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📈Will Labor’s new National Urban Policy be effective? Prof. Robert Freestone and A/Prof. Bob Webb offer insights on how the government can best deliver a coherent vision for Australia’s cities and regions. ⬇️ unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/… @AcadSocSci @FutureEarthAus @FutureEarth

🥶 Why are Australian houses so cold? UNSWADA’s Prof. Philip Oldfield explains how we can build new homes that keep us warm and help lower greenhouse gas emissions. ⬇️ theguardian.com/commentisfree/… 🏷️ @SustainableTall @GuardianAus

🚀 UNSW has leapt to 7th place in the 2024 THE Impact Rankings! The @timeshighered Impact Rankings are the world's only ranking that measure universities' contribution to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/…

🚀 How does AI affect media and creative work? Led by A/Prof. Oliver Bown, this online webinar will explore the crucial frameworks and industry standards you can adopt for good practice in creative AI. 🗓️4 July 2024 (9:30am - 2:30pm) eventbrite.com.au/e/adapting-to-… @olliebown @UNSWAI

🏠A new report undertaken by UNSW researchers for @AHURI_Research finds low-income households are finding it difficult to find and sustain secure housing in the private rental market even with government subsidisation. unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/…

A new treaty, enacted by the @WIPO, will work to prevent the for-profit ‘biopiracy’ of traditional knowledge, such as the attempts to patent basmati rice and jasmine rice. Read more ⬇️ unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/… 🏷️ @MargxRaven @BarbaBibi @LarnzLarnz

💫 UNSW has ranked 19th in the world! The 2025 QS World University Rankings have just been released, and we’re so proud to see that we’ve solidified our position as a top 20 global university. Read more ⬇️ unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/…

🏷️ @SPRC_UNSW @AlisonRitter1 @egmaiden @robertstirling @erinlalor @harmreductionau @AlcoholDrugFdn

According to a UNSW Sydney report, Australian governments have spent nearly $5.5 billion on illicit drug countermeasures in 2021/2022, but less than 10 per cent went towards strategies aimed at preventing use and reducing negative consequences. ⬇️ unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/…

Registrations for UNSW’s free online leadership course ‘Learn to Lead’ closes this Friday! This year’s program will dive into the topic of ‘resilient leaders for progress', through bite-sized modules designed to enhance your leadership skills 💡 ➡️ alumni.giving.unsw.edu.au/unsw-learn-lead

📈 UNSW-led research shows Queensland’s housing and homeless crisis continues to spiral out of control. “With the market in its current state, it is renters and recent first home buyers who are going to be at the sharp end,” says Prof. Hal Pawson. ⬇️ unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/…

UNSW Sydney has joined a national pledge to disrupt the rise of financial abuse in Australia, alongside @Optus, @Suncorp, @IAGAust, tech start-up BillWill and 16 Australian banks. Read more ⬇️ unsw.edu.au/news/2024/05/U…

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🌱 Urban overheating is a major challenge impacting the sustainability and liveability of our cities, says UNSWADA’s Dr @NeginNazarian. Learn how a multidisciplinary research group have transformed UNSW’s Kensington campus into a living lab to help combat heat exposure.

A/Prof. Jan Lanicek (@jan_lanicek) and Rebecca Cordony (@BecCordony) discuss the concerns of trivialisation, Holocaust distortions and the ethics of depicting survivor trauma. ⬇️ unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/… @ConversationEDU

📺 The much-anticipated drama series and adaptation of ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ has garnered widespread criticism related to its historical inaccuracies.

📊 A new report led by UNSW researchers has unveiled the systemic and ongoing maltreatment that occurs when people with disability are detained in Australia. Read more ⬇️ unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/… 🏷️ @MareeHiggins @eileenbaldry

🎧 A/Prof. Oliver Bown (@olliebown) explores how ChatGPT music app ‘Suno’, and its competitor ‘Udio’, are blurring the lines between music creators and consumers. ⬇️ unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/…

Truth-telling is vital to building a greater understanding between First Nations and non-Indigenous Australians. New research by UNSW’s Prof. @Heidi_Norman and Dr Anne Maree Payne offers insights into how this can be done. ⬇️ unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/…