Posts Tagged ‘UQ’
Friday, May 17th, 2013
A UQ alumnus is in the running for one of the world’s best jobs, beating more than 45,000 entrants from 196 counties to score a place as one of the three ‘Queensland Park Ranger’ finalists in Tourism Australia’s ‘Best Job In The World’ campaign, the university is reporting today.
Jo Muskus, who studied ecology and conservation on exchange at UQ in 2008-2009, was selected in the best 25 video clips for Queensland Park Ranger – one of six positions up for grabs – and has now progressed to the second stage of the competition., the University of Queensland stated.
According to UQ, Muskus has become a self-promotion juggernaut in an effort to raise her social and traditional media profile to support her application and make the top three. Based on her original video submission and supporting references, UQ said judges selected Muskus as one of the 18 strongest candidates invited to take part in a final assessment in mid-June, all vying for the six ‘best’ jobs to be announced on June 21.
“I studied on an exchange from Edinburgh University with UQ in 2008,” she told the University of Queensland. “One of my favourite memories was the week spent in Lamington National Park where we studied the factors affecting the spiders’ distribution and abundance.
“I remember walking through the rainforest in the dead of night with red-light torches, looking at these wee guys perched motionless on the edge of their burrows waiting for passing prey. The perfectly circular moss-covered doors of the famous trapdoor spiders were amazing to see.”
If successful, Muskus would spend the six-month $100,000 role exploring the world’s oldest rainforest, watching whales migrate on the Great Barrier Reef and showcasing Queensland’s five World Heritage areas to the world through blogs and social media, UQ noted.
Muskus hails from the Highlands of Scotland where she grew up on a farm. “Studying ecology in Scotland is great but to do it in Australia where I could go on field trips to rainforests and see wild pythons, and to tropical islands and watch the phosphorescence in the waves at night just can’t be beaten,” the former ecology and conservation student told UQ.
UQ has a history with this type of challenge. Just over four years ago Briton Ben Southall was chosen for Tourism Queensland’s ‘Best Job in the World’ as Island Caretaker on the Great Barrier Reef. Now, Southall is a UQ Business School ambassador and has presented his own series on National Geographic’s Adventure Channel, kayaked the length of the Great Barrier Reef, sat on a panel of Judges in Havana, Cuba, for the Havana Club 365 Gap Year competition and traversed the world as ‘that Best Job guy’, UQ said.
Tourism Australia’s ‘Best Jobs in the World’ competition is part of an international marketing push to promote tourism opportunities provided by Australia’s Working Holiday Maker program.
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Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
Researchers from the University of Queensland are helping to establish the Middle East as a zone free from nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
Associate Professor Marianne Hanson and doctoral researcher Nicholas Taylor from UQ‘s School of Political Science and International Studies helped facilitate a gathering of Middle Eastern representatives for the Athens Dialogue on establishing in the Middle East a Zone Free of Mass Destruction and their means of Delivery.
UQ participates in WMD talk
The two-and-a-half day dialogue brought together Middle Eastern civil society leaders, experts and former diplomats, as well as a small number of representatives from global civil society and states outside the region, including Australia.
The event fostered open discussion about weapons of mass destruction and developed a report which made a number of recommendations including new and constructive thinking about the future security of the Middle East.
Dr Hanson said the use and proliferation of such weapons in the Middle East was an international concern.
“The rapid international escalation of what’s taking place inside Syria is a direct result of that country’s extensive and advanced chemical and biological weapons capability,” Dr Hanson said. “It was especially significant to have representatives from both Iran and Israel attend the discussion as they have previously been reluctant to enter into negotiations about a WMD-free zone.”
Mr Taylor said the establishment of a WMD-free zone had been a long-standing policy aim, based on the successful negotiation of nuclear-weapon-free zones covering almost the entire Southern Hemisphere.
“The proposal was first put forward in 1974 by the governments of Iran and Egypt and has had universal in-principle endorsement by all states of the region – including Israel – since 1980,”the UQ researcher said.
“Dialogue is a useful method to explore the limits and possibilities of difference both between and within groups.”
