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‘It’s the year 2500. Space station HASS has discovered a new planet and there is only room for one School on-board the space ship - which school should go?’

Cynthia Burnett Travel Scholarship

The Cynthia Burnett Travel Scholarship is to encourage and assist meritorious students of European languages other than English at UQ to improve their language proficiency through an in-country experience.

Chinese language teaching staff in the School of Languages and Cultures as well as the UQ Confucius Institute facilitated various activities to provide visiting students and teachers with a “taste” of learning Chinese at The University of Queensland.

More than 300 grade 12 students visited UQ last week to take part in the School of Languages and Cultures annual ‘Taste of Languages’ week.

The III South-South Dialogues Conference was held this year from 21 to 23 November at the Universidad Nacional Tres de Febrero in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Listen to Professor Aveling's public lecture titled '“The translator gives it visible form”: Translanguaging and Transculturing Literature

Recent results from The University of Queensland’s annual Chinese Writing Contest show the value of Chinese language learning in Queensland schools has steadily increased over the years.

Indonesian Program Coordinator, Zane Goebel elected president of BBBIQ

Applied Linguistics student Michael Mersiades, founder of Chatloop accepts prestigious award through The University of Queensland's ilab 'Germinate' startup accelerator program.

Former Spanish student, Dr Eduard Moyà, has been awarded the 2018 European Society for the Study of English Book Award for Junior Scholars.

School of Languages and Cultures French student, Emily McCormick, awarded second place in the Australian round of the Asia-Pacific French song contest.

Mr Geoff Wilkes, Senior Lecturer with School of Languages and Cultures, has been shortlisted for the 2018 Medal of Excellence in Translation by the Australian Academy of the Humanities

A celebration was recently held to recognise the first 100 startup companies formed, the ground-breaking research, the jobs created, and the contribution to the innovation ecosystem in Queensland.

UQ Emeritus Professor Roly Sussex receives the highly illustrious Ordre des Palmes Académiques.

Listen to Professor Powrie's public lecture titled '(Re)viewing French Cinema'.

The School of Languages and Cultures has partnered with the Brisbane Convention Bureau to secure a trifecta of conferences worth over $2.1 million for the city’s economy.

Listen to Professor Sun's public lecture titled 'Empowering Translation'.