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Eight years after being forced to flee war-torn Afghanistan and the Taliban, a first-year physiotherapy student has been awarded The University of Queensland’s inaugural Refugee and Humanitarian Scholarship.

In anticipation of travel bans being lifted in the not-to-distant future, the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs 2022 New Colombo Plan (NCP) Scholarship round is currently open.

In a world first, a satellite-based global coral reef bleaching monitoring system will scan the Earth’s oceans for coral-killing bleaching events in real-time.

An Indian student who grew up in a slum in Delhi will have access to an international education thanks to The University of Queensland’s partnership with Asha – an Indian non-profit organisation which improves the lives of slum dwellers.

The University of Queensland received nearly 1.3 million in New Colombo Plan (NCP) mobility grants to support 367 students across 22 projects in 13 host countries.

Raising her voice to end poverty, inequality or tackle climate change, Runali Maniya’s startup SDG Impactors wants you to wear the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals as a t-shirt to Leave No One Behind.