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Laotian Master of International Relations student Douangmala Souknilanh found the staff and students at UQ helpful and welcoming. Despite initially struggling to settle in due to COVID-19, Douangmala has adapted to university life in a foreign country. She looks forward to completing her degree at the end of 2021 and sharing her story with her friends back home.

UQ International Development delivered the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) funded Australia Awards Women in Executive Leadership Development Short Course (Bhutan) between June 2020 and May 2021.

Torres Strait Islander peoples intend to live on their traditional country long-term. Living on the northernmost islands of Queensland allows these “saltwater people” to maintain their cultural responsibilities, identity and kinship connections.

At our most recent ChangeMakers event, we heard from three UQ graduates working in development, sustainability and national security to discuss why our Pacific neighbours are so important.

Broadcaster and Communication Studies Program facilitator, Rocky Prasetyo Jati, talks about his experience at The University of Queensland (UQ) and Universitas Indonesia (UI) Bilateral Research Forum on Communication for Development and Social Change – Diverse Applications, One Goal.

An international study has found a global target to eradicate childhood anaemia by 2030 will fail, presenting a major public health challenge.

Nine excellent initiatives have been approved for $74,350 in funding in the 2021 UQ Global Strategy and Partnerships Seed Funding Scheme. A total of 19 eligible applications were received for this round, amounting to $171,350 in requested funding.

UQ Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Software) / Bachelor of Science (Mathematics) graduate Chelsea Edmonds was awarded a prestigious Cambridge Australia scholarship to undertake her PhD in October 2019. When the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the globe in early-2020, she had to return to Brisbane and continue her PhD remotely from her parent’s spare bedroom. 

Last month, The University of Queensland (UQ) hosted the 2021 Research Development Impact (RDI) Conference. Held online, this year’s Conference focused on the future of sustainable development and socio-economic recovery in the Pacific and Southeast Asia regions.

Professor Di Yu of the UQ Diamantina Institute collaborated with scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Beijing Chaoyang Hospital to address an issue affecting approximately 450 million people worldwide.

Professor Di Yu from UQ's Frazer Institute has collaborated with scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Beijing Chaoyang Hospital to demonstrate a potential improved treatment for two of the leading causes of blindness.

By uprooting carbon trapped in soil, wild pigs are releasing around 4.9 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide annually across the globe, the equivalent of 1.1 million cars.

A potential therapy developed at The University of Queensland may one day save lives by helping patients recover faster from severe trauma, extensive burns and major surgery.

Meenah Tariq is a powerhouse. For the past two years she’s had a front row seat witnessing the growth of Pakistan’s entrepreneurship ecosystem as a partner in the Venture Capital fund, Karavan.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) Member States are rich in a variety of mineral resources, discovered and undiscovered, and are benefiting from rapidly growing investment and trade in the sector. If this trend is to continue, ASEAN must maintain a modern framework for cooperation that ensures Member States’ and ASEAN partners can implement effective and sustainable approaches in minerals development and promote investment and trade. 

Applications are now open for the 2022 Westpac Future Leaders Scholarship. If you are starting or undertaking a post graduate degree at The University of Queensland, here are three reasons why you should apply today.

Eight years after being forced to flee war-torn Afghanistan and the Taliban, a first-year physiotherapy student has been awarded The University of Queensland’s inaugural Refugee and Humanitarian Scholarship.

In anticipation of travel bans being lifted in the not-to-distant future, the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs 2022 New Colombo Plan (NCP) Scholarship round is currently open.

University of Queensland researcher Dr Kayvan Etebari has been studying how palm-loving coconut rhinoceros beetles have been accelerating their invasion.

The University of Queensland (UQ) Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Terry AO officially launched the Global Development Impact Plan and inaugural Global Development Dialogue Series at Customs House on 10 June 2021.