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UQ New Colombo Plan Scholar Liam Lyttle is Australia’s inaugural Pacific Fellow, currently studying at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji. Among other significant experiences, his short documentary Mudgumbo – Bikini recently premiered at the 4th Pacific Human Rights Film Festival in Suva. In this film he explores the scale and impact of more than 300 nuclear tests conducted by the US, UK and France in the Pacific region between 1949 and 1996.

After a competitive selection process, 17 initiatives have been awarded funding totalling $217,174 for the second round of The University of Queensland (UQ) Global Partnerships Funding Scheme, launched in 2024.

When 2 Brisbane-based UQ–IITD PhD candidates attended a lunch in Sydney with Indian Minister for Education The Hon Dharmendra Pradhan, their perspectives on the research they are undertaking were sought, along with those of other Indian PhD students from other Group of Eight (Go8) universities.

Australia Awards alum, Dr Khin Myat ‘Soe’, has worked in agriculture and aquaculture for more than 20 years improving agriculture, fish farming and the lands and waters involved in making this vital food source resilient. 

The University of Queensland’s capabilities in drug discovery and development are set to be strengthened by a new partnership between UniQuest and global biotech company Molecule to Medicine (MTM).

External Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar today met with Chancellor of University of Queensland Peter Varghese in Brisbane, Australia. In a social media post, Dr Jaishankar said that during the meeting, they exchanged views on educational and research collaborations between India and Australia.

Recently The University of Queensland (UQ) was a major contributor to the “Key Technologies in Bioeconomy (KTB)” conference, an annual event initiated and organised by the Global Bioeconomy Alliance (GBA) and hosted this year by the Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) in Brazil.

The University of Queensland is proud to announce the launch of ‘Active Choices for Springfield,’ a groundbreaking 2-year project aimed at addressing the pressing health challenges faced by Australian Defence Force (ADF) veterans.

Mr Johan Arnberg, Senior Manager of Global Sponsorships and Mobility, has been recognised with the prestigious Tracy McCabe Future Leader Fellowship for his outstanding contributions to the international education sector.

A tissue-culture propagation technology developed at The University of Queensland to grow hundreds of plants from a single cutting is set to bolster avocado production across Latin America to meet growing demand.

UQ Alum Raja Juli Antoni is Indonesia’s new Minister of Forestry, part of the ‘Merah Putih / Red and White’ Cabinet that President Prabowo Subianto announced on 20 October 2024.

The sustainable manufacture of bio-based herbicides is the target of a $1.3 million international collaboration initiated by the Global Bioeconomy Alliance (GBA).

From March to July, The University of Queensland (UQ) delivered the Australia Awards Short Course to a group of women from Mongolia, chosen for their abilities to advance female participation in STEM industries. One of these women was neurointerventionalist surgeon Dr Ambaselmaa Bayarsaikhan whose life experience has already marked her as a role model and aspiring leader.

As part of celebrating the 30-year anniversary of protecting waterways, Global Environment Facility (GEF) International Waters (IW) held its 10th GEF International Waters Conference (IWC10) 2024, in Punta Del Este, Uruguay. Hosted by the Government of Uruguay, the normally biennial IWC resumed in-person for the first time in 6 years, under the theme 'Transformative actions and impacts for the water and ocean SDGs.

At the opening of the UQ-IITD Research Academy Annual Symposium 2024, The University of Queensland President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Terry AC and IIT Delhi Director Professor Rangan Banerjee highlighted the commitment of both UQ and IITD to knowledge creation and sharing for societal benefit. They emphasised a joint vision to create impact through the partnership between UQ, IITD and the broader India-Australia relationship, welcoming further collaboration with industry and government.

CIMMYT visit strengthening global partnerships for food and nutrition security and sustainability.

UQ’s Sponsored Students Unit Senior Coordinator (Acting) Miho Hamada recently travelled to Indonesia’s Seminyak to meet with 140 Australia Awards Scholars selected to study in Australia, commencing January 2025.

The University of Queensland (UQ) International Development unit recently finalised a successful short course on climate change for the Australian Government’s Australia Awards Myanmar.

Australia Awards scholar Krishtee Devi Samputh has come from the independent islands' nation of the Republic of Mauritius to The University of Queensland to study a Master of Biotechnology.

The University of Queensland Society of Australia Awards Scholars (UQSAAS) is now part of the UQ Union Clubs and Societies. Four committee members were elected at the Inaugural General Meeting, with Koisau Sade from Solomon Islands appointed as the first president.