The University of Queensland (UQ) Pro Bono Centre acknowledged the work of community spirited law students at an awards ceremony on Wednesday 22 August.
The Australian Federal Government’s decision to pull the plug on their proposed amendments to racial discrimination laws has been slammed by liberal-leaning Australians.
Congratulations to Lalotoa Mulitalo who was recently awarded a PhD in Law, making her the third Samoan to be awarded a Law PhD and the second to achieve this at an Australian University.
A recent landmark ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada in R v Hart (2014 SCC 52) has raised several concerns over a controversial undercover police tactic known as ‘Mr Big’ operations.
The Royal Exhibition, warmly known as the Ekka, is Queensland’s largest annual event. It is a reflection of Queensland’s diversity, encompassing regional and urban attractions. The first “Royal Show” was held in 1921, when His Majesty King George V signed off on the show to take place. The show runs for 10 days and attracts over half a million visitors.
The University of Queensland students and alumni that represented Australia at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games returned home with three gold, two silver and four bronze medals.
Although many Australian women and men will experience some type of physical or sexual assault in their lifetime, domestic violence often goes unreported or is not spoken about.
The University of Queensland will be a force to be reckoned with at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, with 17 past and present students competing for gold, and a staff member umpiring in the hockey.
Anthony Matis, CPA Australia's General Manager for Business Development and Education has been incredibly successful in a range of roles across corporate service and audit as well is in senior finance positions.
We congratulate Dayle Craswick as the UQ Law School winner of the 2014 Una Prentice award. Dayle achieved the highest GPA (6.33) among the women graduating in her year of study at the UQ Law School.
The third article has a focus on reputation management in the digital age and is centred on advice from three professionals who engage with social media in their everyday work lives.
The second article in the series looks at listening in the context of digital culture and user generated content, a topic that has been discussed in depth by Dr Tanja Dreher, visiting research fellow at The University of Queensland.
UQ Business School final year PhD student, Paul Newbury, was recently named as a ‘Student Mentee’ at the 2014 Advance Global Australian Awards, held at the Sydney Opera House.
For Privacy Awareness Week, The University of Queensland will be staging a multi-disciplinary forum exploring the wide-ranging consequences, issues and opportunities arising from society’s dependence on interactive technology.
There are currently 11.5 million Australians in paid employment and according to studies late last year by Roy Morgan Research, just over three quarters of them are satisfied with their jobs.
The University of Queensland is celebrating the addition of a world championship title to its growing list of mooting accolades after winning the 2014 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in Washington DC, USA.