The University of Queensland (UQ) will repay almost $8m to nearly 10,000 casual academics after admitting they were underpaid for their work from 2017 to 2023. Vice-chancellor Deborah Terry said she unreservedly apologised to those who had been affected by ...
More »HEDx Podcast: Achieving real inclusivity in higher education – Episode 89
University of Queensland associate professor Paul Harpur (pictured below, left) joins HEDx to make the case for role models with lived experience to join the debate about achieving real inclusion in higher education. Professor Harpur is a leader of Universities ...
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Monash Vice-Chancellor Margaret Gardner and University of Queensland Vice-Chancellor Deborah Terry are the only two Australian women leading a top global university, according to the latest higher education rankings. For International Women's Day in March, Times Higher Education analysed data ...
More »How do five different generations view university teaching and learning? Opinion
Teachers often argue that they learn most when they teach something to others. This seemed to go with the maxim that as a teacher you needed to be ahead of your students, but only by an hour or so, in having ...
More »Why changing your mind is good for you: podcast
Changing your mind increases your chances of success, a new study from the University of Queensland reveals, yet people seldom do so. According to the researchers, people tend to change their mind to correct an error they made. "If you ...
More »Monash first in the world for pharmacy studies: QS world rankings
Australian universities have shone against international competitors in the latest round of global subject rankings. Monash University, Curtin University and the Australian National University all secured top spots in the twelfth annual QS World University Rankings 2022. Monash has emerged ...
More »What characteristics will universities show to succeed for the long term? Opinion
A survey launched last week in London by the National Centre for Entrepreneurial Education reported on the priorities for UK higher education leaders as they emerge from the pandemic. It reported that the greatest challenge involves predicting the longer-term scenarios for ...
More »HEDx podcast – Taking the long-term view at UQ, episode 46
Vice Chancellor Professor Deborah Terry AO of the University of Queensland outlines how a refresh of a Group of Eight university strategy in the depths of the pandemic was energised and inspired by the awarding of the Olympic Games to ...
More »The uni library that discovered a 200-year-old vampyre and Charles Sturt’s travel reading
The University of Queensland has uncovered a near 200-year-old first edition of the first known vampire novel in one of its libraries, which could well have been the travel reading of Charles Sturt as he voyaged to Australia. Vampire stories ...
More »Vaping weed on the rise among teens: UQ research
New research has found that vaping cannabis is on the rise among teens in Canada and the US, and experts believe a similar rise could be on the cards for kids in Australia. Research by the University of Queensland found ...
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