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Your hub for the latest staff news, events, tools, resources and engagement opportunities.
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Course Experience Survey open
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Heading home late? Stay safe on campus
With daylight saving now ended and darker evenings here, it's a timely reminder to think about staying safe on campus.
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The Intranet
Your hub for the latest staff news, events and resources.
Nathan Towney appointed as Deputy Vice-Chancellor Engagement and Equity
The University of Newcastle has today announced the appointment of Nathan Towney as Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Engagement and Equity.
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Kirralee Hughes honoured nationally for transforming brain cancer care and research
Mark Hughes Foundation co-founder Kirralee Hughes has been named a recipient of the 2026 Jeannie Ferris Award* for Members of the Community, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to improving outcomes for people with cancer.
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Two Hunter researchers backed with $200,000 to turn breakthrough ideas into better health
Two Hunter researchers have secured the 2026 Newcastle Permanent Innovator Fellowships, receiving $100,000 each to help turn their medical research ideas into life-saving solutions.
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National digital asthma trial helping adults to breathe easier
Asthma Australia and the University of Newcastle are inviting adults with asthma to take part in a national digital trial designed to make day-to-day asthma management easier.
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Recipe for healthier kids: $4.9m research project to transform food and nutrition in Australian childcare
Healthy futures start on the plate, with a new NSW-wide collaboration set to improve nutrition for young Australians in childcare services - helping prevent chronic disease and securing their paths to stronger lifelong wellbeing.
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MRFF funding to kick off brain cancer patient platform
A team of early career researchers is set to kick-start a new project aimed at delivering better outcomes for brain cancer patients with funding from the Medical Research Future Fund.
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FINDING HOME Life Outside Institutions
This exhibition tells their stories by drawing from a rich set of archival material to evoke the spaces of care and the varied experiences of individuals who sought help. It shines new light on twentieth-century journeys between hospital and home for people leaving institutions.
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Finding home: life outside institutions
Exhibiting the stories of those who attended and left mental hospitals between 1900 to 1960 to better understand mental health care in the community before new ideas about 'community psychiatry'.
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HEAD2ART: An Arts-Based Inquiry Developing Museum Wellbeing Programs
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Ed Tech for Active Learning
Explore the educational technology available to increase student engagement through active learning.
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Wear It Purple Day x Respect at Uni stall
Celebrate Wear It Purple Day with the Respect at Uni Peer Leaders in the Auchmuty Courtyard! Drop by for free merch, lollies and activities, and help us show LGBTQIA+SB young people they are seen, supported and never alone.
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GenAI and Data Security
The LDTI AI in Action sessions are an opportunity for staff to come together and discuss how they are using GenAI in their teaching, learning, and research. Each 30-minute session includes a brief demonstration and time for Q&A.
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The Loop
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.