Arts & Social Sciences

It's unpopular with the public and kills endangered and non-game birds – but that hasn't stopped duck shooting, writes Siobhan O'Sullivan.

A Creative Writing PhD graduate slated for a three-month writing residency at UNSW has been shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Awards.

Jenny Zhang will discuss her role as a ‘subversive interpreter of the immigrant experience’ in one of the highlights of UNSW-affiliated events at the Sydney Writers’ Festival.

The estimated cost of raising children in Australia has risen over the past two decades due to new ideals, UNSW researchers have found.

The first UNSWriting event of 2018 features Ceridwen Dovey discussing her acclaimed new novel In the Garden of Fugitives.

 An act of violence is giving new exposure to the dangerous rage of 'involuntarily celibate' men.

UNSW Sydney Creative Writing PhD graduate Roanna Gonsalves has won a NSW Premier's Literary Award for her collection of short stories.

Leaders from the Gonski Institute for Education at UNSW Sydney will hold a forum tonight to explore dramatic changes posed for schools by the recent Gonski report.

Good educators know when they are not needed, says the Gonski Institute of Education’s newest recruit. By Wendy Frew.

As a child, Nicole Murphy spontaneously wrote music for her own satisfaction. Now, the inaugural recipient of the Australia Ensemble Emerging Composer Fellowship is composing for some of UNSW's finest musicians.

Chris Thompson’s TV/web series about a young Australian girl growing up in a family of cannibals gets plenty of bites from TV and film festivals.

A global program to tackle the challenges of increasingly populated urban environments attracted creative thinking from three UNSW PhD candidates.

The acclaimed author Christos Tsiolkas and UNSW academic and filmmaker Mary Zournazi are crafting a play that digs deeply into key challenges accompanying our ageing population. 

There's no hiding from confrontational truths in Michael Mohammed Ahmad's new novel The Lebs.

Professor Deborah Lupton, UNSW's newest hire under the SHARP program, will explore how digital health technologies, big data and self-tracking apps are changing the way we manage our health. 

A fashion label launched by UNSW graduates is providing valuable support for migrants and refugees – and catching the eye of major designers, too.

UNSW’s Arts & Social Sciences Dean, Susan Dodds, gave a Festival of Dangerous Ideas audience food for thought on how to better support the most vulnerable people in our society.

The Fellowship for Associate Professor Kama Maclean recognises outstanding contribution to research in the history of modern India.