By Oula Shihan and Laura Nolan On August 5th, UQ will be hosting a panel with Will.I.Am and Andrew Liveris in a conversation about ‘How global business cooperation drives innovation’. Before we…
Napalm, will.i.am, and UQ, the future is now
On August 5 The University of Queensland will be holding an event that will see American rapper will.i.am speak to UQ Alumn and former chairman of Dow, Andrew Liveris, discuss ‘how global…
Grace College to go co-ed from 2022
From next year Male and non-binary students will be able to join Grace College for the first time in more than 50 years. The college’s decision on July 14 means that Duchesne…
Top U.S. diplomat in Australia says universities should foster freedom of speech and debate
When the United States Charge d’Affaires, Michael Goldman, visited UQ in late March to speak with Academics it came just days after the university’s top leadership fronted a parliamentary inquiry into national…
Space and Place: the Embodied University
This was a talk, to UQ’s Academic Board, by Graeme Orr of the Law School By population, UQ St Lucia is the 10th largest community in Queensland. It would be even higher…
Coercive Control
Content Warning: intimate relationship violence. Have you ever felt that someone you know – someone you love, even – has lingered cruelly in a space that should have been your own? The…
The Boa Constrictor Tightens Its Grip: UQ’s War on Students
Today, the Courier Mail is reporting on The University of Queensland’s plans to demolish the historic student union complex and Schonell Theatre for a new airport-style “commuter lounge” with a towel service.…
UQ: Perpetuating the Period Stigma
Recently, deprived of my sanity whilst cramming for mid-semester exams, I found myself in the Lawbry bathroom. There I sat, my eyes wandering to a sticker on the door in front of…
UQ Life spent over $1000 on smoothies for SWOTVAC
As part of UQ Life’s SWOTVAC activities on the St Lucia campus, the division spent $1,050 on smoothie bikes. In return for the $1,000 spend UQ Life got the use of 2…
‘Not Good Enough’ says Women’s Collective
The University of Queensland has come under fire from the UQ Union Women’s Collective over the university’s handling of and response to sexual assault and harassment. The Women’s Collective issued a statement…