As UN Security Council president for November, Australia’s major initiative was to promote the centrality of civilian policing in UN peace operations.

26 November 2014
Indigenous youth are creating new languages, something that is very rare across the globe. Flickr/Rusty Stewart, CC BY-SA

By now we know that traditional Indigenous languages are losing speakers rapidly and tragically.

29 October 2014
Bridget Mahon with her parents Greg and Trish.

University of Queensland student Bridget Mahon is set to fly to Italy, thanks to her literary and linguistic skills.

14 October 2014
UQ’s Professor Alastair McEwan, left, with international scholarship winners Emily Chen, Kristie Higginson, Katrina Couzens and Hirotsugu Takahashi.

Four University of Queensland students have won prestigious international scholarships under the Federal Government’s New Colombo Plan program.

14 July 2014
UQ researchers have found PTSD is contributing to pain in children with traumatic brain injuries, and not the other way around.

The discovery of a new link between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), pain and children with traumatic brain injuries could lead to better treatment methods, according to a new study.

26 June 2014
ICTE-UQ teacher Paul Forster teaching Hong Kong Baptist University education students.

The University of Queensland’s close ties with its Chinese and Hong Kong counterparts have been recognised with a prestigious national award.

12 June 2014
A shell-head from WWI will be among many artefacts displayed at the Somewhere in France, Somewhere in Australia symposium

Best mates Tas Horler and Frank Green had a near miss with a faulty shell while serving in World War One. Three generations later, the shell-head that landed in their tent is now a treasured family heirloom.

12 June 2014
UQ project aims to strengthen relationships between schools and communities.

Student performance on tests should not be the only criteria for judging schools, according to a University of Queensland-led project in Bundaberg, Childers and Gin Gin.

26 May 2014

The journal Aphasiology has retracted an academic paper following advice from the University of Queensland.

4 April 2014
Australian Academy of the Humanities Fellow Professor Peter Holbrook.

The University of Queensland’s Professor Peter Holbrook is among 28 new Fellows of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.

25 November 2013
Budding film-makers and actors at the St Lucia Campus Kindergarten.

Movie stars and film-makers as young as three are heading for the big screen, with their very own film festival at The University of Queensland.

20 November 2013

Hundreds of University of Queensland students pack their bags every semester and head overseas with UQ Abroad, the University’s student exchange program.

22 October 2013

Business and philanthropic leaders, an engineer who inspired a worldwide movement, a medical expert striving to reduce melanoma, and even a Grammy award winner are among 15 alumni celebrated at The University of Queensland’s 2013 Courting the Greats...

17 October 2013

While most Queenslanders are all too aware of the impact natural disasters can have on their lives and the community, new research being carried out at The University of Queensland’s School of Social Science aims to investigate the specific impact...

14 October 2013
Sylvia Inverway and her daughters reading the new book with one of the authors Violet Wadrill (Photo: Penny Smith)

A bilingual print dictionary Gurindji to English Dictionary will be launched at Freedom Day celebrations at Kalkaringi, Northern Territory, on 23 August.

15 August 2013

Student performance on tests should not be the only criteria for judging schools, according to a University of Queensland-led project in Bundaberg, Childers and Gin Gin.

1 August 2013
The SCRIPT team: School of Pharmacy: Ms Jacqueline Bond, Ms Leigh McKauge, A/Prof Kathryn Steadman and A/Prof Lynne Emmerton (formerly at UQ) and ICTE-UQ:  Ms Michele Feinberg, Ms Alex Rossi, Ms Marg Cannell and TEDI: Dr Wendy Green, Ms Terrilyn Sweep.

The University of Queensland has started a program to help international pharmacy students understand Australian language and culture.

21 June 2013

Traditional Aboriginal art, design, song and dance in central Australia will be the focus of The University of Queensland’s Diversity Week public lecture, Singing, Dancing and Painting Country, on Friday May 24.

20 May 2013

Studies in four key disciplines at The University of Queensland rank in the international top 10 in the latest QS World University Subject Rankings.

8 May 2013

A Russian dictation test conducted simultaneously all over the world will take place at The University of Queensland to help Brisbane native and background Russian speakers determine the level of their native language skills.

27 March 2013