Year: 2019

The writers for long-running serial drama The University of Queensland have announced in an email this evening that Deborah Terry will play the lead role of Vice-Chancellor in 2020, the first time a woman has played the role. The news follows the announcement that Danish-born actor, Peter Høj would be retiring from the role next […]

The University of Queensland has potentially broken federal legislation to renovate a room and provide a leadership course using a fund reserved for student clubs and other non-academic services and amenities. The Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF) must be spent in one of nineteen specific categories, and decisions must be made in formal consultation […]

Protesters from two different groups have today covered walls at the University of Queensland’s main refectory with pro-democracy and pro-Beijing messages. Hong Kong students began putting up a Lennon Wall outside the Student Services building around 1:15pm today. The University soon asked the group to move away from the Student Services building. This comes two […]

The University of Queensland’s Academic Board has voted to endorse the creation of a new major in Western Civilisation in 2020. The vote makes UQ’s Academic Board the first in the country to approve the Ramsay Centre’s proposed curriculum. Although the University of Wollongong has approved a Ramsay Centre degree, the university management bypassed its […]

Semper editor Raphael Wixted told us in this year’s second edition that he had tried to register a dodgeball team in UQ’s social sport using two team names “Peter Døj and the Vice Chancellors” and  “I showed you my Døjballs please respond”. We’re not saying this is an outrageously funny joke. But what we also […]

Indian Feast will leave the University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus before the start of semester two, Semper understands. The outlet will close down over winter break after recent reports that the restaurant was underpaying workers, as well as the discovery of a piece of metal in a samosa. Semper understands that another Indian food […]

Late last week, UQ students from Hong Kong organised a peaceful protest in the Great Court opposing the recent extradition bill proposed in Hong Kong’s legislature. The students wished to express their grave concerns for the potential ramifications of the Bill’s passage, as well as showing solidarity with the brave protesters back home. On Thursday […]

One committee at the University of Queensland has overridden the decision of another to bring the proposed major in Western Civilisation one step closer to implementation. The approval takes place one week after votes opposing the Ramsay Centre were made at both a Humanities and Social Sciences Board of Studies meeting and a general meeting […]

Professor Peter Høj AC will step down as the Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Queensland in June next year after nearly eight years in the top job. Professor Høj made the announcement at a Senate meeting this Thursday, confirming rumours that have been circulating since the start of the year. Under Vice-Chancellor Høj’s […]