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News • 7 Mar 2023
Beginning teachers deliver same quality of teaching as experienced teachers
Early career teachers deliver the same quality of teaching as their more experienced colleagues, new research from the University of Newcastle’s Teachers and Teaching Research Centre (TTRC) reveals.
News • 31 Jan 2023
University of Newcastle Professor Appointed UNESCO Chair
The University of Newcastle’s Professor Penny Jane Burke has today been appointed a UNESCO Chair in Equity, Social Justice and Higher Education – a globally-prestigious role that will see her working to improve the lives of marginalised groups around the world, including victim-survivors of gender-based violence.
News • 28 Jun 2022
Tertiary system can better support victims of gender-based violence
New research by the University of Newcastle has found students who are victim-survivors of gender-based violence overcome major challenges to access and fully participate in higher education – and the institution is pushing for change.
News • 6 Apr 2022
Young refugee adults learn about Aboriginal resilience and survival
In the spirit of public pedagogy, young adults belonging to the Hunter region’s refugee cohort, visited the University of Newcastle’s (UoN) Gallery to see the Looking Through Windows exhibition and learn about Aboriginal Australians who grew up and lived on the missions, reserves and fringe camps at places like Tibooburra, Bourke and Brewarrina.
News • 18 Feb 2022
Welcoming students from refugee backgrounds to study at Newcastle Law School
Newcastle Law School and the Centre for Law and Social Justice are celebrating the commencement of four new students of refugee background in the undergraduate Law program.
News • 20 Jun 2021
Understanding the impact of gender based violence on access to and participation in higher education
A team at the University of Newcastle, Professor Penny Jane Burke, Dr Julia Coffey, Felicity Cocuzzoli and Dr Stephanie Hardacre, have launched a new research agenda to explore the impact of gendered violence on access to and participation in higher education.
News • 28 Jul 2020
Professor Penny Jane Burke joins new Australian Equity in Higher Education Panel
Last week Professor Penny Jane Burke (Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education) attended the first meeting of the new Federal government Equity in Higher Education Panel (EHEP) as one of two invited research experts in the field.
News • 12 May 2020
Collaboration with the University of Bath through Global Chair role
The award of the 2020-2021 Global Chair role to Professor Penny Jane Burke will support ongoing research collaboration with the University of Bath. Professor Burke will provide mentorship to colleagues in the UK and co-develop research projects and online courses.
News • 5 Mar 2020
Writing Program for equity practitioners in full swing
In February this year we held the first National Writing Program for Equity and Widening Practitioners Workshop of 2020. Participants travelled to UON's Sydney Campus from around Australia (including from Perth, Townsville and Cooma) for 3 days of reading, discussion and writing. They will soon be connected with experienced researchers in the field, who will support and mentor them as they develop research projects toward publication. Alongside launching the 2020 program, we are excited to bring together papers from the 2019 participants (pictured) in a Special Issue of the International Studies in Widening Participation Journal.
News • 10 Jul 2019
National Priority Pool funded research to investigate student perspectives on success
The University of Newcastle has been awarded a second grant in the latest Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program National Priorities Pool (HEPPP NPP) scheme.
News • 15 Apr 2019
Research team to develop an International Literature Review on Equity in Higher Education
A research team from University of Newcastle and University of Melbourne have been awarded a grant from the Australian Department of Education and Training, under the HEPPP National Priority Pool scheme, to develop an International Literature Review on Equity in Higher Education. This work will be a significant asset for the Australian field of Equity in Higher Education.
Featured story • 8 Jan 2019
Study ties depression in poorer students to social isolation
Australian researchers recommend 'organic' interventions to support undergraduates from disadvantaged backgrounds
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