Researchers from the University of NSW have developed a biosecurity program they say could have prevented COVID-19 and believe it will be instrumental in thwarting future pandemics. UNSW’s head of biosecurity research, Raina MacIntyre, has spearheaded an intelligence program called Epiwatch that ...

UNSW will be under new leadership in 2022, after its vice-chancellor announced he will step down from the role. After seven years at the helm, professor Ian Jacobs made the “difficult and emotional” decision to resign so he and partner ...

As Australia begins a slow and difficult recovery from COVID-19, the status of our universities will be increasingly important in attracting and retaining international students once borders fully reopen. In a recent article for The Conversation, UNSW president and vice-chancellor ...

Flames that rose from announcements Australian National University and UNSW were planning staff cuts were fanned by news a US university’s Sydney campus was eligible for JobKeeper payments. This week, ANU vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt revealed the “painful” decision to cut ...

It happened again. On 31st July, the University of NSW tweeted an article which quoted Human Rights Watch's Australia director and adjunct law lecturer, Elaine Pearson, expressing her concerns over the erosion of human rights in Hong Kong. The tweet ...

It’s an act that perhaps many of us have done without much thought – sharing something shocking, disastrous or criminal online. While some people in the community refrain from sharing such posts, Associate Professor Alyce McGovern from UNSW says the ...

CampusReview · Best-practice approaches to online learning: Professor Andrew Martin - Podcast With on-campus learning almost non-existent in many universities, remote or online learning in the higher education sector is the status quo. While COVID-19 ushered in this change extremely ...

Monash University has announced it will cut 277 jobs by the end of the year, just days after UNSW revealed that it would slash just under 500 full-time staff. In a statement, Monash said it was projecting a $350m revenue ...

Low-cost hydrogen storage to help power homes and businesses across Australia could soon become a reality due to promising new technology developed in Australia. While renewables will remain part of the energy mix, UNSW researchers have developed metal alloys that can ...

A UNSW academic with a penchant for 1990s episodes of The Simpsons has drawn some uncanny parallels between President Trump-era politics through three episodes of the cult comedy classic. Senior Lecturer in International Relations Dr William Clapton's observations are particularly timely, ...