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 ...
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Queensland researchers are asking Australians to brainstorm ideas for a project that aims to ensure people with dementia get home safely after they go missing. Dr Margaret MacAndrew from QUT and the Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration said her study ...
More »Qld universities in strong position: QTAC CEO
Despite the University of Queensland being the highest ranked university in the state, QTAC applications show the Queensland University of Technology has overtaken UQ in four of the top five courses for 2020. Campus Review spoke to Dr John Griffiths, CEO of ...
More »Literal Twittersphere shows election candidates getting traction on the site
Opposition leader Bill Shorten is seeing a slightly higher volume of election-related tweets than the Prime Minister. Engagement with Independent candidates this election is almost double what it was throughout all of the 2016 campaign. And #Watergate and questions around Murray-Darling ...
More »Bio-computer example of ‘risky’ technology that should be funded: researcher
Half-living, half-synthetic bio-computers will soon be able to reason and multi-task like humans, paving the way for a world where computers can help solve ‘unsolvable’ problems, if QUT researcher Associate Professor Dan Nicolau has his way. Nicolau, who recently published ...
More »League of Legends gamers counted as elite athletes at QUT
Students who were told that video games would rot their brain might now have another good comeback in their arsenal – should they win a $10,000 esports scholarships on offer at QUT. The university recently announced it will award five ...
More »On the move: September
Retiring after 67 years at UQ The University of Queensland’s Emeritus Professor Edward White, better known as Ted, from the School of Chemical Engineering, is about to hang up his academic gown. Ted has been a fixture of UQ for a ...
More »QUT professor Australian University Teacher of the Year
Queensland University of Technology Professor Peter Corke has been honoured with the Australian University Teacher of the Year award for his instruction in robotics. The prestigious award acknowledges an Australian academic who has an exceptional record in student teaching, educational ...
More »QUT sunscreen study encourages cricket fans to #BeatEngland
Researchers from QUT rolled out a sun smart project at the recent Brisbane Ashes Test at the Gabba aimed at reducing sunburn rates among spectators. Coinciding with National Skin Cancer Action Week, the project saw QUT researchers join the Gabba ...
More »QUT professor redefines university rankings
“Now do individual academics pay much attention to it? No, not yet. Not least because they don't have to. They're living in sort of an echo chamber, sort of a la la land where as long as they just do ...
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