The Athens Dialogue was jointly organized by La Trobe University’s Centre for Dialogue and the European Public Law Organization, in association with the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and the University of Queensland.
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Tags: Athens Dialogue, Australian universities, International Relations, Master of International Studies, nuclear weapons, OzTREKK, political science, research, Study in Australia, University of Queensland, UQ, weapons of mass destruction, WMD
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Monday, May 13th, 2013
Heads up, Vancouver! Are you interested in studying medicine at the University of Queensland? This is a reminder that the UQ Medical School information session will be held in Vancouver tomorrow, Wednesday, May 15. Join us to find out what it’s like to study at one of the top medical schools in Australia!
This is an exciting opportunity for Canadian students interested in studying medicine at the UQ Medical School to learn more about the world-renowned medical program. Everyone is welcome and there’s no RSVP required!
Apply to the University of Queensland Medical School
Event Details
Location: Vancouver
Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Time: 6 p.m.
Venue: C400, UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson St., University of British Columbia
Map: http://tiny.cc/UBCrobson
This is your opportunity to learn more about the UQ Medical School:
- Admissions requirements
- Program structure
- Application deadlines
- Clinical rotations
- Medical licensing
- Accreditation
- What happens when you return to Canada after completing the medical program at the University of Queensland.
The UQ Medical School offers a four-year, graduate-entry medical program, the Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS). Designed to produce doctors able to meet the challenges of the new century, the curriculum captures the enthusiasm and maturity of its graduate entrants and help them develop into highly skilled medical graduates capable of entering the wide variety of career options open to them.
Offers will be made to eligible applicants on a “rolling admissions,” first-come, first-served basis.
- Completed degree (Bachelor, Master, PhD)
- GPA equivalent to 5.0 on UQ’s 7.0 scale
- MCAT score (minimum 8/8/8 or 8/8/M/8) or GAMSAT score (minimum of 50 in each section)
- Compulsory consultative meeting with the UQ Medical School
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Find out more about the UQ Medical School and other medical schools in Australia. Contact OzTREKK for the latest information about medical school at Australian universities. Email OzTREKK’s Australian Medical Schools Admissions Officer Broghan Dean at broghan@oztrekk.com, or call toll free in Canada at 1 866-698-7355.
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Friday, May 10th, 2013
Students at the University of Queensland (UQ) will take their learning outside the classroom with a new Living Laboratories initiative.
The concept aims to connect UQ sustainability projects with teaching to provide real examples for student learning.
UQ Property and Facilities Deputy Director Geoff Dennis, said the Living Laboratories initiative was a key part of the University of Queensland‘s carbon and sustainability agenda.
“We see the Living Laboratory concept as a great way to link the university’s teaching and research activities with our work in this area,” Mr Dennis said. “It is a perfect example of UQ‘s themes of learning, discovery and engagement in action.”
“Living Laboratories takes engineering, science, arts and environmental management students out of the classroom and into real-life learning environments on and off campus while achieving key university sustainability goals,” Mr Dennis said.
Living Laboratory sites include tree and mangrove plantings for carbon off-setting and a 1.22 megawatt photovoltaic solar system.
The UQ School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management’s Dr Paul Dargusch and his team are developing a specific curriculum of activities around these sites.
The first site, involved more than 60 student and staff volunteers planting of 2000 trees on the South East Queensland Gatton campus.
“This planting is helping restore the critically endangered Swamp-Tea Tree ecosystem, and teaching students about the processes of creating a carbon offset project and calculating the quantity of greenhouse gas emissions that will be sequestered as the trees grow,” Dr Dargusch said.
Dr Dargusch, will use the sites as part of his teaching in carbon management and sustainability and said each of the projects in the Living Laboratories concept would meet specific teaching and research objectives.
Projects will include
- revegetating a stretch of Lockyer Creek damaged by the January 2011 floods, with a teaching and research focus on ecosystem services;
- trialling innovative techniques for revegetation on degraded land at the Gatton campus, aimed at improving the efficiency of revegetation and increasing carbon sequestration rates; and
- stimulating the regrowth of mangroves along the banks of the Brisbane River at the St Lucia campus to inform on the science and politics of blue carbon projects.
