Awards and achievements

Reading 10,000 books is not as useful as travelling 10,000 miles, says a Chinese proverb, and three University of Queensland students are taking the advice to heart.

Seven University of Queensland undergraduates will study in destinations around the Indo‑Pacific region after being named as 2017 Fellows and scholars under the New Colombo Plan. 

A team of undergraduate UQ Business School students – including Economics/Laws (Honours) student Nigel Turay, defeated a noteworthy list of Ivy League and international university teams at the prestigious Cornell International Real Estate Competition held in New York.

Peta Stephenson, a TC Beirne School of Law PhD student, was presented with the 2016 Research Higher Degree Excellence in Research Award last Wednesday.

A University of Queensland student employability service has won a prestigious 2016 Australian Financial Review Higher Education Award.

 Mr Gabriel Perry was named UQ Graduate of the Year at Courting the Greats, UQ's annual alumni awards ceremony held earlier this month.

The Women Lawyers Association of Queensland (WLAQ) hosted its 38th Annual Awards dinner on Friday 21st October at the Hilton Hotel Brisbane.

Two UQ TC Beirne School of Law students fought their way to the grand final of the Australia and New Zealand Air Law Moot on 3-4 September.

The TC Beirne School of Law celebrated the School’s outstanding research outputs and acknowledged excellence in research on Thursday 18th September during UQ Research Week.

The Women in Law Awards announced University of Queensland student Megan Applegarth as a finalist for Law Student of the Year.