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Mother Nature has intervened in UQU’s much-anticipated annual TOGA party, which was scheduled to take place today but has officially been cancelled due to poor weather conditions. The overnight rain, which has continued through the day, has rendered the party’s venue (The Great Court at UQ’s St Lucia campus) completely unusable. Speaking with the contractors […]
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Mental Health and Well-being play a significant role in students’ general welfare, academic performance, social life, future employment prospects, and risk of dropping out of university. Universities are critical in shaping a working environment that profoundly impacts the psychosocial risks and the general mental health and well-being of both staff and students. Indeed, the 1986 […]
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To attend university, study and attend classes or to miss a class and that time you wanted to study to work a shift to earn some extra income to afford the incoming week’s rent or bill you need to pay – that is the reoccurring question that many students are now asking themselves because of […]
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Recap: In early December last year, the Federal Government released its 99-page Migration Strategy to address temporary skills shortages and close ‘loopholes’ in the existing migration system. The key themes of this package include better protection for the worker’s rights of temporary migrants and a renewed focus on permanent migrants to meet Australia’s workforce needs. […]
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On the 15th of December, the outgoing 2023 UQU executive team uploaded a press release onto the UQU website. It read: ‘Notice of Successful Referendum: Proposal to Incorporate the University of Queensland Union’. Well, it seems at least one referendum passed in 2023. Satire aside, the media release explains the reason for incorporating, revealing how […]
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UQU is set to become the most powerful member of the National Union of Students…
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With many Australian universities returning to in-person education, online-options are being left behind and so are disabled students. Prior to 2020, many tertiary education institutions across Australia had very limited options available for online study. This is despite repeated calls from the disability community for adequately resourced online options that support both staff and students, […]
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Last Wednesday (01/03/2023), a protest was held against the University of Queensland’s administration regarding UQ Res. Here are the issues students were fighting against, and exactly what happened on the day.
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“We come from all over the world, and we definitely miss home, so everyone should feel included. That’s why we’re doing these sorts of cultural events throughout the year”
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The Courier Mail (CM) is preparing a story, likely a beat up (let’s be honest), on Semper Floreat about two of the articles in our latest print edition. The University and the Student Union have been approached by a CM journalist describing our hypothetical guide to safe shoplifting and a story about police abolition as, […]
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