Dr Dargusch and his team are developing a specific curriculum of activities around these sites.
“These projects will complement UQ‘s highly regarded solar PV program, which is already providing students with a hands-on renewable energy experience,” he said. “Students visit the UQ 1.2MW solar system and then discuss financial analysis scenarios for renewable energy technologies such as solar PV.”
The Living Laboratories project brings together expertise from across the University of Queensland and external partners to provide practical learning experiences for students.
The sites will be used by students studying in a range of fields, as well as by researchers seeking to answer questions about issues such as biodiversity restoration and carbon dioxide sequestration.
“These projects form a highly visible part of UQ‘s program to reduce our carbon footprint as well as improve sustainability outcomes,” Mr Dennis said.
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Email Rachel at rachel@oztrekk.com or call toll free in Canada at 1 866-698-7355.
Tags: Australian universities, biodiversity, carbon footprint, Faculty of Science, Living Laboratories, Living Laboratory, OzTREKK, Planning and Environmental Management, renewable energy, School of Geography, science, science degrees, science program, Study in Australia, sustainability, University of Queensland, UQ, UQ Science
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Thursday, May 9th, 2013
Today is the day, Toronto!
The UQ Medical School information session is being held this evening, Thursday, May 9 at 6 p.m. Join us to find out what it’s like to study at one of the top medical schools in Australia! The University of Queensland’s School of Medicine has just ranked 33rd in the world in the 2013 QS World University Rankings!
Learn more about the University of Queensland Medical School
This is an great opportunity for Canadian students interested in studying medicine at the UQ Medical School to learn more about the world-renowned medical program. Everyone is welcome and there’s no RSVP required!
Event Details
Location: Toronto
Date: Thursday, May 9, 2013
Time: 6 p.m.
Venue: South Dining Room, Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle, University of Toronto,
Map: http://tiny.cc/harthouse
This is your opportunity to learn more about the UQ Medical School:
- Admissions requirements
- Program structure
- Application deadlines
- Clinical rotations
- Medical licensing
- Accreditation
- What happens when you return to Canada after completing the medical program at the University of Queensland.
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Find out more about the UQ Medical School and other medical schools in Australia. Contact OzTREKK for the latest information about medical school at Australian universities. Email OzTREKK’s Australian Medical Schools Admissions Officer Broghan Dean at broghan@oztrekk.com, or call toll free in Canada at 1 866-698-7355.
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Monday, May 6th, 2013
Are you interested in studying medicine at the University of Queensland? This is a reminder that the UQ Medical School information session will be held in Toronto on Thursday, May 9. Join us to find out what it’s like to study at one of the top medical schools in Australia!
Apply to the UQ Medical School
This is an exciting opportunity for Canadian students interested in studying medicine at the UQ Medical School to learn more about the world-renowned medical program. Everyone is welcome and there’s no RSVP required!
Event Details
Location: Toronto
Date: Thursday, May 9, 2013
Time: 6 p.m.
Venue: South Dining Room, Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle, University of Toronto,
Map: http://tiny.cc/harthouse
This is your opportunity to learn more about the UQ Medical School:
- Admissions requirements
- Program structure
- Application deadlines
- Clinical rotations
- Medical licensing
- Accreditation
- What happens when you return to Canada after completing the medical program at the University of Queensland.
The UQ Medical School offers a four-year, graduate-entry medical program, the Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS). Designed to produce doctors able to meet the challenges of the new century, the curriculum captures the enthusiasm and maturity of its graduate entrants and help them develop into highly skilled medical graduates capable of entering the wide variety of career options open to them.
Offers will be made to eligible applicants on a “rolling admissions,” first-come, first-served basis.
- Completed degree (Bachelor, Master, PhD)
- GPA equivalent to 5.0 on UQ’s 7.0 scale
- MCAT score (minimum 8/8/8 or 8/8/M/8) or GAMSAT score (minimum of 50 in each section)
- Compulsory consultative meeting with the UQ Medical School
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Find out more about the UQ Medical School and other medical schools in Australia. Contact OzTREKK for the latest information about medical school at Australian universities. Email OzTREKK’s Australian Medical Schools Admissions Officer Broghan Dean at broghan@oztrekk.com, or call toll free in Canada at 1 866-698-7355.
