eCorner

Your one-stop-shop for events, scholarships, news and more - for current UQ Economics students.

Explore the list of available and upcoming highly sought-after scholarships and bursaries for domestic and international undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Study Opportunities

Assignment Writing and R Coding Modules

Ongoing study opportunities

UQ SoE Scholarships, prizes and bursaries | Applications now open
Student Managed Investment Fund | Register your interest
Citi - Economics | Online internship
NSW Gov – Law & Economics | Online internship
EY | Student Programs
UQ Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences (CUBES) | Get paid to participate in computer-based experiments
UQ Library | Discover how the UQ Library can help you
UQ Study Resources | Discover the resources available to you
UQPPES PPE Common Room | Study session held every Tuesday
Behavioural Economics Team of the Australian Government (BETA) | Online resources
Student Adviser drop-in sessions | Available all semester

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Careers and Employability

Job opportunities

Graduate Policy Analyst – National Heavy Vehicle Regulator | Applications close 24 November
Graduate Business Services Accountant – Gibson Clark | Applications close 30 November
Accounts Officer – PD Training | Applications close 30 November
Graduate Analyst – Guerdon Associates | Applications close 30 November
CEO Team Assistant – Moore Australia | Applications close 8 December
Graduate Accountant – MGI Business Services | Applications close 13 December
Graduate Tax Accountant – OBT Financial Group | Applications close 29 December

Employability events

Book in with a BEL Career Advisor | Appointments available in-person or online
Visa and career advice | Request a one-on-one appointment

BEL Careers Summer Series

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Other resources

Explore an abundance of stories on UQ's Careers Directory. Search and read more stories here.

Events

Connect

Join the BEL Career Mentoring Program

The BEL Career Mentoring Program connects highly motivated students from UQ's Faculty of Business, Economics and Law with experienced industry professionals. The Program helps mentees to design and build their future career, complementing their academic knowledge with their mentor’s experiences, industry insights, practical advice and networks. Join the Program now!

School of Economics Student Societies

Want to make awesome friends and expand your peer network, learn new skills and strengths, attend cool and diverse events, and be given the opportunity to become a leader? Join a student society today!

Other opportunities

Student-Staff Liaison Committee (SSLC) | Find out more
UQ Respect Module | Complete this now (access via Blackboard).
Have you completed your first-year BEL bucket list yet? | Start working on your bucket list and read now.
UQ Experience Research Panel | Find out what's involved or Sign-up here.
What are some of the best careers available to economics graduates? | Find out more here.

Community

[Read] UQ athletes poised for Paris Olympics and Paralympics

Bachelor of Advanced Business (Honours) student Thomas Neill and Bachelor of Advanced Finance and Economics (Honours) student Abby Andrews are among the 14 UQ students and community members who have been selected to represent Australia at the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games.

[Read] A TikTok account of one’s own: BookTok and the commodification of reading

UQES's latest blog post follows Emma Searle’s descent into the world of BookTok and all its conflicting implications for what it means to be a reader. Explore how BookTok has created marketing moguls from your favourite authors, and how the publishing industry responds to this commodification.

[Listen] Medicine to Markets: A Medicine Student's Leap into Quant Finance

Join the UQES diversity team as they sit down with Franklin, a former medicine student who made a dramatic shift into the world of quantitative finance. They'll dive into the pivotal decisions that guided his career change, the role of luck in his unexpected transition, and the search for meaning in a field vastly different from his original path.

[Read] What's it really like to study economics at UQ?

From global politics and poverty to climate change, economics is all about how we use resources to address needs and understand the decisions we make. Hear UQ students and alumni share why they chose to study economics and what the experience is like. Read article.

Graduating student stories

Do you know someone graduating this semester with an amazing story to tell? Whether they've launched a startup, secured their dream job at the UN, beaten the odds to complete their degree, or have an interesting background, we’d love to learn more. Email the BEL Faculty Communications team and fill us in.

[Listen] Check out the CareerHacks podcast: Nurture your network

Networking is an essential aspect of business and building a career. How to do it effectively, when to begin and what to say are all questions we ask ourselves when first stepping into the world of professional relationship building.

