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Mind the gap!

Mind the gap!

New skills are opening up opportunities in emerging engineering sectors. Despite an early start on this sultry hot Sunday morning, a first floor classroom at Royal University Phnom Penh is packed with students attending a Khmer trainer led workshop on research...
The sisterhood supporting women engineers

The sisterhood supporting women engineers

In Timor-Leste essential services and infrastructure are still developing and a relatively low-skilled engineering sector compounds these challenges. Women in particular face specific barriers accessing education and employment. So EWB Australia’s program Feto...
Not all toilets are created equal

Not all toilets are created equal

This World Toilet Day we are talking about toilets for the millions of people who live in flood prone, mountainous and remote areas – challenging environments where standard sanitation systems don’t work. Without access to sanitation, millions of people still practice...
School students remind me of ‘the why’

School students remind me of ‘the why’

“For me, there was always a motivation to do something meaningful. I just didn’t quite understand what that looked like or how it was to be done.”   “Streaks of yellow and orange fill the sky as the sun sinks below the ocean horizon – another beautiful...
Academics challenging conventional thinking

Academics challenging conventional thinking

Many of us have seen news images of people impacted by conflict or natural disasters fleeing their homes. There are global political debates about where these individuals and families can seek refuge in the longer term. But little is discussed in the mainstream media...