Welcome to Small Change

For most of the world’s poorest people, 'how to grow food' is a question of life and death. However, a UQ research project is aiming to help change lives.

Environmental scientists struggle to reduce their carbon footprint. UQ’s Dr Matthew Holden says this provides lessons for all.

It’s not every day you come across an instrument made out of fabric but that’s exactly what Trevor Hunter and his team created as part of their Physical Computing and Interaction Design Studio course.

PhD student Michael Mersiades spent a month in Shanghai working for a startup company, thanks to the China Mobility Program.  A self-confessed language geek, Michael found his skills were in demand.

Nestled in the Manali Valley at the foothills of the Indian Himalayas is the Lady Willingdon Hospital, a small but busy facility with a unique philosophy: no patient will be turned away, no matter their race, religion, age, sex or financial situation.

Some would argue that face-to-face medical appointments are the most effective way to treat a patient, but a University of Queensland study begs to differ.

UQ architecture student Siubhan Rudge’s aspirations to work in Asia led her to the heat of Myanmar’s capital city Yangon thanks to the New Colombo Plan.

Professional staff from UQ’s School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences have built 17 emergency water filtration systems in two hours, as part of a team-building activity.

UQ students Daniel Hutchison and Daniel Parnell spent four weeks in Tianjin as part of the Confucius Institute’s 2017 UQ Research, Study and Experience Tour to China. They reflect on their time abroad, and their exposure to a new culture and language.

Meet Rudy and Lupin. These pooches live with a house full of students, so they’re no strangers to the emotional rollercoaster that is a university semester. Enthusiasm, determination, stress, exhaustion, and even pure laziness – they’ve seen it all. So no matter what you study, they’ll take you through 14 moments typical to every university student’s semester.