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From Home Series | Episode 5: Online Connections
No full textSince the start of the COVID-19 quarantine, many people have struggled to maintain their social lives online. However, many people, including those in gaming communities, have developed meaningful relationships through the internet. For Brisbane filmmaker Esther, her online friends have been instrumental in getting her through struggles with mental health over the years. Similarly, finance student Andrew owes his six-year friendship with Miles to online gaming - even though the two have never met in person.
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Queensland University of Technology: Annual Report 2020
Get PDFThe QUT community acknowledges
that our university stands on
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
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.
As the university for the real world,
QUT has been well positioned to
respond to the effects of COVID-19
on government policy, the movement
of people, the economy, and how we
interact with our community. QUT
adapted to this fluid environment
by redesigning course delivery
and assessment. The university
implemented on-campus social
distancing measures and adjusted
working arrangements to ensure
continuity in a time of rapid
change. Our remarkable success
is a testament to the dedication
and resourcefulness of our staff
and students, who responded
to necessity with a practical
determination to confront adversity
and get the job done.
Strong, sustained financial health
and deep local and international
engagement have made QUT a
resilient institution, able to continue
provision of outstanding education
and extending human knowledge
throughout the crisis. QUT reacted to
economic change by implementing
savings measures, including a
travel freeze, a recruitment chill,
reductions in capital works, and an
organisational repositioning process.
The financial impact of COVID-19,
new arrangements for Commonwealth
funding and the likely slow return
of international students required a
realignment of university structure.
After a lengthy strategic and
consultative process involving staff
and their representatives, changes to
services were implemented to more
closely align services and support for
education and research; to reduce
duplication of effort; to introduce
flexibility in the support for areas
where there will be less demand in
the future; and to streamline decision
making. Under the change, QUT
transitioned into a three-division/
five-faculty configuration as of
February 2021; 159 ongoing positions
were made redundant, balanced by
the creation of 99 ongoing positions
and 41 additional fixed-term
retraining positions.
The quality of QUT’s response was
enriched by valued additions to
leadership. The year began with the
QUT community officially welcoming
new Chancellor Dr Xiaoling Liu,
whose diverse experience and global
perspective have been invaluable
during this tumultuous year. Provost
Professor Nic Smith joined QUT from
Auckland in April amidst substantial
repositioning and international travel
restrictions. The strength of QUT’s
leadership pipeline became apparent
in the appointments of QUT’s
Professor Christopher Barner-
Kowollik as Deputy Vice-Chancellor
and Vice-President (Research),
Professor Robina Xavier as Deputy
Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President
(Education), Distinguished Professor
Patsy Yates AM as Executive Dean of
the Faculty of Health, and Professor
Peter Anderson as the foundational
Executive Director of the new
Carumba Institute. Thanks are also
due to Professor Xavier for serving
as Acting Provost, Carl Cartwright
for his contribution in the role of
Acting Chief Financial Officer,
and Associate Professor Amanda
Gudmundsson and Professor Troy
Farrell for their efforts as Acting
Executive Deans of the QUT
Business School and Science and
Engineering Faculty, respectively.
QUT continued to build on the
Blueprint 6 priority of Indigenous
Engagement, Success and
Empowerment by welcoming QUT
Elder-in-Residence Gregory Egert,
affectionately and respectfully
known as Uncle Cheg. The
community-building efforts of
Uncle Cheg and the Indigenous
Strategy team are supported
by QUT’s Campus to Country:
Positioning Strategy, which commits
QUT to embedding Indigenous
Australian cultures, knowledges and
perspectives within the fabric of
our campuses. QUT ranks third in
Australia and first in Queensland for
Indigenous Australian award course
completion, and these initiatives will
be key to driving further increases in
Indigenous Australian participation,
attainment and quality of experience
in higher education.
QUT’s flagship equity program,
the Learning Potential Fund, is a
remarkable example of the QUT
community’s commitment to fair
access. The first and still the
largest of its kind in Australia, the
fund has distributed more than
33 000 scholarships and bursaries
to assist students in financial need
since its inception in 1998. The
establishment of the Emergency
Student Fund in March 2020, which
aided more than 340 students
experiencing COVID-19 financial
hardship, is the latest expression
of this commitment.
QUT was proud to partner with
the Queensland Government and
Queensland’s world-class
educators to develop the Fortitude
Valley State Secondary College,
Brisbane’s first vertical and innercity
school in more than 50 years.
The success in adapting to 2020’s
challenges by developing innovative
teacher-created, online student
learning experiences highlights
the value of collaboration between
school, government and university.
QUT once again recorded
significant achievements in academic
performance during the year.
QUT was named Australia’s best
young university in the Times
Higher Education (THE) Young
University Rankings and was
ranked 14th internationally, and
186th in the world in the 2021 THE
World University Rankings. At a
discipline level, QUT ranked 17th
globally for Communication and
Media Studies and 36th in Nursing
in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)
Subject Ranking 2020, and six
subjects placed within the top 75
of the Academic Ranking of World
Universities (ARWU) Global Ranking
of Academic Subjects: nursing
(17th), transportation science
(50th), communication, hospitality
and tourism management, civil
engineering, and education (all
51-75). QUT sits within the top 40
in employer-student connections
in the global QS Graduate
Employability Rankings 2020, and
our education graduates have the
highest graduate employability rates in the country.
Such strong ranking performances
rely entirely upon the talent
and energy of our outstanding
academics, right across the
disciplines.
