Experts from government will attend presentations by the nation's leading researchers on families and family policy at a two-day workshop, "Family, Work and Wellbeing over the Life Course", at The University of Queensland, held on October 20–21.

18 October 2011

LIFE in the suburbs hinges on a delicate, unwritten code of conduct between neighbours, according to a UQ sociology researcher who last night won a prestigious award for her work on neighbourly relations.

13 September 2011

THE work of 15 researchers and supervisors has been honoured at a special ceremony to mark Research Week at The University of Queensland.

13 September 2011
Director of the UQ Institute for Social Science Research Professor Mark Western

UQ will be the headquarters for a new world class research centre that will improve the social and economic wellbeing of Queensland communities.

19 August 2011
Brisbane vocal group Fusion

Brisbane audiences are invited to fall in love with France by attending a special concert at Emmanuel College this weekend.

19 August 2011
Detail of St Leo's College's new public artwork "Correlate" by Lincoln Austin

The Director of Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art was on hand to officiate an opening of a different kind at St Leo’s College recently.

15 August 2011

Let’s be honest, when it comes to Brisbane's Ekka what do we remember? Lollies and sample bags!

12 August 2011
Chong Lu from Beijing International Studies University completed a Master of Arts in Philosophy at UQ through a unique partnership between the two universities.

Graduation usually heralds the return home to family and loved ones for international students who have been studying in Australia.

5 August 2011
"Face (with yellow background)" c.1947 by Joy Hester

An intriguing National Portrait Gallery travelling exhibition will provide a window into the subconscious when it opens at UQ next week.

3 August 2011

A mother and son had the rare honour of graduating at the same ceremony at The University of Queensland recently.

21 July 2011
Bruce Redman (centre) films Family First candidate John Lewis during the 2004 Federal Election campaign

Life is often stranger than fiction, just ask Dr Bruce Redman.

20 July 2011
Mitjili Napurrula's "Uwalki – Watiya Tjuta" (2005), part of the Painting Country exhibition. Image reproduced courtesy of the artist. Photo: Carl Warner

UQ’s evolving collection of Indigenous art will be on show from this Saturday as curtains close on NAIDOC Week 2011.

7 July 2011

The lights came on at the Geoffrey Rush Studio’s first production on May 25, with drama students presenting Manjula Padmanabhan's award-winning play, Harvest.

27 June 2011

A powerful series of UQ art exhibitions is providing a rare opportunity to discover the human face behind the asylum seeker debate in time for 2011 Refugee Week (June 19–25).

20 June 2011
2010 Social Change Award winner Sharad Sharma

Nominations are open for the world’s only communication for social change award, offered by The University of Queensland.

20 May 2011