“I never want any child to go through what I did as a refugee. I want to help empower indigenous communities to effectively manage their own natural resources to prevent the corruption that leads people to take up arms to control these resources. William Adams...
When Shafi Mostafa saw growing discontent and conflict in his home country of Bangladesh, he felt compelled to understand the social and psychological factors at play, in order to bring about change. Shafi, a UNE Peace Studies PhD candidate, shares his vision for...
Former UNE student and now lecturer in Peace Studies Dr Johanna Garnett works with young activists from agrarian communities in Myanmar to develop sustainable and just community development programs. It has brought her face-to-face with the plight of neighbouring...
The Secondhand Saturday Project. Photo by Raquel Duron Perez, Uniting Harris Community Centre, 2017. Our unsustainable consumption of resources and waste generation is creating conflict locally, nationally and internationally. Yue (Frankie) Zheng, community...
That’s part of what women should be, is stand up and be heard and fight for what we believe in.” - Literacy for Life campaign participant, Toomelah. New literacy skills are helping the women in the Aboriginal community of Toomelah and nearby Boggabilla,...
A comprehensive database tracking more than 2,000 of the earliest surviving music compositions using 'canonic' techniques has been developed by a team of Australian university researchers. Music teachers, students, performers, composers and music lovers can browse...
Eight University of New England (UNE) students based in Nauru have spent four weeks developing their practice as future teachers in a range of schools around Armidale. The four weeks formed the students’ first practical component of a UNE teaching qualification...
Sophie Masson, Australian author of more than 60 books for children, young adults and adults, will graduate with a PhD at UNE after successfully completing a novel, ‘The Ghost Squad’, for her thesis. Sophie was supported every step of the way by her principal...
Image: Discussing the program in Toomelah. L-R: Rose Amazan, Felix Hernandes - Cuban 'Yes I Can!' adviser and UNE visiting academic, Bob Boughton and Myisha Edwards - a program facilitator from the community. As a funded adult literacy campaign in the remote...
UNE languages graduate and former employee, Jim Scanlan, has won a national competition for the translation of an important Indonesian poem into English. Jim, who graduated with a Diploma in Modern Languages majoring in Indonesian in 2016, won the poetry section of...
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