20 Dec, 2022 | Blog, EDUCATION STORY
Pictured: EWB Australia staff and Dawul Wuru Aboriginal Corporation staff at the 2022 EWB Challenge Showcase in Cairns. Public bins built from recycled plastic bricks; a citizen’s wildlife reporting app; and a fish trap inspired by the Rainbow Serpent dreamtime...
18 Oct, 2022 | Blog, EDUCATION STORY
Photo caption: Technology Development Specialist Mariny Chheang and Program Support Officer Chanrika Keo leading a female focus group with Pu Ngaol village members. Each year, over 10,000 first-year university students across Australia and New Zealand participate in...
30 Aug, 2022 | Blog, EDUCATION STORY
As a newly-minted undergrad, Tim Kuiper took a seat in his first class of mechanical engineering at Deakin University. Little did he know, it was a unit that was about to blow his mind. It was 2007. Lizzie Brown, EWB’s Education Officer at the time (who later became...
29 Aug, 2022 | Blog, EDUCATION STORY, UNI PARTNER STORY
The academic team at Griffith University has been working to authentically embed Indigenous perspectives into their engineering and design curriculum. This begins in a student’s first year at Griffith University with the EWB Challenge program, which introduces...
26 Jan, 2022 | Blog, EDUCATION STORY
Pictured: EWB Chair Gavin Blakey’s Irukandji district badge from his time as a Cub and Scout in Cairns. Each year, EWB Australia partners with universities and a different community-based organisation to develop and deliver the EWB Challenge. First-year...
