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With great success we held the Second 'Master of Communication Get-Together' - A cohort building celebration of, for, and with our Master’s students. 

The University of Queensland was proudly represented at the 2026 Queensland Literary Awards, with acclaimed writer and School of Communication and Arts academic Associate Professor Venero Armanno presenting three prestigious awards on behalf of the University.

‘Brighten, Bloom, Belong’ is a competition aimed at raising awareness about both Hidden Disabilities and the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower which UQ supports as part of its commitment to Disability Inclusion

This year’s Clarion Awards provided a vibrant gathering for the UQ journalism community, bringing together teaching staff, alumni, students and industry mentors to celebrate excellence in Queensland journalism.

Professor Jenna Ng has been appointed an Honorary Professor in the School of Arts and Creative Technologies at the University of York, UK.

A School of Communication and Arts alumna has received silver for Emerging Leader of the Year – Agency at the Communication and Public Relations Australia Golden Target Awards.

Associate Professor Emma Cole has been awarded the T.B.L. Webster Fellowship at the Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London for the 2026-27 UK academic year.   

Associate Professor Helen Marshall has been awarded the 2026 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic for her novel The Lady, the Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death.

School of Communication and Arts student Tina Agic has been selected as a finalist in the 2026 Eloquence Art Prize, a national public speaking competition that brings together outstanding university students from across Australia.

Dr Andrea Bubenik will present at Migrating Modernism, Migrating Ideas, a symposium hosted by the Chau Chak Wing Museum at the University of Sydney.

Andrea Bubenik co-curated The Ghosts of Lani Mulgrave Blair with Henrietta Marrie AM at NorthSite Contemporary Arts, Cairns. The exhibition explores the life and afterlife of Lani Mulgrave Blair (1883–1900), a Yidinji boy taken from Country during frontier violence and raised in colonial Melbourne

AustLit is thrilled to host two Creative Writing Fellowships in 2026.

The School of Communication and Arts is celebrating the success of two academics awarded competitive 2026 University of Queensland Teaching Innovation Grants (TIGs), recognising innovative approaches to enhancing student learning and responding to emerging challenges in higher education.

The School of Communication and Arts congratulates Teaching Associate Navin Sam Regi, who has been awarded a 2026 Walkley Grant for Freelance Journalism for his project The Cost of Resilience.

Professor Porscha Fermanis will deliver the 2026 S.W. Brooks Public Lecture, examining how interracial romance has shaped representations of Indigenous women in Australian fiction.