Student life

Second year Bachelor of Engineering student Rebecca Azzopardi has just departed for 21 days in Japan, on a Mitsui Educational Foundation Study Tour. She tells Small Change about it.

Hammers thud under a spring sky, as students strike clay and rock from the walls of Dinmore quarry. Each swing is calculated, and each clump of clay, dirt or mud searched thoroughly. They’re searching for dinosaur food: fossilised flora from the Triassic Age

During his first year in Australia, after fleeing from his home in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mokwa faced many challenges: cultural differences, language issues, and adapting to a whole new environment. Sparked from his experience of life in a refugee camp, Mokwa had developed a keen interest in health and population health.

Earlier this year the social media world was beset with the story of Brock Turner – a swimming scholarship student of Stanford University in the US who was convicted of three counts of felony sexual assault against an intoxicated and unconscious female student.

When baby Piper arrived, Emma Howe was acing her Masters of Physiotherapy studies with near-perfect scores. Thanks to the support she received at UQ, she juggled her academic momentum with motherhood to graduate as valedictorian with a GPA of 6.59 . . .

University of Queensland marketing specialist Danielle Koopman has decided to stray from the usual mid-life crisis coping mechanisms of buying a car or travelling to Tuscany, and instead is taking on a health science degree.

United States graduate Erik Simmons recounts the stress, the searching, the breakthrough and how he ended up with the PhD project of his dreams at UQ.

G’day! Here in Brizzy we are on the verge of winter, the sun is shining, the locals are complaining that it’s cold and the shops are full of winter clothes… last time I checked it was 26 degrees. If this is an Australian, sorry ‘stralyan, winter, I could definitely get used to it.

Studying Social Work as a mature aged student in my forties was not a quick decision, but one that is continually providing opportunities that have helped me realise I made the right choice.

There are many of things to consider when choosing a university. PhD student Natasha Taylor writes how UQ’s people and its embracing approach to diversity, rather than a sunny climate and sprawling green campus, lured her to St Lucia and supported her once she arrived.