Staff spotlight

Aliisa Mylonas was destined to end up in education. As a child, she would gather her friends from the neighbourhood, line them up in front of the blackboard under her house, and teach lessons off the cuff.

But it wasn’t until Aliisa’s final year of school – when a teacher encouraged her to choose secondary teaching over journalism – that the pieces fell into place. She completed a Diploma of Teaching followed by a Bachelor of Education and quickly fell in love with the art of pedagogy. 

Over a decade ago, Angie Knaggs made the bold decision to pack up her life in Cape Town, South Africa and move to Australia to pursue a PhD in media studies at UQ.

Fast forward a few years, and the adventurous PhD graduate began lecturing in media studies, first at Bond University and then at the SAE Institute, a private international university specialising in creative media.

For BEL Student Experience Officer, qualified massage therapist and aromatherapist Belinda Van Der Merwe, healing is at the heart of everything she does.

Belinda is a part-time member of BEL’s Student Experience Team, where she processes student applications, deals with progression checks and answers program-related enquiries.

If you’ve worked for UQ long enough, chances are that BEL Student Experience Officer Navvii Lingam will look familiar – regardless of whether you’ve had the pleasure of meeting her.
You might recognise Navvii from her brief stint as a UQ model. She participated in a 2016 UQ advertising campaign, appearing in a UQ Entry Options guide, on the website, and on at least one billboard.