Higher education can help make or break cultural diversity, says University of New England (UNE) PhD student Rafi Saleh. Rafi, studying a PhD in linguistics at UNE, was an English literature and language teacher in Bangladesh when he became increasingly concerned...
Two University of New England (UNE) historians will help build Australia’s first repository of historical criminal justice data to safeguard knowledge and benefit future research. The project, led by Griffith University, is Australia’s largest ‘digital humanities’...
Digital technology and mass-production might shape the world today, but stone is where it all began, says UNE Archaeology’s A/Prof Mark Moore. “As the oldest of all technologies, the manufacture of stone tools has profoundly influenced the evolution of our...
Dr Margaret Brooks’ career in early childhood education has taken her all over the world. She’s worked with children in a Scottish slum, established a kindergarten program in Canada, and set up a demonstration school in Bhutan. Yet once upon a time, teaching was...
Jennifer Power-Geary long decided that with her range of interests, she would be an actor, scientist or a presenter at a zoo. The UNE science honours student has studied a bit of everything, and wouldn’t have it any other way. “I began studying a Bachelor of...
University of New England’s School of Education, in collaboration with Bhutan's Paro College of Education, has developed a new demonstration school to support and enhance Bhutan’s early childhood teacher education programs. Dr Margaret Brooks, UNE Senior Lecturer...
Of all the intensive schools happening at the University of New England (UNE) over the past couple of weeks, the archaeology students have been perhaps the most visible. They’ve been on their hands and knees digging and surveying various mock excavation sites...
Image: University of New England (UNE) Vice-Chancellor Annabelle Duncan presents a certificate to Rinchen Dorji. Bhutanese education leader and UNE School of Education PhD graduate, Rinchen Dorji, could have followed any career path. But he chose teaching, and has...
Armidale and Bhutan may be separated by thousands of kilometres, but soon-to-be UNE education PhD graduate, Karma Jigyel, doesn’t think they’re so different. “Armidale is a very beautiful place which reminds of some places in Bhutan,” he says. “I’ve enjoyed the...
“For pretty much my entire life I have been surrounded by theatre: both my mother and father were involved in the local theatre company. I have participated in several theatre performances, both on stage and from behind the lighting desk. From when I was in year...
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