The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) is taking the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) to federal court, alleging that university management used fixed-term contracts to avoid paying staff redundancies. The application, filed last Thursday, seeks a $280,000 relief payment for ...

When the pandemic first struck in 2020, QUT Professor Lidia Morawska knew air transmission was a major factor in the spread of Covid-19, but the World Health Organisation refused to hear her warnings. "What the WHO was doing was spreading misinformation," ...

Staff at five of Queensland's largest universities have announced plans to strike tomorrow as part ongoing industrial action to call for higher pay and improved workplace conditions. On Thursday, hundreds of staff from Queensland University, Griffith University, Queensland University of ...

An Australian native grass will be sent to the Moon by 2025 in a first step toward establishing sustainable life on the celestial body.  The project led by Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researcher Lauren Fell in association with national ...

Indigenous knowledges should be better embedded into astronomy degrees to advance science and give us a better understanding of the universe, an astrophysicist says. According to QUT's Dr Michael Cowley, there is a willingness to bring Indigenous knowledges into our ...

Older people are being portrayed as being in ill health, victims, or being a burden on society in the Australian media, leading experts to call for broader changes in how society perceives ageing. A new QUT study 'Visibility and invisibility ...

Nathan Boase always knew he would be a scientist, and he is currently researching new methods to protect people against viruses like Monkeypox and COVID-19. Boase and his team from QuT have been given the green light to develop a ...

A drug commonly used to sedate children receiving treatment in intensive care has been identified as a “possible predictor” of post traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), a study led by the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has found. The study, which ...

There has been much to think about in universities in the last 18 months, adjusting to short-term emergencies such as campus closures, shifts online and revenue hits.   There has also been cause to reconsider how universities are set for the ...

CampusReview · HEDx podcast - University Culture in the Real World - Episode 31 This episode has Margaret Sheil joining the HEDx team to outline where QUT is up to in refreshing its blueprint strategy. As the university with the ...