Awards and achievements

Five advertising students from The University of Queensland (UQ) Business School have won the coveted national Advertising Capstone Challenge Australia hosted in Sydney – an annual competition between three major universities crowing the best pitch for a well-known brand.

Each day for Benjamin Wiltshire is never the same. The University of Queensland Business School Alumni works at Citi as a Global Markets Analyst on the trading floor – it’s busy, fast-paced and steeped in responsibility, but Benjamin loves the challenge of his rising career.

A team of four students from The University of Queensland Business School have taken second place in a competition hosted at RECon - the world’s largest retail real estate convention, in Las Vegas.

Social Entrepreneur and winner of The University of Queensland (UQ) Weekend of Startups, Tony Jojo talks about the need for new ventures to have global experiences, the futuristic beer technology that is changing the bar scene, and a creative passion for sustainability.

UQ Business School final year PhD student, Paul Newbury, was recently named as a ‘Student Mentee’ at the 2014 Advance Global Australian Awards, held at the Sydney Opera House.