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The way we understand Australian history is set to be rewritten, thanks to an ambitious new project that retells our national story using previously untapped sources.

Can interactive technology and design research help with physicial rehabiliation? Associate Professor Bert Bongers’ work with therapists and hospital patients demonstrates the possibilities.

There’s universal agreement that STEM knowledge and skills – from science, technology, engineering and maths – are vital for today’s students to be ready for the future of work. But preparing young people for that future also means preparing teachers, who need the capacity and confidence to integrate STEM effectively into learning for children as young as five.

A UTS team of political sociologists is investigating the coal industry with a research project that challenges the development of new mining projects.

How can we make courts more efficient while retaining a just judicial system? Law Professor Anita Stuhmcke and Senior Lecturer Pam Stewart are mining data from High Court decisions to find out.

Associate Professor Juliet Willetts, Research Director at the UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures, has spent the last three years immersed in Enterprise in WASH (Water Sanitation and Hygiene), a research initiative in Vietnam, Indonesia and Timor-Leste to advise national policymakers and practitioners.

People can spend years on waiting lists for social housing. A new research project will uncover what life is like for those left in limbo. 
 

A collaborative project led by the Knowledge Economy Institute and the UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) is using data science to deliver new insights into Sydney’s urban environment.