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More than 1700 students graduated from UQ’s Faculty of Business, Economics and Law last week, bringing the total undergraduate and postgraduates for 2015 to 3192.

International postgraduate student Fulya Çalık Toker has had quite a year. The Master of Business (Advanced) student will graduate from The University of Queensland this week as a valedictorian, after recently starting full-time work at a Brisbane strategic consultancy firm. Her third child was born in May.

For more than 100 years the University of Queensland’s prestigious Archibald Scholarship has been awarded each year to a high-achieving economics student.

Five generations of UQ law cohorts came together at the TC Beirne School of Law class reunions on Saturday 28 November.

UQ Law Professor Heather Douglas comments on the overturned verdict of Gerard Baden-Clay from murder to manslaughter.

A once-in-a-lifetime experience in Singapore awaits Bachelor of Economics/Laws student Samuel Bullen, who was awarded the Federal Government’s 2016 New Colombo Plan Scholarship.

The exceptional quality of UQ’s Faculty of Business, Economics and Law (BEL) research was re-affirmed in the recently-released 2015 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) assessment.

An exciting partnership between the UQ TC Beirne School of Law and the Indonesian Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) Faculty of Law was celebrated last Monday at UQ.

Queensland judicial leaders tried their hands as graffiti artists at The University of Queensland’s landmark Forgan Smith building this morning to mark the beginning of a new chapter in the building’s history.

What do tourist behaviours and disability law have in common? Both topics are currently being explored by two of the Faculty’s most promising young researchers, Betheli O’Carroll and Dr Richard Robinson, who were recognised last Thursday with BEL research awards.

While most law students find it challenging just to stay on top of their study schedules, aspiring lawyer William Isdale, 23, has already been published in leading international journals, presented in academic forums, has a media profile and is contributing to national debate on a variety of ethical issues.

University of Queensland alumnus Tom Gole has been selected as one of 15 young Australian leaders to take part in a high-level forum on Australia-China relations this December.

UQ’s Faculty of Business, Economics and Law has been awarded over $3 million in Australian Research Council (ARC) grant funding.

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Congratulations to UQ BEL alumnus John Ahern, who won the People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year prize at the Queensland Literary Awards for his breakthrough first novel, On The Road…With Kids!

An American rugby union hooker who has represented the US internationally is the inaugural winner of The University of Queensland’s Mark Loane Medal.

An American rugby union hooker who has represented the US internationally is the inaugural winner of The University of Queensland’s Mark Loane Medal.

A generous donation from two University of Queensland alumni will kick-start a new research centre focused on one of Australia’s most pressing problems – providing affordable and sustainable healthcare.

A UQBS team came second in the annual CFA Institute Research Challenge – a global competition that provides university students with hands-on mentoring and intensive training in financial analysis.

The TC Beirne School of Law hosted the second Australia and New Zealand Air Law Moot competition on September 28-29, 2015.

The winner of the inaugural London BEL Alumni Ambassador Council Tutor Award, final year Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) student Huu Phat (Kevin) Thai, plans to pursue an academic career and said the award was a wonderful boost.