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Part of the Pod
No full textPart of the Pod' reveals the real connection between dolphins and humans, showing us a deep bond that comes from the depths of the water.
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2022 Business Leaders Hall of Fame inductees
No full textThe Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame, was established by QUT and the State Library of Queensland in 2009 to recognise the state's most influential business leaders
Queensland University of Technology: Annual Report 2022
Get PDFThe QUT community acknowledges that our university occupies Aboriginal lands, the Country of the Turrbal and Yugara people: lands that were never ceded. We pay our respects to their Elders—past, present and emerging— and thank them for their wisdom, forbearance and spirit of sharing. We respectfully recognise the role that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from all over Australia play within the university and in the wider community. We celebrate that the lands on which we live, study and work have always been places of learning, research and engagement.
Despite the continuing challenges that COVID-19 presented throughout 2022, the university community has learned, adapted and evolved our procedures and practices. QUT continued to provide a high-quality educational experience through a blend of channels to our broad diversity of students, many of whom returned happily to a vibrant and stimulating campus while others remained engaged through our outstanding online provision. The professionalism of QUT staff, including our student support teams, learning designers, technicians and front-line educators, has been critical to operational continuity through the evolving circumstances.
In February and March 2022, QUT was impacted by South-East Queensland’s flood emergency which delayed the beginning of Semester 1 by one week and closed campuses while the clean-up and repair was undertaken.
The respectful and collegial way that staff and students have dealt with our new realities—from observing social distancing measures to adjusted working arrangements—exemplifies the QUT ethos of making a practical, caring and resourceful response to adversity.
After extensive consultation and engagement with staff, students and relevant stakeholders, QUT has committed a refreshed strategy for 2023 to 2027, Connections, which outlines our priorities with the values and principles that underpin them and addresses the future combining physical and virtual connections. Connections is a bold plan to connect aspiration to opportunity for our students and staff, to expand pathways for our Indigenous Australian students and academics, and to build supportive and productive research environments. Connections will guide us through the coming years, helping us to navigate uncertainty while pursuing opportunity. It will be underpinned by a range of new initiatives including the Research Potential Fund.
Organisational changes made in 2021, in close consultation with staff and their representatives, enabled QUT to address these challenges while continuing to improve provision across our core missions of learning and teaching, research and community engagement. A review of that repositioning process is underway, with listening sessions and other means of feedback enabling staff to engage with senior leaders and outline what is working well, what needs to be improved and any specific areas of focus going forward.
Despite all the measures we have taken, the financial challenges of the pandemic, floods and changed Commonwealth student funding arrangements has still demanded prudence, vigilance and careful stewardship of resources. While our 2022 financial results are in line with expectations, it is clear that the coming few years will demand the same financial rectitude that has underpinned our performance thus far. In that context and after careful financial assessment, the Vice-Chancellor was pleased to be able to make a one-off performance bonus to eligible staff in December, in recognition of the hard work and dedication that steered QUT through adversity over the course of the year.
The contribution of our talented and dedicated staff to the success of QUT was also central to the enterprise bargaining the university conducted throughout 2022 with the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) and the individual bargaining representative. Negotiations were respectful and fruitful, with the bargaining parties reaching in-principle agreement at year’s end on the terms of both the academic and professional staff enterprise agreements, subject only to the approval of the NTEU National Executive and members.
Work continued in 2022 on QUT You, an exciting and innovative curriculum development project that will evolve the student academic experience to align uniquely with our university strengths and to better harness the rich contribution that peers and external partners make to modern learning. The model has been developed after extensive consultation with students, staff, industry partners, school leaders and other stakeholders. The new curriculum will be piloted in 2023, in preparation for a full launch for all commencing undergraduate students from Semester 1 2024.
Pursuant to the passage of the Queensland University of Technology Amendment Act 2021, the QUT Council reforms were fully implemented in 2022, with a streamlined membership and improved balance of external and internal members to facilitate the necessary skills mix on Council. After the resignation of our fifth Chancellor, Dr Xiaoling Liu, Council appointed Ms Ann Sherry AO as the sixth Chancellor of QUT. Ms Sherry brings a wealth of experience as a senior leader across government, industry and the not-for-profit sector. The Governor of Queensland, Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young AC PSM, formally installed Ms Sherry at a ceremony in December at which the Premier, the Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk MP, added her welcome on behalf of her government and the people of Queensland. QUT is immensely grateful to Dr Liu for her wisdom and sage leadership of the university, bringing us safely through a period dominated literally by flood and pestilence. The acumen, advice and dedication of QUT Council was also critical to navigating yet another challenging year.
In another significant change in the senior leadership, our Provost, Professor Nic Smith, departed
QUT to take up his appointment as Vice-Chancellor of Te Herenga
Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. While we are of course saddened by his departure, we wish him every success in this exciting and challenging new role. The Provost’s duties have been divided between Distinguished Professor Christopher Barner-Kowollik, now Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research) and Professor Robina Xavier, now Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Academic).
The QUT Executive Team was further strengthened in 2022 by the reappointment of the Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Margaret Sheil AO, for another five-year term, the appointment of Kiri Pettigrew as General Counsel, and the confirmation of responsibilities in new titles for: Angela Barney-Leitch, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Australians); Neil Ainsworth, Vice-President (Finance) and Chief Financial Officer; Huw Davies, Vice-President (Digital) and Chief Digital Officer; Gillian Bromley, Vice-President (People) and Chief People Officer.
QUT continues its work to advance a key priority in Indigenous Australian Engagement, Success and Empowerment. Led by Angela Barney-Leitch, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Australians) and supported by QUT Elder-in-Residence Gregory Egert—affectionately and respectfully known to all as Uncle Cheg—we further strengthened our award-winning Campus to Country strategy, which commits QUT to embedding Indigenous Australian cultures, knowledges and perspectives within the fabric of our campuses.