On a recent episode of CareerHacks, alum K Y Wong shares his incredible insights on leveraging relationships, building lifelong friends, and meeting business partners. Networking is nothing new, but its impact can change the trajectory of your career. So, start now! Tune in today.

[Watch] SBS Insight – Habits

In this episode of SBS Insight, hear Dr David Smerdon discuss the game of chess and how playing it can help us form positive habits without even realising.

[Listen] Worldonomics – The Boeing Bros internship experience

In the third installment of the Internship Experiences series, UQES executives Thomas Mitchell and Kosei Stephenson discuss their fascinating summer experience, working as interns in the finance function for Boeing Defense Australia.

[Listen] Worldonomics – An insight into the Pinnacle Women in Finance Scholarship

In the recent podcast episode of Worldonomics, Vice President of Publications Charlotte Thorne shares her experiences during two summer internships she pursued after receiving the prestigious Pinnacle Women in Finance Scholarship.

[Listen] Internship Experience Series - Olivia Uy interview for J.P. Morgan Summer Internship

The first interview of the Internship Experiences series dives into the highs and lows of Economics interships. Episode one features the UQES Treasurer Olivia Uy and a discussion on her experience at J.P Morgan in Sydney this past summer.

[Read] The ultimate UQ gift guide

Struggling with gift inspiration this holiday season? Contact Magazine's Alumni gift guide has you sorted, with a range of Economics Alumni gift options to choose from.

[Read] Lessons learned from BEL Careers Day

Bachelor of Business Management / Communication student, Jake Gitsham, shares insightful key learnings from the BEL Careers Day, 2022. "Developing a career-ready mindset doesn’t occur overnight. It’s a journey that requires cultivation and dedication." Read more.

[Read] Unpacking the 2022 federal budget

UQ experts have weighed in on how the 2022 budget will impact various sectors across the country, following Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivering the Australian Government's first budget this week. Read more.

[Listen] The Economics of Public Transport: An Interview with Robin Barlow

This week on the Worldonomics podcast, the UQES Diversity team present an interview with Robin Barlow, founding director of NineSquared, an economics consulting firm based in Brisbane. Within the episode, topics discussed include the beginning of Barlow's career, his time in the public sector, and some of the ins and outs of how economic decisions are made in regard to public transport.

[Listen] What is Pillar Talk? – Pillar Talk

The UQ Politics, Philosophy and Economics Society has launched a new podcast! Pillar Talk is a podcast about politics, philosophy, and economics - the three pillars of the humanities. It will take complex ideas about the world around us and make them accessible for the everyday listener. Listen now!

[Read] Unpacking the great price hike – Contact Magazine

As the cost of living continues to climb, Editor-at-Large at Canstar.com.au, Today Show money expert and UQ alum Effie Zahos (Bachelor of Economics '90) shares her tips on how to set up an inflation-proof budget. Read more.

[Read] Electricity prices explained – AIBE Explainer Series

Australian Institute for Business and Economics (AIBE) Director Professor Flavio Menezes and Research Fellows Dr Patrick O'Callaghan and Dr Tina Rampino explain why respite for electricity consumers won’t happen anytime soon as temperatures hit record highs, coal-fired generation is reduced and the Russian war on Ukraine rages on. Read more.

[Read] UQ graduate named Queensland's 2023 Rhodes Scholar – UQ News

Economist, climate campaigner, athlete and UQ BAdvFin&Econ(Hons) alum Josephine Auer has been named Queensland's 2023 Rhodes Scholar. Read more about her momentous achievement.

[Listen] BEL Study Tunes playlist

Need some study motivation? We've got you covered! Press play on these study tunes to get your work done in style. Check them out now.

Three reasons to enter an economic competition

When you think of ‘economics’, one of the first things that comes to mind is probably money, and I don’t blame you – I was once in your shoes. But my time at UQ so far has broadened my understanding of the field, and my latest experience has reminded me that there’s more to it than crunching numbers.
PPE student tackles bushfires and the film industry

Earlier this year, I took part in the School of Economics’ Borderless competition. This was a great opportunity to work with students from different backgrounds while taking on contemporary, real-world issues that you don’t often see in the lecture theatre (with the extra motivation of a cash prize!).