Archive of news for January 2008
January 2008
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Better stability for underground structuresA 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' educationThe 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 liabilitiesUniversity 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 KeatsA 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 beachStudents 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 FoundationCarli 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 UniversityTwenty 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 educatorsThe 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 CitizenshipMaking a Difference: Multidimensional Citizenship Education in a Changing World
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University releases Main Round OffersThe University of Newcastle will release 8163 Main Round Offers to undergraduate students today.
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59th Australian Intervarsity Choral FestivalThe 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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Indigenous employment researcher to receive Australia Day awardAn 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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'Back to the City' for University staff and studentsStudents 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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Deadline to accept University offersProspective 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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Xstrata Coal and University join in new geology scholarship schemeHelping 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 honoursTwo University of Newcastle staff have been honoured in the 2008 Australia Day Awards.
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Missing for a century - final piece of historical plan discoveredA 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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