QUT’s excellence across research,
learning and teaching, and
professional practice is captured by
the recognition of its people:
• Distinguished Professor Lidia
Morawska, Director of the
International Laboratory for
Air Quality and Health, who
led an international group of
239 scientists in the journal
Clinical Infectious Diseases
calling for public institutions to
recognise and mitigate airborne
transmission of COVID-19. She
was also elected a Fellow of the
Australian Academy of Science,
an acknowledgement of her
outstanding contributions to
science and society.
• Professor Michael Bode, who
received the Australian Academy
of Science Fenner Medal
for outstanding contribution
to biology. Michael’s work
addresses environmental
problems such as overfishing
and the protection of
endangered animals.
• Professor Kevin Burrage and
Professor Ken Ostrikov were
awarded the prestigious
Humboldt Prize, also known
as the Humboldt Research
Award, in recognition of their
accomplishments in research
and teaching.
• Alumna and NASA scientist
Dr Abigail Allwood, who was
named as a joint winner of the
Advance Global Australian
Award, which recognises
Australia’s top expatriates; and
alumna Dr Megan Rossi, who
was named Young Achiever
of the Year in the United
Kingdom by the Australian High
Commissioner for her trailblazing
research into gut health.
• Adam Robinson, Quandamooka
man and QUT Manager, Industry
Engagement (Indigenous
Projects), whose QUT-backed
world-first Indigenous start-up,
IndigiLedger, uses blockchain
technology to verify the
authenticity of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander artistic and
cultural works.
• The team behind the QUT Peter
Coaldrake Education Precinct,
which was awarded Building of
the Year in the 2020 Queensland
Institute of Architect awards.
QUT farewelled a number of senior
colleagues, among them were
Emeritus Professor Carol Nicoll PSM
and Emeritus Professor Mandy
Thomas who announced they
would be retiring at the end of 2020.
They will be enjoying life beyond
full-time employment and leave a
legacy of an enriched environment
for learning, teaching and research
which will continue to benefit QUT
and the community for years to come.
QUT’s continued success is entirely
a function of all our remarkable
contributors: those above, along
with our many other students and
alumni; academic and professional
staff; and partners in government
and industry, locally and across
the globe. We take pride in this
community’s achievements, in what
QUT is and what QUT aspires to
be. We applaud the dedication,
diligence, talent and vision of
outstanding individuals at all levels
across the institution. We wish
to acknowledge in particular the
members of QUT Council for their
wisdom, guidance and support of
the university.
We commend this report to the
Queensland Parliament and
to all colleagues, partners and
contributors to the life of QUT,
Queensland’s university for
the real world
From Home Series | Episode 2: Put To The Test
No full textAustralian schools are usually full of children - playing in the playgrounds, gathering in classrooms, learning for their futures. The COVID-19 lockdown changed all of that as students were sent home and teachers were forced to find other ways to continue teaching. With very little notice, education went online. In this episode, a high school design teacher, a year two teacher and a school counsellor tell of the challenges they faced connecting with their students and keeping them motivated and engaged on the other side of a screen.
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From Home Series | Episode 4: A Better World
No full textOlder Australians are among those most at risk of COVID-19 infection, so they’ve been urged to stay at home and isolate themselves from the outside world. Many of us have taken to online communication to fill the void, but many older people are less comfortable with connecting this way. Separated from their friends and families and from most of their leisure activities, a number of older Australians share stories of the impact of this global pandemic on their lives and the plans they had for the future.
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Glass: QUT Guild student magazine: 2020
Get PDFGlass was born out of the struggle to gather
writing credits and the endless cycle of write,
submit for a unit, and forget.
As journalism and creative writing students, we
know how hard it can be to get work published,
be it creative, journalistic or academic. We also
think your work deserves to be shared with not
only your tutors, but your peers as well - the
people who you will inevitably be working with in
a professional capacity. A student magazine should
be full of student work and we’re so pleased to
revive the rag at QUT
Hold Sway: QUT Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Arts) Graduate Exhibition 2020
Get PDFHold Sway is the 2020 QUT Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition. On behalf of the teaching staff in Visual Arts I would like to congratulate the 2020 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Arts) graduates for Hold Sway.
This year, these graduating students have shown a wonderful sense of support for each other as a cohort - offering encouragement and generous ideas for future directions, responding to each other’s work with frank and robust discussion. They have been active and diligent in their creative pursuits and built a collaborative and communal atmosphere in the studios, and also when working from homes spread across Queensland, interstate and internationally.
These art practices address the challenges facing us today - climate activism, our relationship to nature and each other, animal rights and protection, gender fluidity, cultural diversity, mental health, spirituality, and embodied experience - the fabric of how we engage in our everyday lives and the connections we continually remake in the societal, ecological and creative environments we now inhabit.
Many of these artists have already begun their professional journey - creating public artworks, collaborating, self-organising and staging exhibitions - and exploring the possibilities of digital exhibitions and art experiences such as this year’s re-imagined Graduate Exhibition. They are versatile and adept at engaging spaces for conversation and critical debate - questioning the role of art, our place in the world and the future for social, gender and climate justice.
QUT has been an Australian pioneer in conceptually-driven, interdisciplinary visual arts training for over twenty years. We’re very proud of that history and the remarkable graduate outcomes that the Open Studio program has produced - excellent artists, prominent curators and writers, successful leaders of arts organisations and exciting and inventive arts educators.
These graduates are emerging into a complex world, with many unknown challenges but also, yet to be determined future possibilities. We wish them all the very best for the future, and are confident that they will hold sway, while making insightful, exciting and unique personal and cultural contributions to contemporary art and life.
DR RACHAEL HAYNES
Visual Arts Study Area Coordinato
Queensland University of Technology: Handbook 2020
Get PDFThe Queensland University of Technology handbook gives an outline of the faculties and subject offerings available that were offered by QUT