Welcome to Small Change

UQ second-year business management student Elizabeth Brown has travelled home to England for the semester break, where she voted in the Brexit referendum and is now mulling over the implications of the result.

Leading Australian businessman and UQ alumnus Malcolm Broomhead credits his UQ MBA as a turning point in his career. He is giving back to the next generation through a $3 million gift to help establish UQ’s first Chair of Finance which will provide UQ business students with access to a global leader in the field.

UQ economics researcher Dr David Adamson grapples with the challenges of predicting future employment patterns.

A University of Queensland glow-worm researcher has shared his scientific expertise as part of a new Sir David Attenborough wildlife documentary on living organisms that emit light.

UQ graduate Luke Furness leads the Queensland arm of Out for Australia – a national LGBTIQ charity that provides mentoring and support to young university students of all genders and sexualities. He shares his experience about covering up his sexuality while growing up Namibia.

Despite many industries losing their way to mass production, the beakers, test tubes and countless custom-made contraptions in UQ labs are still hand-made on campus.

Located in an underwhelming brick office building with a chiropractor, massage parlour and finance broker, the Go1 office looks like your average suburban business. However, beyond this modest façade is a thriving e-learning start-up with eager young tech and business professionals, funky collaborative workspaces and a growing presence overseas.

Maybe it's the lack of mobile phone coverage or the way everyone is dressed in thongs and boardies, but Heron Island Research Station doesn’t feel like a place of business. There’s a relaxed "not a problem" attitude from almost everyone you encounter. But underneath the smell of sunscreen and salt is a team of staff and researchers fiercely passionate about their work.

UQ graduate and social entrepreneur Freeda Thong is passionate about the environment, and has found a unique way to help protect it. She is the founder of Ecopads Australia – cloth sanitary pads with a cause – and her impact has been recognised at the Queensland Young Achievers Awards where she was a semi-finalist in the Environmental and Sustainability category. Here’s her story.

Even though Schonell Theatre has all the digital bells and whistles – they still like to keep the stunning old 1920s film reel machine around. Theatre manager Ross Martin compares the technologies of last century and today.