Your support makes a difference
'As we reflect on the last 12 months, we are encouraged by many life-changing stories that demonstrate the power of giving at QUT.
Below you will find recent articles that highlight this power, what it means to people like Amy, a Learning Potential Fund scholarship recipient, or Rohan, a QUT researcher working to better understand and treat a common eye condition.
Thank you for supporting us as we continue to make a real-world difference.'
Donor impact
Life-changing resource
Amy Leask is on a remarkable journey of exploration with one of the world’s largest mining operations. But if not for QUT’s Learning Potential Fund, she may never have finished her university degree – let alone secured a key role at one of the world's largest resource companies.
As a project geologist on BHP's Oak Dam Resource Strategy team, Amy says her scholarship in 2017 was an 'absolute game changer' – keeping her higher education aspirations afloat and enabling her to complete a double degree at QUT.
Visionary research
Supported by a perpetual endowment from a generous donor, two QUT researchers are working to better understand, and treat, the common eye condition of myopia (near-sightedness).
Rohan Hughes (postdoctoral fellow) and Shashank Bhandary (PhD student), alongside Professor Michael Collins (optometry and vision science), are focusing on the impact of 'near work' (short-distance activity) and improving treatment – with an emphasis on those affected at a young age.
More stories
Unleashing potential
Learning Potential Fund recipient Hayley Fox joined 15 other trailblazers at the 2024 QUT Outstanding Alumni Awards where she was honoured for her work improving access to justice for low-socioeconomic groups, rural communities, women, and children.
Fostering relationships
QUT Law Founders’ Scholarship recipients had a special opportunity to engage with the judiciary and legal professionals during the annual Law Founders' Scholarship Fund breakfast.
Building connections
The inaugural recipient of a QUT scholarship designed to strengthen First Nations representation in the built environment hopes he can be an inspiration for other young Indigenous students.
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