Building healthier and happier communities
UQ's close relationship with the UK is strong bonds with government and industry, close collaboration on strategic research projects, and significant student mobility. The QUEX Institute of Global Sustainability and Wellbeing brings together researchers from UQ and the University of Exeter to address major global challenges. Other key areas of collaborative research include infrastructure, medicine and sustainability, with a focus on transforming the future for our communities.
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148
UK students enrolled at UQ
1,007
UK-UQ co-publications
138
academic staff born in the UK
130
research project collaborations
2,984
alumni in the UK
30
agreements with 20 official partners
Fast facts show full year 2023 data.
Collaboration in action
- A two–day symposium on 25–26 March funded by a QUEX Institute Workshop Grant discussed the performance pressures shared by sport, education and health professionals all over the globe.
- he University of Queensland’s re-engineered clamp platform has produced a vaccine that is equally safe and virus-neutralising as an approved vaccine considered among the best in its class.
- Following a competitive selection process, 5 outstanding initiatives have received funding totalling $47,000 in the latest UQ Global Strategy and Partnership Seed Funding Scheme.
- Dozens of UK companies trialled a four-day working week last year. On average, their revenue went up
- A study from UQ, together with the University of Adelaide, UWA and the University of Bristol in the UK, has found no link between community water fluoridation and adverse effects on children's brain development.
- Following the competitive selection process, nine outstanding initiatives have received funding totalling $76,660 in the latest UQ Global Strategy and Partnership Seed Funding Scheme.
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Alumni
The UK is home to one of the largest UQ alumni communities. More than 2,984 alumni live there. Alumni with significant links to the UK include: