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UQ announces it will consider degree “in favour of Western Civilization”, just in time for Australia Day

The University of Queensland will be considering the Ramsay Centre’s pro-Western Civilization degree, according to an email to UQ staff from Vice Chancellor Professor Peter Høj this Monday. The email refers to an earlier discussion between UQ and the Ramsay Centre that took place at the end of last year. “With 2018 coming to a […]

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Epic Voted Out at QUT, UQU Elections Still Not Final

Students at the Queensland University of Technology have voted out the current governing party for the Student Guild, the Returning Officer announced tonight, but UQ Union election results remain undecided. EPIC was previously declared the victors of an uncontested election earlier this semester, but the Guild’s independent electoral tribunal declared the process of calling for […]

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UQU Finally Allows Queensland Government To Decriminalise Abortion

In a landmark decision last night, the UQ Union finally allowed the State Government to pass a law decriminalising abortion. UQ’s Student Union was established in 1912 as the peak body for legislative oversight in Queensland. The process of removing abortion laws from the Queensland Criminal Code has been discussed in state politics for the […]

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UQ’s Co-op Bookstore has closed. What can you do now?

Straight out of nowhere, the UQ Co-Op Bookshop has disappeared and been replaced with allegedly over-priced ‘School Locker’. News broke on StalkerSpace last night, so Semper got on the case and churned out a Universe-style listicle to wrap up the semester. 1. Cry because Co-Op refuses to refund memberships We called up the Co-Op customer service line, and […]

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Bizarre Scenes As Union Governance Director Intrudes On Singapore Summit

Reporters in Singapore covering a summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un have described the bizarre scenes that unfolded as Zachary Thomas entered a private meeting between the pair to discuss current governance initiatives in the UQ Union. “Fellas, as nice as the whole denuclearisation idea is, I’m proud to announce that our president […]

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