COVID-19 (coronavirus) advice for the UQ community - EVENTS
What is an 'event'?
The Queensland Chief Health Officer's 1 July 2020 directive defines an event as a planned public or social occasion:
- involving the movement of a large crowd and in higher densities; and/or
- is occasional in nature; and/or
- involving people who generally would not normally interact day-to-day; and/or
- incorporating a broad range of activities; and/or
- involving food or beverage provision
UQ events that need to be considered under the UQ approval process and Queensland Health direction include:
- Graduation ceremonies
- Public lectures and seminars
- Awards ceremonies
- Market days
- Concerts and performances
- Movie nights
- UQ Union events and barbecues
- Student-organised guest lectures and speakers
- Protests
- External stakeholder engagement activities (for example, gatherings of industry, government or donor groups who would not normally interact with each other day-to-day).
Planning for Events at UQ has more information.
What events are allowed?
- Current student experience and future student recruitment events are prioritised.
- Christmas / end-of-year
- Student Employability
- Events may be moved to manage densities of people around campus.
- Consideration is given to the number of events on campus at any one time.
- Venues must be well spaced out and organisers must retain an event report.
- Event organisers are advised to make contingency plans for an online version of planned face-to-face events.
More information: Permitted events approval process
Indoor and outdoor dancing allowed
From 14 December 2020 for UQ
- Indoor and outdoor dancing is allowed, subject to the one person per 2 square metre rule. Businesses should ensure patrons practice physical distancing in dance areas.
- Businesses are required to keep contact details for a minimum of 30 days and a maximum of 56 days.
New definition of ‘ticketed and allocated seating’.
From 14 December 2020, ticketed and allocated seating means fixed seating where a patron is:
a. given a record of their assigned seat number by way of a ticket; and
b. remains in their assigned seat to the extent possible while they are present at the venue or event.