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Caroline Frazer, Master of Educational Studies (1997) is the UQ Alumnus of the year for 2021.

Dr Marnee Shay and PhD Candidate Ren Perkins from the School of Education explore the role of Indigenous teachers and where the gaps are.

Professor Rhonda Faragher and Dr Jan Lloyd celebrated World Down Syndrome Day 2022 at Government House this year, with their team of RA's who presented their study online to the United Nations as part of the 11th World Down Syndrome Day Conference 2022.

Despite efforts to widen participation in higher education, students who are the first in their family to attend university remain severely under-represented. 

Four adults with Down syndrome have been hired as research assistants in a new study from The University of Queensland which explores the quality of life of Gen Zs (18-30 year olds) with Down syndrome.

Teaching is a challenging but incredibly rewarding career. The impact you can have on our future generation is second to none.

Making the classroom a safe and accepting place is the goal for transgender University of Queensland teaching graduate, Genevieve James.

Graduating from The University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Education (Primary) (Honours), this dynamic duo decided their dream at the tender age of six.

What is excellence in Indigenous education? And, how is it conceptualised in practice? In this article, researchers from the University of Queensland, Dr Marnee Shay, Dr Jodie Miller and Dr Suraiya Abdul Hameed, share details of their pilot study in Queensland schools that explored these questions.

Dr Marnee Shay is shifting the narrative for closing the gap in Indigenous education by opening up opportunities for decision-makers to hear, see and understand what makes a real difference to the lives of young Indigenous Australians.

This pilot study aimed to centre the voices of Indigenous people in conceptualising excellence in Indigenous education, as well as to share understandings between Indigenous and non-Indigenous practitioners.

Building Better Schools with Evidence-based Policy: Adaptable Policy for Teachers and School Leaders provides an extensive set of free-to-use policies for building better schools.

The Australian Research Council has awarded Dr Hogan $427,882 to investigate the issue of public schools leaning on private income.

UQ School of Education PhD Candidate Beth Madsen has received a Fulbright Scholarship to study in Alaska for six months. Ms Madsen will use this scholarship to look at funding as a form of policy enactment within Indigenous education.

With a flattened student-teacher hierarchy and a focus on community relationships, UQ research shows why flexi schools are a growing phenomenon catching more and more Indigenous students who have fallen out of mainstream schooling.

Dr Elizabeth Edwards, Teacher, Psychologist and Senior Lecturer, in the UQ School of Education has written a powerful message for parents when schooling at home.

While you may not know exactly how to do what your child is doing, you do, indeed, know how to help them find the answer. Professor Patricia Morrell's shares her top tips to get you through.

Young Queenslanders have the chance to submit a postcard from a hopeful, post-COVID future as part of a new University of Queensland creativity project.

We love our kids, that’s a given, but did we really want to be their teacher as well? We were our
child’s first teacher so, here we are again; we’ve done it before, we can do this! Every family is different and every home has different configurations so these tips are just suggestions for you to adapt to your own situation.

We love our kids, that’s a given, but did we really want to be their teacher as well? For our child with Down syndrome, early intervention got us well into the tutoring role almost as soon as we left hospital. So, here we are again; we’ve done it before, we can do this! Every family is different and every home has different configurations so these tips are just suggestions for you to adapt to your own situation.