Tags: apply to medical school, Australian Medical Schools, Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery, MBBS, medical program, medical school, medical school application, Medical School in Australia, medical school information, Medicine, OzTREKK, Study in Australia, University of Queensland, University of Queensland Medical School, UQ, UQ Medical School
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Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
The University of Queensland’s School of Pharmacy—along with event sponsors, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia—held it’s fourth annual “First Year Student Engagement Ceremony” a few weeks ago. And among the new pharmacy cohort were OzTREKK students Ila Patel, Natasha Kissoon, and Mandeep Rao!
First-year OzTREKK UQ Pharmacy students Ila Patel, Mandeep Rao and Natasha Kissoon
The head of the University of Queensland Pharmacy School Professor Nick Shaw said the ceremony was a way of inducting and embedding among students an early sense of responsibility and accountability to the profession.
“The ‘coat’ itself is a symbol of professionalism and a commitment to the health care professions,” Professor Shaw said. “We hope this reinforces the important role they play in the community.
“Pharmacy is such a wonderful profession, steeped in history and with an exciting and challenging future—this ceremony is to remind the students that they are a critical part of it.”
The UQ Pharmacy School professor said students would be required to wear the coats in counselling and while undertaking tutorials and oral exams.
During the ceremony at Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence, Woolloongabba, 250 first-year pharmacy students donned white coats.
First Year Engagement Ceremony has been adapted from similar North American pharmacy student ceremonies and differs from other health care white coat ceremonies that have traditionally marked the student’s transition from the study of preclinical to clinical health sciences.
UQ’s School of Pharmacy hosted its inaugural First Year Engagement Ceremony in 2010, which was the first of its kind in Australia.
OzTREKK wishes all of our Pharmacy students the very best!
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The University of Queensland’s Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) program prepares graduates for the contemporary role of the pharmacist in society, ensuring that patients optimize medication usage. Initial courses on chemical, physical and biological studies lead to professional specialties in later years. Practical and clinical science studies begin in first year, providing students with a strong background in professional Pharmacy practice.
Program: Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm)
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Semester intake: February
Duration: 4 years
Application deadline: November 1, 2013. Applications are on a rolling admissions basis.
Entry Requirements
Applicants to UQ’s BPharm program are required to have completed their high school diploma. Applicants should have completed Grade 12 English, Chemistry and Math to meet program prerequisites.
If you have commenced or completed a university degree or any post-secondary studies, your most recent studies will be assessed in terms of your grades. If you have not completed the necessary prerequisite subjects in your post-secondary studies, your high school transcripts will then be assessed for prerequisite subjects.
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Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Are you interested in studying occupational therapy at the University of Queensland? If you would like to apply, or have applied, OzTREKK would like to remind all applicants that the application deadline is Friday, May 31, 2013. In order for applications to be submitted to UQ on time, OzTREKK is encouraging applicants to have their applications and supporting documents at the OzTREKK office by Thursday, May 30 at 3 p.m.
The University of Queensland Occupational Therapy School offers a two-year graduate-entry Master of Occupational Therapy Studies program designed for students who have a bachelor’s degree and wish to gain qualifications to register as an occupational therapist. It is a two-year, accelerated occupational therapy program, designed for students who have already completed an undergraduate degree. On successful completion of this program, graduates are eligible for registration as an occupational therapist.
Apply to the University of Queensland Occupational Therapy School
Program: Master of Occupational Therapy Studies
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Semester intake: November 2013
Duration: 2 years
Application deadline: May 31, 2013
Entry Requirements
There are 10 places available in the Master of Occupational Therapy Studies program each year for international students, including students from Canada. Offers will be made to applicants with the highest academic rank.
To be eligible to apply, you must have
- completed an undergraduate degree (preferably in the fields of Human Kinetics/Kinesiology or Physical or Biological Sciences);
- have achieved a minimum cumulative GPA of 4.0 on a 7-point scale in your university studies; and
- completed the Master of Occupational Therapy Studies prerequisite subjects as follows:
- one semester of statistics;
- one semester of human anatomy;
- one semester of human physiology.
