Social Affairs

Last refuge for persecuted minority

20 Jan 2009

Mandaean refugees experienced post-traumatic stress at rates far higher than the general community under the Howard government's mandatory detention policies, UNSW-led research has found.

Taking aim at stun guns

06 Jan 2009

Research by UNSW social science and criminology students has raised concerns about wider police use of Taser guns.

Spare the rod, save lives

05 Jan 2009

A new UNSW study suggests that a ban on smacking could prevent up to a third of child homicides.

Champion students protect our future

18 Dec 2008

A school project investigating carbon sequestration and another exploring Alzheimers disease are among the 13 winners of the Sustainable Living Challenge.

Policing domestic violence

16 Dec 2008

A more proactive approach to policing can dramatically lower rates of domestic and family violence, a UNSW forum has been told.

Miraca's gift

16 Dec 2008

Miraca Gross has helped more than her fair share of Mensa members so it's appropriate that UNSW's Professor of Gifted Education is acknowledged by the organisation itself.

Grand design

09 Dec 2008

Renowned architect and UNSW Visiting Professor, Glenn Murcutt, has been awarded the American Institute of Architects' highest honour.

Policing domestic violence

09 Dec 2008

Changing police culture to combat domestic and family violence is the focus of a national forum at the University of New South Wales (UNSW).

High flying Rhodes scholar

05 Dec 2008

ADFA graduate and RAAF pilot Matthew Brown has been awarded a prestigious Rhodes scholarship to study at Oxford University next year.

Celebrating human rights

03 Dec 2008

Former justice Elizabeth Evatt and leading UK jurist Lord Bingham will lead the University's celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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