News and events

Join us to celebrate International Women’s Day at the UQ International Women’s Day Symposium on Tuesday 5 March.

An update from the UQ SAT on their activities and achievements from each of their meetings.

Update from the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) and members of the SAT on the progress of UQ's participation in the SAGE Pilot of Athena SWAN.

UQ Belles are hosting international speaker Prof Donna Ginther who will be discussing the value of mentoring for women in academia.

Nominations are now open for the Women in Technology awards!

The Women in Technology 2018 Board Readiness Program aims to address the under-representation of women on boards by providing participants with the skills required to become highly effective Board members and providing them with the opportunity to showcase these skills to some of Queensland's highest profile organisations.

UQ staff and students are invited to the TropAg2017 Gender and Food Breakfast seminar, hosted by QAAFI, to explore the gender dimensions of agriculture and food production.

Dr Jacqui Romero wins L’Oreal-Unesco For Women in Science fellowship.

Join UQ’s SAGE Pilot of Athena SWAN Self-Assessment Team for this interactive panel discussion, where you can learn more about UQ’s involvement in the pilot, and what it means for UQ and our staff working in STEMM disciplines.

Join UQ’s SAGE Pilot of Athena SWAN Self-Assessment Team for this interactive panel discussion, where you can learn more about UQ’s involvement in the pilot, and what it means for UQ and our staff working in STEMM disciplines.

The Fellowships aim to enhance the promotion prospects of academic women, and increase women's representation in senior academic roles.

Join UQ’s SAGE Pilot of Athena SWAN Self-Assessment Team for this interactive panel discussion, where you can learn more about UQ’s involvement in the pilot, and what it means for UQ and our staff working in STEMM disciplines.

The University of Queensland invites you to join us at the gala event, In Conversation with Nobel Laureate Professor Elizabeth Blackburn AC.

We are proud to announce that Dr Alienor Chauvenet was a finalist in the Advance Queensland Young Tall Poppy Scientist of the Year award.

The Science and Technology Australia Superstars of STEM have been announced. The program aims to smash society's gender assumptions about scientists and increase the public visibility of women in STEM.

UQ has been invited to nominate one woman researcher to attend the invitation only Super STEM Communicator workshop as part of the SAGE Symposium. 

The Sun Foundation is excited to launch the second annual Peer Prize for Women in Science. This is an annual prize for women researchers across Australia with a mission to accelerate open knowledge exchange and cross-disciplinary innovation. Peers are now welcome to cast their vote on the entries for the award.

Women in Mathematics Special Interest Group of the Australian Mathematical Society organised a talk by Professor Birgit Loch, Chair for Teaching and Learning in the College of Science, Health and Engineering at La Trobe University titled 'A peer-mentoring program towards female academic promotion'.

Professor Melissa Brown has been appointed as UQ's first female Executive Dean of Science.

University of Queensland researchers will be among 12 women taking to the streets to share their passion for science at Australia’s first Soapbox Science event on Saturday 20 August.

UQ staff and students are invited to attend an information session on the SAGE Pilot provided by the SAGE Executive Director, Dr Wafa El-Adhami.