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2018
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27 March 2018
Education brings a new future to 25 million children in Pakistan
An estimated 25 million children in Pakistan don't go to school. To change this, Lila Ram works to promote more enlightened teaching methods, equal educational opportunity and the love of learning.
21 March 2018
Celebrating World Poetry Day
On World Poetry Day, Australian poet and newly announced Education Writer-in-Residence Mark Tredinnick speaks of the beauty and the potential of the poetic art form.
21 March 2018
Acclaimed poet named Writer-in-Residence on World Poetry Day
To coincide with World Poetry Day on 21 March, the University of Sydney has named renowned Australian poet, author and teacher Mark Tredinnick as its School of Education and Social Work 2018 Writer-in-Residence.
19 March 2018
Sydney's oldest bin chickens get a check-up
The scanning at the University's Veterinary Teaching Hospital showed one mummy contains a whole, but fragmented, adult ibis and the other two baby ibises.
19 March 2018
5 things you need to know about The Lady and the Unicorn
Captivating in beauty, craftsmanship, mystery and origin, The Lady and the Unicorn tapestries are considered to be some of the greatest surviving masterpieces of medieval European art.
16 March 2018
The University of Sydney teams up with Sydney Writers’ Festival
The University of Sydney is excited to announce its partnership with the Sydney Writers' Festival for the seventh year running.
16 March 2018
Australian artists go international, thanks to Paris fellowship
From fierce feminist films to drawings that beautify housing estates: Australian artists are bringing their work to the world, with help from a residency that provides the time and space to focus on big ideas.
13 March 2018
Australian universities equip students with key social skills
An Australian university education boosts desirable graduate attributes including extraversion and agreeableness along with intellectual skills, according to a new study by University of Sydney researchers.
09 March 2018
6 reasons to join Sydney's Women in Wikipedia edit-a-thon
University staff, students and community will address Wikipedia's gender gap while celebrating Women's History Month at our Women in Wikipedia: 2018 Sydney Edit-a-thon.
07 March 2018
Ancient Egyptian treasures discovered in suburban Sydney home
Almost 200 Egyptian antiquities discovered in a Northbridge home have been donated to the University. The collection - acquired by a late grandfather during his war service - includes coffin fragments and a mummified animal.