The Vacation Research Experience Scheme (VRES) provides eligible students with the opportunity to participate in a research project. If you're interested in research and thinking of pursuing a research degree the scheme is an opportunity to see if research is right for you. Further information about the scheme is available on HiQ.
QUT offers a diverse range of student topics for VRES. Search to find a topic that interests you.
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Assessment of non-linear dimension reduction methods for calculating a SEIFA-like index
This project would involve applying one or more non-linear dimension reduction methods to Census 2021 data, to calculate an index similar to the Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage (IRSAD) from the Socio-Economic Indexes For Areas (SEIFA). Some information and recommendations for the specific non-linear dimension reduction methods will be supplied as the output from an earlier project.The methods will aim to measure the same underlying concept as IRSAD and will probably use the same starting set of candidate …
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- Faculty of Science
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- School of Mathematical Sciences
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- Centre for Data Science
Assessing the quality of cluster analysis
Machine learning cluster methods are common classification methods, but methods for assessing performance are limited as are methods for explaining how they work. Exploring methods for both assessing and explaining performance are the subject of this research with application to real-world contexts with the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
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- Faculty of Science
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- School of Mathematical Sciences
- Research centre
- Centre for Data Science
CLIN01 - The energetic foot function of children with and without hypermobility during sport related activities.
The foot and ankle play an important role in how children walk, run, and take part in sport. Some children have very flexible joints, known as generalised joint hypermobility, which can make it harder for their bodies to manage movement demands. Many of these children experience pain or injuries, especially during physical activity. This study aims to better understandhow flexible joints affect how children's feet absorb and produce energy during walking, running, and jumping. By comparing children with and without hypermobility, the research hopes to identify early movement changes that may increase injury risk and inform better prevention and treatment strategies. The topic is not currently attached to an existing funded project.
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- Faculty of Health
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- School of Clinical Sciences
Rainbow reading: Planning to teach queer fiction in secondary English in Queensland.
In Queensland, lists of texts prescribed for use in high school English are used in conjunction with other curriculum documents to shape the content of study in senior English subjects. Prescribed text lists contain varied representations of what counts as notable and important enough to be worthy of recommendation for use with young adult learners, and research suggests that LGBTIQ+ subjectivities are seldom represented in the current lists. Previous VRES projects involving the review of such texts have uncovered difficulties …
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- Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice
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- School of Education
- Research centre
- Centre for Justice
Insects diversity of Remote Tropical Rainforests
Tropical rainforests are among the most diverse places on Earth, yet our understanding of how disturbance affects small creatures like insects remains limited. The Solomon Islands is home to incredibly biodiverse rainforests, but logging is putting these ecosystems under pressure. This project investigates how logging affects insect communities by comparing specimens collected from the forest canopy across sites with different levels of disturbance.We collected insects from the canopy, the upper layers of the rainforest, and brought them back to QUT. …
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- Faculty of Science
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- School of Biology and Environmental Science
NURS02 - Strategies for the Early Detection of Delirium Superimposed on Dementia (DSD): A Scoping Review
This project is a scoping review focused on the early and prompt detection of Delirium Superimposed on Dementia (DSD). DSD is a high-risk clinical condition associated with accelerated cognitive decline, increased mortality, and poorer patient outcomes. Despite its prevalence across acute and long‑term care settings, DSD remains substantially under‑recognised, particularly in individuals with moderate to severe dementia, where conventional cognitive screening tools are often ineffective. Emerging literature suggests that early detection of DSD should be conceptualised as a system‑level and …
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- Faculty of Health
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- School of Nursing
DESIGNING AI GOVERNANCE FOR EFFECTIVE AND RESPONSIBLE AI USE IN ORGANIZATIONS
Organizations are rapidly deploying AI, yet many lack the governance mechanisms needed to ensure its responsible and effective use. Generative AI has rapidly gained traction in organizations, and the next wave of Agentic AI is already emerging. In this context, AI governance plays a critical role in ensuring that organizations use AI in an effective and responsible manner. This includes enabling organizations to create business value, manage risks, optimize resources, and avoid negative ethical and societal impacts.However, AI governance presents …
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- Faculty of Science
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- School of Information Systems
- Research centre
- Centre for Data Science
Driving the Clean Energy Transition with Artificial Intelligence
The clean energy transition requires not only technological advances but also changes in how individuals and organisations understand, adopt, and use energy technologies. While AI is widely applied to energy forecasting, optimisation, and control, many solutions overlook behavioural, social, and equity dimensions of energy use. As a result, technically sophisticated systems may fail to achieve meaningful real-world impact. There is a need for research that integrates AI with behavioural and information systems perspectives to develop human-centred, explainable, and decision-support oriented …
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- Faculty of Science
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- School of Information Systems
- Research centre
- Energy Transition Centre
identifying small mammals under whiteflash cameras in south-east Qld.
Understanding small mammal communities is important for conservation. Camera traps have provided a cost effective and remote sampling technique. This project aims to assess images of small vertebrates under vertically mounted camera traps deployed at various locations within south-east Qld.
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- Faculty of Science
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- School of Biology and Environmental Science
- Research centre
- Centre for Environment and Society
NURS01 - Improving knowledge of and attitudes toward people living with dementia.
Dementia is now the leading cause of death in Australia. Preparing our future nursing workforce to provide evidence informed and compassionate care for people living with dementia is essential for their quality of life. This project investigates the impact of integrating community-driven education, specifically the Dementia Friend Program supported by a guest lecture from a person living with dementia, and a practical environmental audit into the first-year nursing curriculum. The primary aim is to evaluate whether this structured theoretical approach …
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- Faculty of Health
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- School of Nursing
- Research centre
- Centre for Healthcare Transformation
OVS04 - ‘Community knows best: a locally developed training resource for CRAICCHS (Cherbourg Regional Aboriginal and Islander Community Controlled Health Service).’
This VRES project will support an existing project currently being undertaken by A/Prof Deb Duthie and Dr Shelley Hopkins: ‘Community knows best: a locally developed training resource for CRAICCHS (Cherbourg Regional Aboriginal and Islander Community Controlled Health Service).’ CRAICCHS are located in Cherbourg Aboriginal Community, Wondai and Kingaroy and are the local community-controlled health services, providing health and social-emotional wellbeing to Cherbourg and surrounds patients and clients. CRAICCHS employs a number of Cherbourg community members as health workers, however, other …
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- Faculty of Health
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- School of Clinical Sciences
Sign Language Education Tools
There are many technological tools to help people learn spoken and written languages, but fewer tools to help sign language learners. This project seeks to explore how technologies can help sign language learners increase their exposure, potentially through the gamification of learning.This project is attached to the project "Gamifying Auslan learning to foster inclusivity", funded by Google Asia Pacific.
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- Faculty of Science
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- School of Computer Science
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