# Speeches and articles by the Vice-Chancellor and President
**Source**: https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president
**Parent**: https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president
You can find transcripts of the speeches and articles by Professor Deborah Terry AC, Vice-Chancellor, here.
2026
### Articles
[Capitalising on the Clever Country](https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president/capitalising-clever-country)\
The Australian, 25 February 2026
### Podcasts
[Addressing trust in our universities](https://open.spotify.com/episode/7guINCo70gykV5AlXDpWCt?si=DknEgx3KRte9eVa_2Iiwqg)\
HEDx, 5 February 2026
2025
### Speeches
[A Legacy in Stone: Unveiling the 50th grotesque in the Great Court](https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president/legacy-stone-unveiling-50th-grotesque-great-court)\
The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 24 October 2025
[Celebrating 25 years of UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience](https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president/celebrating-25-years-uqs-institute-molecular-bioscience)\
Customs House, Brisbane, 17 October 2025
[Opening of the Plant Futures Facility](https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president/opening-plant-futures-facility)\
The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 6 June 2025
### Articles
[Going beyond inspiration](https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president/going-beyond-inspiration)\
The Courier Mail, 23 July 2025
[Partnering the key to Olympic Legacy](https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president/partnering-key-olympic-legacy)\
The Courier Mail, 27 March 2025
2024
### Speeches
[Launch of UQ history book ‘The University of Queensland 1910–1960: An essay towards a history’](https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president/launch-uq-history-book-university-queensland-1910-1960-essay-towards-history)\
The Atrium, UQ Brisbane City, 18 November 2024
[Opening of the HEDx *‘Future Solutions for Higher Education’* conference](https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president/opening-hedx-future-solutions-higher-education-conference)\
GHD Advanced Engineering Auditorium, UQ St Lucia, 31 October 2024
[Re-opening of the Avalon Theatre](https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president/re-opening-avalon-theatre)\
Sir Fred Schonell Drive, St Lucia, 13 September 2024
[Celebrating 90 years of the Institute of Modern Languages at UQ](https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president/celebrating-90-years-institute-modern-languages-uq)\
Global Change Institute Building, UQ St Lucia, 22 March 2024
2023
### Speeches
[Celebrating 15 years of the UQ Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR)](https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president/celebrating-15-years-uq-centre-clinical-research-uqccr)\
Mayne Medical School Building, UQ Herston, 20 November 2023
[Announcing UQ's Dutton Park Campus](https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president/announcing-uqs-dutton-park-campus)\
Life Sciences Queensland Networking Breakfast, AusBiotech, 1 November 2023
[Critical minerals, collaboration and training: The role of universities in mining’s global future](https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president/critical-minerals-collaboration-and-training-role-universities-minings-global-future)\
World Mining Congress, 27 June 2023
2022
### Speeches
[Celebrating Emeritus Professor Ian Frazer AC](https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president/celebrating-emeritus-professor-ian-frazer-ac)\
Jian Zhou Memorial Oration, Brisbane, 10 November 2022
[30th anniversary of the WH Bryan Mining Geology Research Centre](https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president/30th-anniversary-wh-bryan-mining-geology-research-centre)\
UQ Brisbane City, 8 November 2022
[Dorothy Hill Women in Earth and Environmental Sciences Symposium](https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president/dorothy-hill-women-earth-and-environmental-sciences-symposium)\
UQ St Lucia campus, 8 November 2022
[Promoting a ‘fair go’: Making equitable access to a university education a national imperative](https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president/promoting-fair-go-making-equitable-access-university-education-national-imperative)\
EduTECH Congress and Expo, Melbourne, 10 August 2022
[Opening of Kev Carmody House](https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president/opening-kev-carmody-house)\
UQ St Lucia campus, Brisbane, 9 May 2022
[Opening of the Andrew N Liveris Building](https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president/opening-andrew-n-liveris-building)\
UQ St Lucia campus, Brisbane, 13 April 2022
### Articles
[University access is vital to preserving the Aussie ‘fair go’](https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president/university-access-vital-preserving-aussie-fair-go)\
The Australian, 17 November 2022
2021
### Speeches
[Women creating change – the next 50 years](https://about.uq.edu.au/node/56)\
Zonta Club of Brisbane 50th Anniversary, 8 November 2021
[CEDA state of the state](https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president/ceda-state-state-brisbane)\
Brisbane, 29 September 2021
[From partnerships to prosperity](https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president/partnerships-prosperity)\
National Press Club, Canberra, 10 March 2021
[Courage and confidence](https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president/courage-and-confidence)\
Duchesne College Academic Dinner, Brisbane, 2 March 2021
### Articles
[Stepping up for the innovation tango](https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president/stepping-innovation-tango)\
The Australian, 10 November 2021
[Australia needs a new model of international education for the post-COVID era](https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/australia-needs-new-model-international-education-post-covid-era)\
Times Higher Education, 26 August 2021
2020
### Speeches
[Showcasing the UQ–Mater partnership](https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president/showcasing-uq-mater-partnership)\
Mater Research Showcase at the Translational Research Institute, 17 November 2020
[Strengthening Australia’s innovation ecosystem](https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president/strengthening-australias-innovation-ecosystem)\
CEDA Trustee Roundtable, via video-conference, 13 October 2020
[Facts, evidence and discovery: The vital role of our universities in pandemic recovery](https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president/facts-evidence-and-discovery-vital-role-our-universities-pandemic-recovery)\
Dr David Williams Lecture at King’s College, 26 August 2020
[Let's dare to be wise: Evidence and expertise are our best defence against future terrors](https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president/lets-dare-be-wise-evidence-and-expertise-are-our-best-defence-against-future-terrors)\
National Press Club, Canberra, 26 February 2020
### Articles
[Investing in university research an investment in the national economy](https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president/investing-university-research-investment-national-economy)\
The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 May 2020
2019
### Articles
[Universities shine in the contest of ideas](https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president/universities-shine-contest-ideas)\
The Australian, 19 June 2019