Alumni

For the second year running, BEL alumni led the pack at the annual UQ Alumni Awards, securing eight of the 17 top honours.

Tourists are coming face-to-face with Queensland’s Indigenous communities through a social enterprise started by two University of Queensland students.

UQ Faculty of Business, Economics and Law (BEL) alumni and affiliates have featured in the 2016 Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

Leading Australian businessman, University of Queensland alumnus and philanthropist Mr Malcolm Broomhead this week visited UQ to share his business insights with students and present the first instalment of his $3 million gift to help establish UQ’s first Chair of Finance.

With an estimated one in six women in the Australian workforce having experienced domestic violence, workplaces have an important role in supporting victims according to UQ alumni and gender diversity advocate Julie McKay.

Renowned economist and UQ alumnus Dr Ian Harper has been appointed a Board Member of the Reserve Bank of Australia, bringing the number of UQ alumni currently serving on the Board to three.

Australia’s newest ambassador to Cambodia is none other than University of Queensland alumnus Angela Corcoran.