The pinnacle event of each year’s University Scholars Leadership Symposium is the “Learning Journey” – a variety of hands-on, real-world experiences designed to broaden each delegates perspectives on global humanitarian affairs. “The only source of knowledge is experience.” – Albert Einstein

When the QUT Business School offered me the chance to visit one of the world’s most famous cities and hang out with student leaders from all over the world, I thought to myself: “God I have a hard life.” “We make a living by what we get,…

Along with industry visits and workshops, our two week Hong Kong advertising and public relations study tour had time to explore Hong Kong. And I still find myself amazed by the extraordinary diversity that Hong Kong has to offer. Within minutes you can go from wandering along the…

Picture this: frantic waiters race a variety drink orders across the room while a group of assorted QUT alumni introduce themselves, and one of my study tour colleagues Angus (“Aussie Angus”) bellows a G’day greeting to them at the top of his voice. If you’ve ever wondered what…

Let me just start by apologising in advance if the following makes no sense because what I have just witnessed was so mind-blowing that it may have literally melted my brain. Hong Kong is ridiculous, and I mean that in the very best possible way. Where else in…

Here’s a serious question: what is it about air travel that makes people forget all of the normal rules of personal space? After 9 hours of sitting next to a random stranger (let’s call him “Fred”) who pretty quickly decided that my shoulder was an appropriate pillow, it’s…