Archive of news for January 2008
January 2008
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Better stability for underground structures
A University of Newcastle researcher is investigating new ways to predict the stability of underground structures such as road tunnels, railway tunnels, waste repositories and mine tunnels.
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Clinical education model improves nurses' education
The clinical learning and assessment model introduced by the University of Newcastle is improving nursing students' clinical competence in preparation for professional practice.
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Protecting our environment - managing mines' environmental liabilities
University of Newcastle researchers are developing a new model to manage one of the biggest environmental liabilities facing the world's mining industry - potential contaminants in former open cut mines.
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Vale John Keats
A funeral will be held tomorrow, Tuesday 8 January, to celebrate the life of Emeritus Professor John Keats who passed away on New Year's Day, aged 86.
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Students take law to the beach
Students from the University of Newcastle Legal Centre will offer beachgoers free legal advice again this summer thanks to an innovative program.
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Anything is possible with Open Foundation
Carli Westmore began working at the age of 15 to support her family, relinquishing her aspirations of becoming a specialist surgeon.
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Budding Indigenous engineers converge on University
Twenty budding engineers from across Australia will begin arriving in Newcastle tomorrow ahead of a week-long engineering summer school for Indigenous students.
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Citizenship, identity and the challenge for educators
The complexity of citizenship and the notion that identity is not dictated by the country listed in a person's passport will be a focus at a social educators conference hosted by the University of Newcastle next week.
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Conference: Multidimensional Citizenship
Making a Difference: Multidimensional Citizenship Education in a Changing World
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University releases Main Round Offers
The University of Newcastle will release 8163 Main Round Offers to undergraduate students today.
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| 21st |
59th Australian Intervarsity Choral Festival
The Newcastle University Choir is co-hosting the 59 Australian Intervarsity Choral Festival. More than 120 singers from across the nation will attend the festival and participate in the Visions of Australia concert on Friday 25 January 2008.
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| 21st |
Indigenous employment researcher to receive Australia Day award
An Indigenous employment researcher at the University of Newcastle will this week be recognised with an Australia Day award from the National Council of Women NSW.
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| 22nd |
'Back to the City' for University staff and students
Students and staff from fine arts and architecture at the University of Newcastle will have their works displayed across the city in a major international exhibition starting in Newcastle this week.
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| 23rd |
Deadline to accept University offers
Prospective students of the University of Newcastle have until midnight tomorrow (Thursday 24 January) to accept their Main Round Offer from the University.
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| 25th |
Xstrata Coal and University join in new geology scholarship scheme
Helping to meet the boom in demand for geology graduates is the aim of a new scholarship scheme at the University of Newcastle.
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University staff receive Australia Day honours
Two University of Newcastle staff have been honoured in the 2008 Australia Day Awards.
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| 31st |
Missing for a century - final piece of historical plan discovered
A historical plan lost to Australia for over a century is now complete, following the discovery by the University of Newcastle's Coal River Working Party of the missing piece in the United Kingdom.
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