Division of the Deputy Vice

ASPIRE receives $250,000 “surprise” from Google

14 Oct 2014

The UNSW program that introduces thousands of disadvantaged school students to the world of university is celebrating after receiving a $250,000 “surprise” grant from Google.

UNSW joins national anti-racism campaign

15 Aug 2014

Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane will be on campus to help UNSW mark the Australian Human Rights Commission’s "Racism. It Stops With Me" campaign this week..

ASPIRE program touches lives

14 Aug 2014

As its government funding draws to a close, a UNSW program that has helped thousands of disadvantaged students consider higher education has been celebrated for transforming lives.

Plibersek on Australia’s “false choice”

12 Aug 2014

Whether Australia should side with the US or China is a “false choice”, the Opposition's Tanya Plibersek has told a Confucius Institute audience.

Teaching gong for child care director

04 Apr 2014

The director of Tigger’s Honeypot Sylvia Turner has received a National Excellence in Teaching Award for her “inspirational leadership”.

Owl's House takes on kids' design

24 Sep 2013

UNSW Early Years’ fourth childcare centre, designed with input from children, has been officially opened by Vice-Chancellor Professor Fred Hilmer.

World first QS 5 Star plus rating

22 Mar 2012

UNSW is the first university in the world to be awarded the QS 5 Star plus badge for excellence.

Feeding the knowledge economy

20 Mar 2012

When classes resumed this year, one million students, including a record first-year intake, were enrolled in the nation's 41 universities: the largest single cohort of students in our history.

Bright lights

06 Dec 2011

High school students from rural NSW have completed UNSW's first residential work experience program under the ASPIRE scheme.