We are delighted to reveal the successful Open Textbooks @ UQ applications for our first round of grants in 2026!
Awarded grants
Strategic grant ($6,000)
Culturally safe and responsive nursing, midwifery and social work practice: Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, families, and communities
Dr Kate Thompson
To be used in INDH2107/INDH7107 Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, families, and communities.
This book offers an overview of culturally safe and responsive practice grounded in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing, helping students develop meaningful, respectful relationships with communities. It is recommended for building confidence as an effective and transformative ally in nursing, midwifery and social work.
Advertising reimagined: Transformative creative strategy development and AI-enhanced executions
Dr Foluke Abigail Badejo
To be used in:
- ADVT7509 Creative Advertising Development
- ADVT7512 Media planning and buying
- ADVT7510 Social media management
- MKTG7513 Marketing for social change.
This book addresses the need to strengthen postgraduate advertising skills in translating creative strategy into effective executions. It offers practical tools for turning strategy into ethical, socially responsible creative work informed by sustainability, diversity and AI‑enabled design.
Create a new textbook ($4,000)
Design and communication skills for architecture students
Dr Kristina Knox
To be used in:
- ARCH1010 Architectural visual communications
- ARCH1002 Foundation studio 2: Site and context
- ARCH1003 Foundation studio 3: Elements of architectural studio
- ARCH1020 Architectural modelling and documentation.
Designed for first-year architecture students, the book focuses on the development of essential design thinking and architectural communication skills through simple, accessible exercises. It introduces fundamental principles of form, space, and composition while building proficiency in visual literacy through freehand sketching, drawing, diagramming, and physical model-making.
Plants, people and the past: An introduction to archaeobotany
Professor Andrew Fairbairn
To be used in ARCS2080 Plants and archaeology: Food, fuel, foraging and farming in the human past and other archaeology courses.
Archaeobotany is the investigation of the history of human plant use from its earliest beginnings through the analysis of plant remains found in archaeological sites. The books provides an accessible introduction to how archaeobotanists recover and interpret plant remains from archaeological sites, recommended for developing foundational skills in understanding past human–plant relationships across disciplines.
Revolutions in history
Associate Professor Ian Hesketh
To be used in HIST2024 Revolutions in history
This open book will provide a clear framework for understanding major political, scientific and cultural revolutions, offering case studies from 1688 to the 1970s to help students analyse how historians interpret transformative change.
Teaching Race and Racism in the Social Sciences
Dr Zoe Steines
To be used in:
- ANTH1030 Anthropology of current world issues
- ANTH1008 Being human: Cultural diversity and experience
- ANTH2270 Migration, culture and identity
- CRIM2099/7099 Crime, race and gender
- CRIM2100 Punishment and Society and others.
This book offers a practical guide to understanding and addressing racism in Australian universities, recommended for developing anti‑racist teaching skills and creating more culturally inclusive learning environments informed by First Nations scholarship.
Congratulations to the grant winners
Congratulations to our successful applicants and we look forward to seeing the books you create!
The grants are made possible by the Library’s Open Textbooks @ UQ program. We support the adoption or creation of open educational resources that are free for everyone. To date, the Library has saved our students over $6500 000 on their textbooks.
