- Australian housing has never been more unaffordable. UQ experts discuss what is needed to enable Australians to move out of housing stress.
- Is AI technology such as ChatGPT saving you time or stealing your job?
- An expert in the field of molecular biology, and an educator specialising in Down syndrome research are among The University of Queensland staff and alumni recognised in the 2023 Australia Day Honours.
- 'Contact' checks in with Marcie the greyhound after her successful adoption from the UQ VETS Clinical Studies Centre and learns how you can help 'suppawt' the next generation of veterinary professionals.
- A team of UQ experts believe e-scooters and e-bikes could help alleviate mobility pressures in major cities around the world, with Brisbane at the forefront of the transport revolution.
- A team of UQ students and alumni are on a mission to launch Australia into space by building a scalable and zero-emissions rocket engine that doesn’t cost the Earth – all with the help of 3D printing.
- Contact chats with sustainable food systems specialist and leadership coach Michelle Grant about the state of our food systems and how we can feed ourselves more sustainably amid a cost-of-living crisis.
- A UQ researcher has discovered that black soldier fly larvae are a nutrient-rich, sustainable and easy-to-farm protein that could help future proof our food supply. And, remarkably, taste-testing volunteers can't tell the difference.
- It’s OK for children to see parents experience and manage different emotions. But when getting angry, yelling and shouting are a default response, this can have negative consequences for children (and parents).
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- When Telegraph journalist F.J. Bryan penned a letter to the University of Queensland (UQ) Senate proposing “a scheme for the higher education of journalists”, little did he know it was the beginning of a long legacy of Australian journalism.
- Graduate Certificate in Writing, Editing and Publishing student Sebastian Kirkpatrick shares his first-hand experience working as an intern for the UQ Alumni Book Fair and describes how volunteers like him are breathing new life into rare books.
- Join award-winning journalists and UQ graduates Marian Wilkinson and Tegan Taylor, as they lift the curtain on climate-change politics and discuss how quality science reporting can play a role in helping Australia reach its emission targets.
- It’s quite reasonable to expect that the outgoing head of the Uniting Church in Queensland would be a UQ graduate. But what degree?
- With international travel on hold during the pandemic, it appears that the desire for domestic travel might be the key to keeping Australian tourism afloat. But is the domestic rescue package our ticket to tourism recovery?
- Contact caught up with UQ Olympic experts about how hosting the Games in 2032 will benefit Brisbane and Australia's future athletes.
- UQ graduate and Contact contributor Andrew Kidd Fraser spoke to language and linguistics expert Emeritus Professor Roly Sussex to learn more about the origins of names and how spelling has evolved over time.
- For anyone who would accept an incorrect food order over raising it with the wait staff – this article is for you.
- Brisbane bookworms can look forward to the return of the city’s oldest book fair – although, it might not be the one you think.
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- A funding injection of up to $17 million for vital University of Queensland research.
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