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brazil protesters on the streets asking for federal intervention after lula election

What now for Brazil? President Lula strengthened, but Bolsonaro supporters won’t go quietly

12 Jan 2023

Rather than weaken or oust Lula, the riots seem to have paradoxically strengthened the president politically.

Solar panels at UNSW

UNSW awarded more than $29.3m for renewable energy research and development

06 Jan 2023

Nine UNSW projects to receive funding under the ARENA Research and Development Program.

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12 ways to finally achieve your most elusive goals

05 Jan 2023

Setting goals is one thing. Achieving them another. We’ve distilled the research down to 12 goal-enabling tips.

aerial view of people playing with colourful tangram puzzles on a table

The history and mystery of Tangram, the children's puzzle game that harbours a mathematical paradox or two

05 Jan 2023

Tangram is accessible yet challenging, and an excellent educational tool. It’s still used in schools today to help illustrate mathematical concepts and develop mathematical thinking skills.

NRMRC Ideas Grants

UNSW researchers receive more than $16m in Ideas Grants

15 Dec 2022

20 UNSW academics receive NHMRC Ideas Grants for research in medicine and health, and science.

a female protester is dragged from a soccer field by security personnel

Human rights and sport goes far deeper than the World Cup and Qatar

15 Dec 2022

How athletes perceive their human rights is, at last, getting attention, says Nikki Dryden, Olympian and Associate at the Australian Human Rights Institute at UNSW Sydney.

Behrouz Boochani

Sharing a human narrative of offshore detention

14 Dec 2022

Behrouz Boochani discusses how his inhumane treatment as a refugee led to his movement of 'resistance knowledge'.

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What do we know about the Voice to Parliament design, and what do we still need to know?

07 Dec 2022

There has been much debate about the “details” of the Voice to Parliament, but the referendum is on the principle.

PhD students

UNSW Sydney raises stipends for Higher Degree Research scholarships

06 Dec 2022

UNSW will lift stipends for PhD and other HDR scholarship candidates from 2023, to set the benchmark for living wage stipends in Australia.

GlobH2E Opening

ARC Training Centre for The Global Hydrogen Economy opens at UNSW

06 Dec 2022

The Centre is developing new cost-effective technologies and building Australia’s capability, to place the nation at the forefront of the hydrogen economy.

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