The COVID-19 pandemic has witnessed a mass migration to online learning, with some Australian universities being more experienced at it than others. Campus Review spoke to Associate Professor Petrea Redmond of the University of Southern Queensland (USQ), and a member ...
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In an effort to keep high-achieving school leavers in regional areas the University of Southern Queensland is offering a number of new scholarships. The new scholarships are available for students with OPs from 1-8, with OP 1-2 students eligible for ...
More »Which Olympic sports pose the greatest skin cancer risk?
In an effort to encourage greater sun protection by elite athletes participating in the Tokyo Olympic Games, University of Southern Queensland researcher Nathan Downs has embarked on a world first study to determine which outdoor sporting disciplines pose the highest ...
More »‘Receive the changing voices’: the place of poetry in our digital age
When was the last time you read a poem? For many of us not currently involved in the teaching, study or creation of literature our answer might well be when we were finishing school, or during our undergrad days at ...
More »Keeping it local: Regional universities are critical to the health of regional communities
The mission of the University of Southern Queensland (USQ), like universities the world over, is to lead in economic and social development through higher education and research excellence. But unlike metropolitan universities, USQ’s community-centred values are grounded in our regional ...
More »USQ helping bush ladies become bosses
University management professional turned organic beef farmer Brigid Price is now, of all things, an entrepreneur. The unlikeliness comes from the fact that while almost half of all new Australian ventures are founded in rural, regional or remote areas, only 2.4 per ...
More »Locked up and learning: prisoners the new model uni students
At a glance, Robert Buckley doesn't seem that atypical for a student. He is mature-aged, having only commenced study after a career in the army, and has almost completed a five-year double degree in Engineering and Business. Buckley's striking difference, ...
More »Online lectures now streaming 24/7
With India alone forecast to need an extra 2400 universities over the next 25 years, the demand for e-learning must cause a rapid expansion of services. Changes in technology, including 3D lecturers beamed live into student homes via holographic know-how, ...
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