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  Word of the year

  Learn why 'burqini' has made a splash as the Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year 2011.

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  Offers are out

  Find out how to accept your offer at the University of Sydney.

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  Saving our reefs

  Find out how tropical sea cucumbers could help to save coral reefs from the devastating effects of climate change.

Remote research

The Rio Tinto Centre for Mine Automation aims to be a completely automated and remotely operated mine -- great for researchers, students, and Australia’s GDP. Find out why.

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We have nearly 700 undergraduate and postgraduate courses on offer. Start your road to Sydney today.

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Engineer your career

Twins Kate and Ainslie Thompson attended the 15th Indigenous Australian Engineering Summer School, with 21 other high school students, kickstarting a future as engineers.

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What’s on at Sydney?

• Sydney Ideas: The Precariat 9 February
• Coral: Art Science Life (Macleay Museum) opens 13 February
• International law and the periphery 17-18 February
• Distinguished speakers program: Professor Nicholas Bala 22 February
• Courtyard Sessions at the Seymour every Friday until 30 March
• Vision in Motion: a modernist walk until 30 March
• The Etruscans: a classical fantasy (Nicholson Museum) until December

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