International Access to Information Day 2022

UQ is proud to support International Access to Information Day (IAI Day), held annually across the world on 28 September.

UQ acknowledges the important role that public access to information plays in building trust with communities and individuals. UQ remains committed to raising greater awareness and understanding of government-held information, and to promoting greater access to such information.

As part of Queensland's IAI Day 2022 celebrations, UQ is especially proud to support this year’s Solomon Lecture, “The importance of truth through Aboriginal eyes”, to be delivered by Mr Ian Hamm, Chair of the Stolen Generations Reference Group, from 10.30am on 28 September 2022 at the State Library of Queensland. You can register for free to attend the lecture and panel discussion in-person, or watch it live online.

Recordings of previous Solomon Lectures are available here.

Quick facts

Did you know that UQ maintains the following resources to assist with public awareness of and access to UQ-held information?

How UQ makes information available

UQ makes a variety of information available to the public through a number of channels, including: UQ Reportal, UQ Archives, UQ eSpace, our Publication Scheme, administrative access schemes, formal access applications, and more.

For further information on some of these channels, please see below.

UQ Reportal

Maintained by UQ’s Planning and Business Intelligence Office, UQ Reportal facilitates access to UQ corporate data through a range of reports.

For convenience, a range of key statistics from UQ Reportal for the past five years is published on UQ’s website, including aggregated data regarding the University’s student load, staffing and revenue. Guest login to UQ Reportal is also available via UQ’s website.

UQ Archives

UQ Archives collects and preserves university records of enduring value, documenting the history of the University and supporting its corporate accountability.

The Archives’ records date from the incorporation of the University in 1909, and from 1897 for Queensland Agricultural College (now UQ’s Gatton Campus). You can browse an overview of the Archive’s collection or view digitised photos and documents from the collection.

Access to the Archives’ collection is by appointment only. For further information, or to contact the University Archivist, please visit the UQ Archives website.

UQ eSpace

As UQ’s institutional repository, UQ eSpace aims to create global visibility of, and accessibility to, UQ’s scholarly research.

Through UQ eSpace, members of the public can:

search descriptions of all UQ scholarly works and datasets;
view Open Access versions of published UQ research, providing (wherever possible) free full-text versions of research;
access digitised materials including UQ theses, photos, audio-visual material, manuscripts and other original works.

UQ eSpace currently has more than 500,000 records, including more than 150,000 where a publicly-viewable, Open Access version of the full publication or item is available.

Want to dip your toe in the water? This search lists more than 5,000 publicly-accessible UQ theses dating back as far as 1937, which can be read online right now.

Administrative access schemes

UQ maintains a range of administrative access schemes that facilitate access to certain information (primarily individuals' own personal information) without requiring a formal application under the Information Privacy Act 2009 or Right to Information Act 2009.

UQ has administrative access schemes allowing:

access by current staff and current students to their staff or student files;
access by academic staff (levels A-D) to referee reports arising from continuing appointment and promotion applications (limitations apply);
access to personal information by CTPI insurers or law firms acting as authorised representatives of staff, students or clinic patients (paid service);
ordering of replacement copies of your official academic records, including transcripts and testamurs (paid service);
access by patients/clients of UQ clinics to their clinical files.

For further information, refer to UQ’s Access to information outside of the RTI Act page and the Access to and Amendment of UQ Documents Procedures.

Formal access applications

Where access to information is not available through UQ’s publication scheme or administrative access schemes, an individual may make a formal application for UQ-held documents under the Right to Information Act 2009 or Information Privacy Act 2009.

Any such applications should be made to UQ’s RTI & Privacy Office, and further information is available on our RTI & Information Privacy Applications page.