The sea of flowers and messages of condolence in Sydney’s Martin Place is reminiscent of public mourning in the Victorian era. At that time, it was common for over a thousand people to attend a public figure’s funeral.
19 December 2014All first year students at the University of Technology Sydney could soon be required to take a compulsory maths course in an attempt to give them some numerical thinking skills. The new course would be an elective next year and mandatory in 2016...
18 December 2014Researchers from The University of Queensland have found managers can increase productivity levels and prevent burnout by helping employees feel part of a group.
17 December 2014Few, if any, contemporary costume designers are household names. Some occasionally capture the zeitgeist and break through from big (or small) screen to mainstream fashion – think Catherine Martin and her recent “Gatsby” moment – but these are...
15 December 2014University of Queensland researchers have found evidence to suggest that men who react adversely to romantic rejection and act violently towards women are more likely to be socially dominant. In two online surveys of more than 550 men, researchers...
4 December 2014Australia’s long-running literary flagship program – Poetica on Radio National (RN) – is slated for axing in 2015. It’s one more casualty of the cuts to the ABC budget, announced last week. For the first time since 1946, ABC Radio will be without a...
1 December 2014Last week, The Australian reported that 49 artworks had been identified by the Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA) with gaps in their ownership history that could signal they were stolen.
1 December 2014From reporting on US President Barack Obama’s landmark Brisbane address to analysing politics at the International Media Centre, University of Queensland journalism and communications students had all angles of the G20 covered.
27 November 2014For most of us, death conjures up strong feelings. We project all kinds of fears onto it. We worry about it, dismiss it, laugh it off, push it aside or don’t think about it at all. Until we have to. Of course, death – our own, a friend’s, a family...
27 November 2014As UN Security Council president for November, Australia’s major initiative was to promote the centrality of civilian policing in UN peace operations. The result is the first ever Security Council resolution dedicated to the topic. The resolution...
26 November 2014The law’s increasing reach into the private lives of individuals will be a focus of attention at The University of Queensland next month.
24 November 2014An anthropologist from The University of Queensland has been welcomed as one of six new Australians to the National Cultural Heritage Committee.
13 November 2014Nine University of Queensland Press (UQP) titles feature in a list of 20 books that will be given to travellers leaving Brisbane’s international airport after the G20.
11 November 2014ABC’s new Indigenous sketch show Black Comedy, which premiered last night, is touted as a “show by blackfellas … for everyone”. As a blackfella, I’m not sure I agree that it is for “everyone” but that’s precisely why I love it.
6 November 2014University of Queensland journalism students will take Brisbane news to the global stage when they report on the G20 summit in November.
30 October 2014By now we know that traditional Indigenous languages are losing speakers rapidly and tragically. Of the 250 languages once spoken in Australia, only 40 remain and just 18 of these are still learnt by children. But if children in remote Indigenous...
29 October 2014Two books published by the University of Queensland Press have been shortlisted in the 2014 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. Gabrielle Carey’s 'Moving Among Strangers: Randolph Stow and My Family' is one of five titles shortlisted for the non-...
29 October 2014Award-winning Afghani photojournalist Barat Ali Batoor will explore the internet’s global advocacy and investigative journalism opportunities at a free University of Queensland symposium tomorrow.
27 October 2014University of Queensland Press author Dr Nicholas Clements will launch his historical book The Black War in Brisbane this Thursday night (October 23).
21 October 2014University of Queensland students from eight countries have won a national YouTube video competition to show Australia that singing can help build stronger communities.
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