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Last night Australia’s inaugural Women in STEM Ambassador, and internationally-renowned astronomer and astrophysicist, Prof Lisa Harvey-Smith, concluded her national When Galaxies Collide tour with her final show at The University of Newcastle, Griffith Duncan Theatre.

Education Not Detention: Academics for Refugees National Day of Action17 October is a National Day of Action across university campuses to call for the end of the offshore processing regime. It is supported and promoted by the NTEU and Academics for Refugees.We welcome staff and students of the University of Newcastle to participate in (or simply lend your support to) a number of actions taking place on Callaghan Campus on Wednesday 17 October from 12pm.

On Tuesday 21 August, the Association of Children’s Welfare Agencies awarded UON's Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education (CEEHE) with the 2018 ACWA Innovation Award for the Live Learn Grow Program.

Throughout July, internationally renowned scholar Professor Rosalind Gill will join the School of Humanities and Social Science as a strategic research professor. Rosalind’s work traverses Sociology, Media and Cultural Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Psychosocial Studies.

Internationally-renowned expert in the field of education, Professor Geoff Whitty CBE has been admitted to the degree of Doctor of Education (honoris causa) at the University of Newcastle.

Practitioner academics from the University of Newcastle have been awarded $582,361 by the Australian Government, Department of Social Services (DSS) to deliver an innovative, cross-sector initiative addressing the issue of interpersonal violence in the lives of young people (10 to 17 years of age).

Local school students will experience a taste of university life, exploring a variety of fields including nursing, engineering, cartoon drawing and psychology at the CU on Campus experiential learning day.

Professor Penny Jane Burke, Global Innovation Chair of Equity and Director of UON’s Centre for Excellence and Equity in Higher Education (CEEHE) has been invited to sit on the Department of Education and Training’s Equity Research and Innovation Panel. Penny Jane is joined by eleven other panelists from government, higher education, social welfare and research.

More than 500 young school students will attend a graduation ceremony at the University of Newcastle (UON) this week to celebrate the achievement of completing learning activities offered through Children’s University Newcastle, a member of Children's University Australia.

The Australian Government has appointed a University of Newcastle (UON) research team to lead a national approach to teacher professional learning that will build teachers’ capacities to support students from low socio-economic status (SES) backgrounds in aspiring to, and pursuing, a higher education.

The National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) has released the third instalment of their Informing Policy and Practice publication series.

The 2018 Gender and Education Association (GEA) International Conference will be hosted by the Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education (CEEHE) at the University of Newcastle (UON) next December.