- one year (or two semesters) in social sciences, e.g., psychology, sociology, anthropology;
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If you have any questions, please contact OzTREKK’s Australian Occupational Therapy Schools Officer Shannon Tilston: Email Shannon at shannon@oztrekk.com, or call toll free in Canada at 1 866-698-7355. Contact OzTREKK for more information about how you can study in Australia and about Occupational Therapy programs at Australian universities!
Tags: Australian Occupational Therapy Schools, Australian universities, how to become an occupational therapist, Master of Occupational Therapy Studies, MOT, occupational therapist, occupational therapy, Occupational Therapy degree, occupational therapy program, Occupational Therapy Schools in Australia, OT, OzTREKK, Study in Australia, University of Queensland, University of Queensland Occupational Therapy School, UQ, UQ Occupational Therapy School
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Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Just a reminder to all those interested in applying to the University of Queensland’s Master of Physiotherapy Studies program: The application deadline is Friday, May 31, 2013. In order for applications to be submitted to UQ on time, OzTREKK is encouraging applicants to have their applications and supporting documents at the OzTREKK office by Thursday, May 30 at 3 p.m.
Study physiotherapy at the University of Queensland
The Master of Physiotherapy Studies introduces graduates to the profession of physiotherapy and its key concepts in intensive mode during an initial summer semester. It focuses on developing core knowledge and skills in the areas of musculoskeletal, neurological, cardiorespiratory and physical therapy across the lifespan, and integrates this knowledge and skill and application of clinical reasoning in supervised clinical practice.
Entry Requirements
There are 10 places available in UQ’s Master of Physiotherapy Studies program each year for international students, including students from Canada. To be eligible to apply, you must have
- completed an undergraduate degree (preferably in the fields of human kinetics/kinesiology or physical or biological sciences);
- have achieved a minimum cumulative GPA of 4.0 on a 7-point scale in your university studies; and
- completed the Master of Physiotherapy Studies prerequisite subjects as follows:
- one full year, or two semesters, of human anatomy (including systems and musculoskeletal anatomy); and
- one full year, or two semesters, of human physiology (including systems and integrative physiology); and
- one semester of psychology; and
- one semester of statistics.
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For more information about physiotherapy school entry requirements, application deadlines, tuition fees, scholarships, please visit the OzTREKK Australian University Physiotherapy Schools page.
If you have any questions, please contact OzTREKK’s Australian University Physiotherapy Schools Admissions Officer Shannon Tilston. Email Shannon at shannon@oztrekk.com or call toll free in Canada at 1 866-698-7355.
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Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
OzTREKK would like to remind all UQ Master of Speech Pathology Studies applicants that the deadline for applications is Friday, May 31, 2013. In order for applications to be submitted to the University of Queensland on time, OzTREKK is encouraging applicants to have their applications and supporting documents at the OzTREKK office by Thursday, May 30 at 3 p.m.
The UQ Master of Speech Pathology Studies program is an accelerated program for students who have already completed an undergraduate degree. The program consists of six full-time semesters over two years and will prepare graduates for a career in speech pathology across any of the diverse areas in which speech pathologists practice, such as education, health or private practice.
Apply to the University of Queensland Speech Pathology School
Program: Master of Speech Pathology Studies
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Semester intake: November
Duration: 2 years
Application deadline: May 31, 2013
Entry Requirements
To be eligible to apply to the University of Queensland’s Master of Speech Pathology Studies program, you must have
- completed an undergraduate degree (preferably in the fields of health, education, social or physical or biological sciences, or humanities);
- have achieved a minimum cumulative GPA of 4.00 on a 7-point scale in your university studies;
- completed the following prerequisite subjects: one semester of statistics; and one semester of either linguistics OR psychology OR physiology.
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If you have any questions, please contact OzTREKK’s Australian Speech Pathology Schools Admissions Officer Shannon Tilston by emailing shannon@oztrekk.com, or phone Shannon toll free in Canada at 1 866-698-7355.
Contact OzTREKK for more information about how you can study in Australia and about speech pathology programs at Australian universities.
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