During her time as the State Archaeologist for the NSW Heritage Council, Professor Tracy Ireland had little inkling that 20 years later, she would be leading a project focused on how aviation has transformed Australia.

Today, she is the Director of the University of Canberra’s Centre of Creative and Cultural Research, and her three-year Australian Research Council (ARC) linkage project, Heritage of the Air, 2018-2020, is a digital and community-focused project studying how communities value the heritage of Australian aviation.

Dr Jessica Kennedy says it was during her law degree studies at the University of Canberra that she discovered a true passion for protecting the victims of violent crimes.

It took a couple of false starts before Jessica realised where she could exercise her passion and build a career. She initially thought of becoming a marine biologist and then a vet, before finding her calling as a lawyer, drawn by the desire to speak up for those who couldn’t fight back against injustice.

Dick Telford AM has been an influencer for much of his life – from the time he started out in his career as a 19-year-old Physical Education teacher, to the current day as a 74-year-old Professor advocating the need for change.

It’s impossible to remain indifferent to Articulated Head (AH) 2.0, the art installation which joins the cast of Questacon’s Born or Built: Our Robotic Future today – even if you resist the temptation to talk to the 3D rendering of renowned performance artist Stelarc’s head, it may well turn to watch you, gyrating gently on its robotic axis.

When coaching the UC Capitals to multiple WNBL premierships, Carrie Graf’s role in promoting her sport and team through the media was legendary.

She ensured sponsors were acknowledged and journalists were treated well. Coffee and toasted sandwiches were always up for grabs and for many in the media it was the highlight of their day.  Not because they were looked after, more importantly they felt appreciated.

Dr Duncan Driver, Assistant Professor in Teacher Education at the University of Canberra admits that goal-setting is something he has never engaged in, despite a successful career as an English teacher in Canberra, and throughout his work in higher education.

“The idea that setting long-term goals for yourself is some kind of recipe for contentment is wrong to me,” said Duncan.

“You may not achieve the goal, and if you’ve put a lot of emotional investment into it, you’re going to be frustrated.

The adage that ‘dynamite comes in small packages’ could have been written just for University of Canberra lecturer Shara Ranasinghe.

There’s no doubt you’re probably familiar with the two-beat theme of Law & Order, or if you’re slightly older, you might even remember the ‘Oogachaka’ dancing baby from legal show Ally McBeal.

And while an entire generation has grown up with Law &Order in one form or another, you may not have considered how that pop culture icon has also shaped our understanding of law. But it’s something Professor Jason Bainbridge is more than familiar with.

The National Technology Initiative (NTI) Center for Advanced Manufacturing Technologies of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) is involved as a technology coordinator and contractor in a unique federal project to develop a Digital Twin of Russia’s largest and the world’s third largest river basin.

One of the largest integrated science and technology projects of the National Technology Initiative (NTI) Center for Advanced Manufacturing Technologies of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) has been implemented since 2019 as part of the National Consortium for the Development of Autonomous, Connected, Electric Transport in close collaboration with PAO KAMAZ, Russia’s largest automobile corporation.