Grand Challenge Meetup: Reforming Australia’s refugee policy: Where do we begin?
Please join us for this Grand Challenge meetup, with guest speaker Paul Power, CEO of the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA).
In the first program of 2018, the Collegium Musicum Choir will be tackling some great masterpieces of the choral repertory, with a focus on the war-torn works of Haydn and Jenkins. So often throughout history the heartfelt cry of the masses is overshadowed by the conflict of rival nations. This program pays homage to the victims of war both past and present.
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Sonic explorers dig up machines and media from the past and situate them in range of genres (from experimental and ambient to synthwave and future bass). We’ve raided the music department's vinyl stash and sampled every out-of-tune harpsichord and pump organ we could find. Resurrected machines include a living Gameboy, Alpha Juno, modular synth, Fairlight CMI, and prepared piano, all played lived live with reactive visuals.
We welcome you to look. We may ask you to be looked at. We may take your looking and reflect it, shift it, turn it outwards.
This year's lecture will be presented by Nicholas Davis, Head of Society and Innovation and Member of the Executive Committee at the World Economic Forum in Geneva, Switzerland.
The lecture will explore the promise and peril of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and how we might realise the benefits of sustainable, responsible and human-centred innovation.
One of the most controversial aspects of the rise of intelligent machines is the development of what are known as ‘lethal autonomous systems’ and what they will mean for the way wars are fought. Initial discussions in the UN in recent years have focused on the need to retain some form of human control, as well as considering the potential risks and benefits.
A conversation with Pasi Sahlberg and Adrian Piccoli.
The recent release of the ambitious Review to Achieve Educational Excellence in Australian Schools (Gonski 2.0) report has Australia buzzing about what the future holds in reforming Australian education.
Will we see an end to NAPLAN or the HSC?
How will teachers' work change in planning for individual student needs?
Will these reforms lead us to the more equitable system we desire?
Koto Transformation Australis showcases a cultural exchange of music beyond borders, where traditional Japanese forms transform into hybrid compositions with Australian styles.
Leading koto players from around the world come together as they premiere new works by leading Australian composers as well as students from UNSW.
This event will also mark 30 years of koto virtuoso Satsuki Odamura’s arrival, and her efforts to promote koto music here.
The repertoire of the Wind Symphony features works from all eras and styles, including jazz, popular and art-music forms. The Ensemble comprises about 50 woodwind and brass players on campus.
The Orchestra’s repertoire is broadly from the Classical and Romantic eras. Recent works by contemporary Australian composers are well represented in the Orchestra's programs, as is film music from the past four decades.
From classical to jazz, join us for an eclectic series of performances.
Location: Io Myers Studio, UNSW (Building D9) Venue Map
In March 2017, the United Nations Human Rights Council decided to urgently dispatch an Independent International Fact-Finding Mission to establish the facts and circumstances of the alleged human rights violations by military and security forces, and abuses, in Myanmar, in particular in Rakhine State, with a view to ensuring full accountability for perpetrators and justice for victims.