What do Gai Waterhouse and Anthony Cummings have in common with Queen Elizabeth II?

One billion items of clothing arrive on our shores every year from China alone - many of which are destined to become landfill.

She has had a broken collar bone, fractured ankles and has endured reconstructive knee surgery. But it has not deterred a Queensland University of Technology (QUT) law graduate from rising to the top of women's off-road motorcycle racing.

Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has made almost 1,000 February offers across all faculties and campuses to bring the final total 2012 semester one offers to almost 12,000.

Chinese language students from five schools across Queensland are starting the year on the right foot, with better resourced Chinese language classrooms.

Songwriters such as Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen are inspiring a new generation of students to write poetry. And now a new poetry subject at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) will help these aspiring wordsmiths hone their craft.