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Scoliosis treatment invention wins QUT Excolo! competition

An innovative Scoliosis management and treatment system has won the 2024 QUT Excolo! pitching competition at last night’s Grand Final.

Healthcare drives QUT ranking success

QUT has been named Australia’s top university for an academic subject that is advancing global healthcare and disease diagnosis.

QUT-led philanthropic project in South Africa wins global award

A collaborative project to expand an early childhood centre in a poverty-stricken area of South Africa, developed during COVID lockdowns and led by a QUT academic has been named a winner in the UIA 2030 Awards for Sustainable Development at the World Urban Forum today.

QUT innovator celebrated with Australia’s top award for research-industry collaboration

Professor Sara Couperthwaite has received the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) David and Valerie Solomon Award for her research transforming mining waste into high purity alumina for safer lithium-ion batteries with industry partner Lava Blue.

QUT honours 16 trailblazers at the 2024 Outstanding Alumni Awards

An AFLW star, Hollywood animator and renowned public affairs journalist are among those recognised at this year’s QUT Outstanding Alumni Awards.

QUT receives significant boost in advanced technologies scholarship funding

QUT has received more than $700,000 funding for 15 new higher education scholarships through the Queensland Government’s Quantum and Advanced Technologies Talent Building Program.