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Design concept for Chinese waterfront site ranks in competition’s top 10

Student concept for the proposed site north of Guishan (Turtle Hill) in Wuhan, China.

Tuesday 18 December 2018

Curtin students have developed a pedestrian-centric design concept to revitalise an inner-city, waterfront site in Wuhan, China. The team ranked in the top 10 in the competition, out of more than 100.

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UN internship an Australian uni ‘first’

(From left) United Nations Population Fund consultant Roderick Buskool, international relations student Laurelle Neugebauer, former Prime Minister of Timor-Leste Rui Maria de Araújo, and Paulina Providas, wife of Country Director for UNDP Timor-Leste Claudio Providas, during the launch of the Knua Juventude Fila-Liman youth centre.

Friday 9 February 2018

Laurelle Neugebauer’s six-month internship in Timor-Leste is believed to be one of the first times that an Australian student has been based at a UN office in a post-conflict state.

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