What's on
April events
UQ Art Museum: ‘These Entanglements: Ecology After Nature’
Until Saturday 14 June
UQ Art Museum’s new exhibition explores petroleum, chemicals, and bacteria have become agents of history. Humanity, or rather the settler-colonial project, has infiltrated every environment on a molecular level, resulting in anthropogenic climate crisis. ‘These Entanglements: Ecology After Nature’ gathers artists from across the globe exploring cross-disciplinary discourses that decentre the human subject.
Open textbook grants information session
Tuesday 15 April
Join an online information session to learn about the Library’s open textbook grant program, which supports UQ teaching staff to create zero-cost learning resources for students. The session will cover key grant deadlines and provide an overview of the grant application process.
Health and Wellbeing Community of Practice information session
Tuesday 15 April
Collaborate with staff, students and other organisations to share your expertise and lived experiences to achieve the mission of UQ’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2025–2028. The strategy aims to enhance student health and wellbeing across all components of academic life, through evidence-informed, localised and equitable approaches. Join the online information session to learn more and help UQ become a health-promoting university.
Stretch RAP information session
Wednesday 16 April
Staff are invited to join an online workshop designed to help you navigate and implement the new UQ Stretch RAP 2025–2027.
Getting research into policy and practice workshop
Tuesday 22 April
This interactive half-day workshop is designed for academics, professionals and students who want to improve their understanding of the political and government landscape, and how to frame and promote their research to inform and help shape policy. At the workshop, hosted by UQ’s Centre for Policy Futures, learn from experts in government and policy.
UQ Disability Masterclass: in person at St Lucia
Wednesday 23 April
The Disability Masterclass, run by UQ’s Disability Inclusion Advocacy Network (UQ DIAN), provides an overview of disability rights, the definition of disability, and fostering an inclusive environment for staff with disabilities at UQ. By completing this training, you’ll be eligible to join the UQ DIAN, a disability-led staff network open to people with disabilities and allies. You will also improve your professional practice for disability inclusion.
May events
UQ Neuroscience Symposium
Thursday 29 and Friday 30 May
UQ's Queensland Brain Institute and the UQ Faculty of Health, Medicine and Biological Sciences are holding their biennial UQ Neuroscience Symposium in May. Join your neuroscience colleagues from across UQ to hear the latest insights and research in the field.