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UNSW x National Science Week 2025

9 – 17 August 2025
12.00am – 4.00pm AEST
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Free for everyone
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Expand your horizons at UNSW x National Science Week 2025 with big ideas, bold science and hands-on discovery.
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This National Science Week, UNSW brings you a program of events that spark curiosity and spotlight innovation.

Kick things off with international bestselling author John Vaillant, whose gripping stories of wildfires, climate chaos and survival will leave you thinking differently about our changing world.

Then get hands-on at Science in the Swamp, a free, family-friendly day in Centennial Parklands filled with live reptiles, 3D anatomy, mind-bending illusions, slime making and more.

Still curious? Tour a cutting-edge Microfactorie, learn how to turn plastic waste into something new, or join a workshop exploring the future of sustainable materials.

From wildfires to waste, robots to recycling, explore the ideas shaping our future.

Past Events

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12 Aug Past event
Science Week: Materials Revolution MICROfactorie Tour
Join us for a guided tour of the Library exhibition "Materials Revolution", and a behind-the-scenes tour of UNSW SMaRT Centre’s MICROfactorie Laboratory.
Campus events
Design
Engineering
Environment
Innovation
Science
Technology
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12 Aug Past event
John Vaillant: Fire Weather
Jack Beale Lecture | There is no longer a bushfire season, but instead they are a year-round reality. So how do we adapt to our rapidly warming world?
Centre for Ideas
Environment
Politics and Society
Science
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14 Aug Past event
Science Week: Plastic Micro-Recycling Workshop
Join us for a plastic micro-recycling workshop led by Defy Designs, a Sydney-based company that specialise in designing and manufacturing beautiful products made from plastic destined for landfill.
Campus events
Environment
Innovation
Science
Technology
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14 Aug Past event
Science Week: Plastic Micro-Recycling Workshop
Join us for a plastic micro-recycling workshop led by Defy Designs, a Sydney-based company that specialise in designing and manufacturing beautiful products made from plastic destined for landfill.
Campus events
Environment
Innovation
Science
Technology
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17 Aug Past event
UNSW x Science in the Swamp
UNSW goes off campus for National Science Week 2025 — a day of science, learning and fun in Sydney’s Centennial Park."
Engineering
Innovation
Medicine and Health
Science
Technology