UNSW's ASPIRE program for disadvantaged high school students is expanding to primary schools thanks to a major funding boost from the Federal Government.
UNSW has sent the largest delegation of any Australian university to a model United Nations event in The Hague, extending students' skills in international relations and diplomacy.
UNSW Industrial Design students have taken five of 13 finalist places for Australia's leading tertiary student design competition, the James Dyson Award.
Professor Gay Hawkins, from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, has been given a prestigious visiting appointment in Australian Studies at the University of Tokyo.
Professor Ken Maher, of the Faculty of the Built Environment, has confirmed his status as one of Australia's leading architects by winning his profession's highest honour, the Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal.
Two UNSW academics will further their research in the US as 2009 Fulbright scholars. Meanwhile a new Fulbright scholarship was launched by the Premier at the University this week.
UNSW's world-leading solar cell technology has generated interest from South Korea's leader President Lee Myung-bak, who visited the University this week.
