Small is sexy: the discovery of super planetary nebulae

August 24, 2009

A discovery of unexpected phenomena in neighbouring galaxies by a team at the University of Western Sydney may also help to explain a long-standing mystery in astronomy.
Associate Professor Miroslav Filipovic, from the UWS School of Computing and Mathematics, has lead a team of Australian and American scientists who have found a new class of object which they call ’super planetary nebulae’. [Read more]

UWS students push the media frontier to cover climate change conference

July 20, 2009

University of Western Sydney School of Communication Arts students have harnessed the power of the multimedia web to report live from Australia’s first national youth climate change conference held on the weekend. [Read more]

Getting to grips with the economy 2009

July 17, 2009

The Global Financial Crisis or GFC has entered the language but what does it all mean? This opening session of the series provides an overview of the Australian economy and of the challenges confronting it, especially , but not solely, as a result of the global financial crisis. [Read more]