In 2022 QUT released a five-year Gender Equity and Diversity in STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine) plan, committing to build on our strong track record and lead by example in increasing gender equity and diversity. We also extended our obligation to creating a safe and welcoming environment for all LGBTIQA+ staff, students and visitors, with new senior executive members joining their established colleagues in undertaking Ally training. We also continued our strong commitment to the protection of academic freedom and freedom of speech, in accordance with the long-standing traditions of higher education in Australia and globally. The capacity of all staff and students to participate fully, safely and with dignity in the life of the university is absolutely central to our very being at QUT.
Throughout 2022 QUT undertook a number of initiatives to improve employee experience and enhance organisational culture following the 2021 organisational change and guided by the 2021 Staff Survey responses. A major component of this work focused on organisational culture, around three key themes that emerged from the survey: decision making; leadership and development; and ways of working. Designated sponsors led action planning through working groups that engaged staff to devise improvements over the short, medium and long terms that will supplement the strong levels of loyalty, belief in QUT values, and cooperative, respectful and trusting relationships between colleagues and supervisors that QUT staff report.
The first and still the largest of its
kind in Australia, our flagship
equity program—the Learning Potential Fund (LPF)—continues to lead the sector as a testament to the QUT community’s conviction that financial hardship should be no barrier to high-quality higher education. In 2022, 1,523 students received a Learning Potential Fund scholarship, bringing the total number of students supported to 35,000 since the LPF was established in 1998. On our annual QUT Giving Day, over 900 donors came together to imagine what’s next, raising over $2.7 million for a range of life-changing projects.
2022 was a year of significant achievements and developments for QUT. We joined forces with Germany’s Max Planck Society, one of the world’s foremost scientific institutions, to establish the first joint Max Planck Center in Australia. We launched our landmark Indigenous Research Strategy to develop a pipeline of Indigenous Australian research talent and launched the Australian Cobotics Centre (ARC Training Centre for Collaborative Robotics in Advanced Manufacturing). We hosted the 2022 Indigenous Nationals (26 to 30 June), a week-long multi-sport competition for Indigenous student athletes from universities across Australia. In partnership with Griffith University, CQU and the Queensland State Government, we established the Columboola Solar Farm to supply QUT with renewable energy to cover half our energy needs at Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove and reduce QUT annual carbon emissions (CO2e) by 20,000 tonnes.
Our institutional accolades— highlighting our outstanding achievements across learning and teaching, research and professional practice—are matched by the external recognition of our remarkable people.
With the benefit of decades of generous public funding, enthusiastic community support and dynamic industry engagement, QUT is blessed today with excellent facilities, vibrant campuses and a proud tradition of an engaged, real-world orientation.
Nevertheless, the university’s success is above all testament to the diligence, commitment, expertise and enthusiasm of the people who together are QUT—our students, staff, Council and alumni—as well as those in government and industry who partner with us to our mutual benefit.
We commend this report to the Queensland Parliament and to all colleagues, partners and contributors to the life of QUT—Queensland’s and Australia’s university for the real world
The Verandah 2020 Episode 1 Live
No full text"This episode of The Verandah features interviews with drag performer Vollie LaVont and band Selfish Sons, who will also be performing . Our roaming reporter Lexy will also interview Kris Stewart the Artistic Director of the Brisbane Powerhouse.
The Verandah is a late night studio talk show that highlights the behind-the-scenes of Australian arts and culture, through light-hearted interviews and engaging performances."
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"Traversing the Globe - the L'Estrange photographic legacy" - Traditional exhibition photographs and descriptions (R Block, Kelvin Grove QUT Library)
Get PDFPhotographs and descriptions re the "Traversing the Globe - the L'Estrange photographic legacy
GIF's made from L'Estrange images: 2021
No full textThe photos used in this entry come from the collection QUT Alumni Donations which is one of the QUT Digital Collections. These photos were taken around the turn of the 20th century and have been digitised from glass plates. They have a wide geographic origin and were taken by R.A.H. L’Estrange (b. 1858 – d. 1941) an amateur photographer who emigrated from Ireland to Queensland, Australia. For more information about please see: Photos and life story of Robert Augustus Henry L'Estrange, b.1858- d.194
The L'Estrange family tree (modified version)
Get PDFThis family tree shows the direct relationships from Edgar William L'Estrange and Frances Mary Henderson as they relate to Robert Augustus Henry L'Estrange and his descendants
MP4 made from Australia copies R.A.H. L'Estrange images: 2021
No full textThe photos used in this MP4 come from the QUT Alumni Donations collections which is one of the QUT Digital Collections. These photos were taken around the turn of the 20th century and have been digitised from lantern slides and glass plates. They have a wide geographic origin and were taken by R.A.H. L’Estrange (b. 1858 – d. 1941) an amateur photographer who emigrated from Ireland to Queensland, Australia. For more information about please see: Photos and life story of Robert Augustus Henry L'Estrange, b.1858- d.194
True North
No full textPirates are discriminated against and sent to facilities to be rid of their pirate nature, when all they truly desire is to be themselves. But, through self-acceptance, courage and community, five pirates; James, Oakley, Skylar, Oliver and John, will form a bond that will turn them into a true pirate crew.
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Bustard Head
No full text"Bustard Head is a historical re-enactment documentary directed by Lucy Lakshman. Exploring the horrors of life at Australia's most gruesome lighthouses, telling the story of Nils Gibson and his family. Shot entirely in a studio and using constructed sets, it takes a theatrical approach to documentary filmmaking.
First developed in 2019-2020 but cancelled due to COVID19, Bustard Head was finally able to move into production in 2021. Winner of ATOM Award for Best Student Documentary."
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