Fancy a knight out on the battlefield?

By day, PhD researcher Jade Clarke delves into genomes looking for markers of accelerated ageing but, by knight, she dons 35kg of armour and weaponry to fight in buhurt - the little-known, full-contact, combat sport where participants dress in historically accurate armour and battle it out using blunt steel weapons.

QUT Open Day offers new majors including AI, cyber security, and criminology

Interested in cybersecurity or AI? Looking at studying for a career in computing? QUT has launched seven new future-focussed undergraduate majors to cover every much in-demand area of the IT industry.

Six QUT students contest World Championships in Singapore

Six QUT students will be hitting the pool in Singapore this month to take on the world’s best swimmers and water polo players at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships (July 11 to August 3).

Lucky school hols for Yr 11s & 12s at 13th QUT Future You Summit

More than 320 high school students from across the state have converged on QUT’s Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove campuses over the school holidays for the 13th QUT Future You Summit, which was opened by Queensland Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie.

School’s out, uni’s in: Qld teens head to QUT Future You Summit

More than 330 of Queensland’s smartest Year 11s and 12s are swapping school for university over their winter holidays to supercharge their future at the annual QUT Future You Summit in Brisbane.

New eyesight study tracks lifestyle of Brisbane kids

A new QUT optometry study that aims to explore how lifestyle and environmental factors affect children’s eyesight and the development of myopia will get underway in Brisbane this month.