Our world is rapidly changing. What does this mean for Australian children and their future?

Whether you are a parent, educator or practitioner we invite you to join us in celebrating the release of Adrian Piccoli's new publication 12 Ways Your Child Can Get The Best out of School and join us for a panel discussion with some of Australia's most experienced educators, Professor Adrian Piccoli, Professor Kristy Muir and Danielle Cronin. Chaired by Professor Pasi Sahlberg.

Led by UNSW Galleries Public Engagement Officer, Miranda Samuels, these intimate tours of 'Gemma Smith: Rhythm Sequence' utilise the technique of audio description as an access tool for people who are blind or have low vision, and as a medium for experimenting with ideas of language, abstraction and translation.

Sighted companions and guide dogs are welcome. Open to the general public. For questions please contact Miranda Samuels, m.samuels@unsw.edu.au.

Bask in the beautiful sounds of one of the country’s leading chamber ensembles, as the Australia Ensemble present a free lunch hour concert.

VINE | Strutt Sonata for cello and piano

DVORAK | ‘American’ Quartet

1:10pm Tuesday August 13. No booking required.

This performance is inspired by a story in Calderon’s Life is a Dream: A king foretold that his unborn son would become a monster and bring disaster to the country. So he imprisoned the baby in a tower at birth. The child grew up in the tower, cut off from the outside world. Eighteen years later the child is released by the king but something terrible happens…

UNSW Scientia Education Academy public lecture presented by Dr Silas Taylor, Faculty of Medicine

It is generally accepted that ‘communication skills are important’ for today’s graduate. However, there are a range of conceptions, and perhaps some misconceptions, about what particular skills are most relevant to the modern workplace, and how we might try to ensure that our graduates acquire them.

UNSW Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ian Jacobs, invites students and staff to come along to an event on the library lawn at 11am on Thursday 21 March to mark Harmony Week and reiterate our university’s commitment to a peaceful and harmonious campus.

Professor Jacobs noted that in the first part of 2019, the world has seen too many examples of division in our world, along religious or ideological lines.

Harmony Day, celebrated on March 21st in Australia, is a day to celebrate and appreciate the cultural diversity of our communities and workplaces.

UNSW Science is proud to have more than 100 countries represented across its staff and student populations. Having such a diverse faculty enables us to produce better science.

If pursuing a career in Medicine is what you've always dreamed of, then make sure you don't miss the Medicine Information Evening.

This evening provides a general overview of the UNSW Medicine degree as well as detailed information on our application and admissions process for 2020 from current staff and students in the Faculty of Medicine.

Beijing based visual artist Rose Wong joins Yu-Chieh Li, Judith Neilson Post-Doctoral Fellow of Contemporary Art at UNSW Art & Design, for a discussion on her recent work within the context of time-based media, performativity and gender in contemporary Chinese art.

Are the experiences of women in leadership changing? Is this different in STEM? What more do our institutions need to do?

Join Professor Teresa Akenga (Vice-Chancellor, University of Eldoret and UNSW Science Alumna) and Professor Emma Johnston (Dean of Science, UNSW Sydney) in conversation with Dr Sarah Cook (Director, Institute for Global Development) exploring the changing experiences of women in leadership, education and science.

About the speakers

In this UNSW Art & Design Guest Talk, Los Angeles based art historian and editor Julian Myers-Szupinska will discuss a range of curatorial, editorial and writing projects. An influential scholar of contemporary art and exhibitions, Myers-Szupinska was founding faculty in the Curatorial Practice program at California College of the Arts; was senior editor for The Exhibitionist, a journal on exhibition making; and is part of the critical/curatorial duo

Government fish farms in Kenya were started with an aim of promoting aquaculture. These fish farms have made tremendous contributions to farm management and rural development such as creating more employment opportunities, improving infrastructure, contributing to National food security, and providing income to farmers and revenue to the government.