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All UQ professional staff, academics and researchers are invited to apply for the UQ Global Strategy and Partnerships Seed Funding Scheme – an initiative established to assist faculties, institutes and units to pursue activities that strengthen the impact of UQ's global network. 

UQ recently hosted two staff from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) as part of an ongoing program to provide professional development opportunities and to share best practices.

The University of Queensland (UQ) has awarded its second inbound recipient of the UQ-Prokhorov Scholarship to high-achieving law student Sofya Cherkasova.

The University of Queensland has partnered with Papua New Guinea's largest technological institution to support sustainable development outcomes across the country’s resources sector.

Hard work, time management and taking every opportunity on offer was the key to success for Arts/Psychology Valedictorian Ayu Namira Paramecwari.

The horrifying outcomes of war in Africa motivated former Kenyan occupational therapist, Mohamed Sheikh Yussuf, to change career paths and study at The University of Queensland.

University of Queensland researchers will explore how the ingenuity and expertise of Australian architects contributes to improving the quality of life among Chinese citizens.

UQ graduate Maggie James believes in the power of music and is using her talent to brighten people’s lives – even in their darkest hours.

Isabelle talks about her experience as an intern at the United Nations Women Asia and the Pacific, and life as an exchange student in Indonesia.  

The big-eyed, long-tailed thresher shark has become rare in Indonesian waters, but a University of Queensland Australia Awards student is using funding from a conservation award to help protect them.

Hasto Budi Santoso reflects on his teaching practices. Hasto is an English teacher at SMPN 2 Tarakan, Kalimantan, Indonesia. He was recently invited by the Ministry of Education and Culture, Government of Indonesia, to participate in a fully customised professional development program for Indonesian teachers at The University of Queensland’s Institute of Continuing & TESOL Education in Brisbane, Australia.

A University of Queensland student will complete his degree in Copenhagen thanks to Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark.

Eight collaborative projects have been approved for $125,000 in funding in the 2019 QUEX Initiator Grant Scheme round. The QUEX Initiator Grants Scheme is designed to broaden academic and research collaboration between UQ and the University of Exeter.

The University of Queensland (UQ) and Brisbane-based engineering advisory company Aurecon have joined forces to lead change.

Two University of Queensland postgraduate students have been recognised among the nation’s brightest, named as 2019 Westpac Future Leaders Scholars.

University of Queensland Professor Yusuke Yamauchi, in collaboration with researchers from The University of Tokyo has been awarded the first Rio-Tinto Australia-Japan Collaboration Program Grant.

The University of Queensland is supporting female Sri Lankan Government officials in combating under-representation in senior leadership positions through a customised Australia Awards Short Course delivered by UQ International Development.

Researchers from The University of Queensland and University of Exeter have taken strides in understanding how human feet evolved to enhance walking and running, setting us apart from species such as chimpanzees.

An Aboriginal writer who ‘gained a second chance at life’ following treatment for a rare cancer has become the first Indigenous recipient of the Fulbright W.G. Walker scholarship.

University of Queensland Medicine alumnus and startup entrepreneur Dr Zachary Tan has been chosen as one of 140 international scholars selected for the Schwarzman Scholars, a prestigious master’s program.