John Palma (First Secretary to the PNG Minister for Education), Mary Hurwood (program project manager, QUT Engagement and Development), Francis Alua (PNG MP for Karimui-Nomane), Professor Mark Harvey (QUT Deputy Vice-Chancellor, International and External Relations), Lucas Dawa Dekena (PNG Minister for Education), Professor Lori Lockyer (Executive Dean, QUT Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice), Professor Sue Irvine (Head of the QUT School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education), and Dr Uke Kombra (Secretary for the PNG Department of Education). | Newsreel

QUT boosts skills of PNG teachers

Thousands of teachers in Papua New Guinea will be upskilled through a new QUT diploma course. The Brisbane university is helping the country transition to a new school
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Cinderella ballet adapted for younger audiences

A condensed version of Cinderella will be performed especially for tiny fans of the most famous of fairytales in Queensland Ballet’s upcoming My First Ballet
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New robot skin to revolutionise carer industry

Robots with flexible human-like skin are a step closer following a breakthrough by researchers at the University of Texas. The research team developed a “first-ever”
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Queenslanders lack confidence in recycling process

Almost half of Queenslanders believe the rubbish they place in recycling bins is not being properly recycled. The lack of confidence in the recycling process has
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Phantom flights cost Qantas $120m

Qantas will pay a $100 million fine and re-pay customers $20 million after admitting it misled consumers by advertising tickets for flights it had already decided to
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Paper towels balance perfection en pointe

London’s poshest hotel restaurants played a little-known part in helping to support the career of Queensland Ballet’s new artistic director Leanne Benjamin. In her
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Farmers urged to promote sustainability credentials

Australian farmers have been urged to more proactively tell their sustainability stories to lessen the risk of tougher legislative requirements in the future. McCullough
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Debt and placement support for students

Students have received cost-of-living support through two recent Federal Government announcements on debt and “prac” placements. On the weekend it was
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3D objects beamed into business meetings

Your next Teams meeting could have an extra dimension to it, with 3D video conferencing looming large on the tech horizon. A Cornell University doctoral student has
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What Taylor Swift can teach us about Olympic stadiums

By Shane Rodgers There was something very curious about two sets of economic data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in the past couple of weeks. They
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