UNSW has launched Australia's first research and teaching program dedicated to lifting leadership standards in education and improving student outcomes.
UNSW Chancellor David Gonski's "extraordinary leadership" in philanthropy has been recognised with a major award from the Business/Higher Education Round Table.
The Role of Education in the Road to Reconciliation will be discussed by a panel of experts, lead by Professor Pat Dodson, at the University of New South Wales next week.
With only 40 percent of senior maths teachers university-qualified, there has been a dramatic decline in Australia's international educational standing in the subject, says Professor Anthony Dooley.
Discovering ways to prevent dementia has helped Dr Michael Valenzuela win a major science gong. He's one of seven UNSW researchers to be awarded Young Tall Poppy prizes - a record haul for any university.
Futurist and innovator Chris Luebkeman outlines four plausible futures in a public lecture at UNSW. His multimedia presentation is based on the premise that "the future is over sold and under imagined".
