 July 2009

He has reached the pinnacle of Australian investigative journalism thanks to his work on crooked cops and public figures, and now Chris Masters will receive acknowledgement of a different kind at a UQ graduation ceremony on July 24.

23 July 2009

School-based intervention programs could help curb the amount of antidepressants being prescribed to adolescent boys, UQ research has found.

23 July 2009

UQ student Gemma Ward knew she had come to the right place when a first year course lecturer told her that University was not about getting the right answers but about asking the right questions.

23 July 2009
Valedictorian and Bachelor of Midwifery graduate Rebecca Taylen

More than 130 graduands, including the first students of the Bachelor of Midwifery, are preparing for The University of Queensland Ipswich Campus Mid-Year Graduation Ceremony, to be held at the Ipswich Civic Hall on Monday, July 20.

17 July 2009

A top Australian General will share his knowledge about war and the military when UQ’s School of Political Science and International Studies hosts the public lecture “What we can learn from Iraq” this month.

17 July 2009

University of Queensland researchers will use a $2.5 million grant to help people who have suffered an acquired brain injury communicate with the world.

16 July 2009

UQ journalism students today participated in a national radio broadcast from Musgrave Park in Brisbane as part of NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee) Week celebrations.

10 July 2009
Professor David de Vaus

The University of Queensland has appointed Professor David de Vaus as Executive Dean of its Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (SBS).

6 July 2009

Mock news feeds and on-camera television news reading and reporting will be some of the attractions when the School of Journalism and Communication showcases its new state-of-the-art facilities on UQ St Lucia’s Open Day.

30 June 2009

A UQ communication expert has been appointed Deputy Chair of the new Australian National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

24 June 2009
PhD student Matthew Thompson and principal supervisor Dr Jason
Tangen

University of Queensland student Matthew Thompson is set to study the psychology behind fingerprint identification after being awarded a prestigious Queensland Government Smart Futures PhD Scholarship.

23 June 2009

UQ’s School of Journalism and Communication (SJC) is working with news website brisbanetimes.com.au on a range of innovative activities for students and alumni.

23 June 2009

Anxiety is the most common psychological complaint experienced by children and adolescents. It can lead to significant social and academic difficulties and often increases the risk of youth developing other psychiatric disorders.

10 June 2009

In June this year, Emeritus Professor John Western from the School of Social Science at The University of Queensland was made a Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia for his services to education and, in particular, to...

10 June 2009

Hundreds of students from around the world will converge upon The University of Queensland for the Asia-Pacific Model United Nations Conference (AMUNC) this July.

10 June 2009