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UQ’s Centre for Native Floriculture (CNF) has released their latest learning tool to help new growers develop a better understanding of the industry.. Smart Marketing, a scenario-based learning program, allows current and potential growers to work their way through the various issues involved in marketing native flowers.There are also quizzes and tasks available to allow students to test ...

Online registrations are open until March 7. Parents can secure their child’s place by emailing enquiries@kidscollegeqld.com.au or visit www.kidscollegeqld.com.au . The Explorama program is made possible through the efforts of Kids College Queensland and the support The University of Queensland.

A University of Queensland student has found the ideal way to kick-start his Masters in Economics and Public Policy studies – enrolling in the Massive Open Online Course IELTSx: IELTS Academic Test Preparation.. The course is UQ’s most popular MOOC and has attracted more than 418,000 enrolments from around the world.

Pharmacy students at The University of Queensland (UQ) are learning how to do drug dosing calculations by working in a three-dimension virtual world.. UQ’s School of Pharmacy is one of 10 universities from around the world that has collaboratively developed an innovative pharmacy learning resource using online virtual reality platform ‘Second Life’.

University of Queensland researchers have built a generator that absorbs carbon dioxide (CO2) to make electricity. Dr Zhuyuan Wang from UQ’s Dow Centre for Sustainable Engineering Innovation says the small, proof-of-concept nanogenerator is carbon negative because it consumes the greenhouse gas. “This nanogenerator is made of two components: a polyamine gel that is already used by industry ...

A leading Australian substance abuse expert is pleading for moderation in policies on e-cigarettes. The University of Queensland’s Professor Wayne Hall said current law on electronic nicotine delivery systems placed researchers – and people who wanted to use e-cigarettes to quit smoking – in a difficult situation.. E-cigarettes containing nicotine cannot legally be sold in Australia.

University of Queensland research suggests overconfidence may help people win romantic partners.. Doctoral student Sean Murphy and Professor Bill von Hippel from UQ’s School of Psychology, and colleagues, have been examining the links between overconfidence and romantic desirability in men and women. “People tend to think of overconfidence as an unappealing quality,” Mr Murphy said.

In their study, published online on November 1, 2010 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the team conducted a Bell test that eliminated two of these loopholes: locality, and, for the first time, freedom of choice. The researchers distributed entangled photons between two islands in the Atlantic Ocean.

One of The University of Queensland’s most popular edX courses has hit a 500,000 enrolment milestone. The IELTSx – IELTS Academic Test Preparation course is offered on edX.org, the non-profit online learning platform founded by Harvard and MIT.. Since launching in 2015, IELTSx has attracted people from more than 218 countries and territories, with learners from Vietnam, Egypt and India ...

Whether it is watching television or playing electronic games, teenagers are experiencing serious physical and mental health consequences after just two hours of screen use, according to University of Queensland-led research.