Events Current Staff
What's on this week
Webinar
GenAI Foundations for Teaching (repeat)
This hands-on workshop is designed to empower educators to leverage generative AI as a tool to enhance student engagement, foster creativity, and strengthen constructive alignment in assessment practices.
Webinar
Cogniti Users Drop-In Sessions
The LDTI Cogniti Users Drop-In Sessions are intended as an opportunity for staff to come together to discuss their use of the platform, and share what is working and what is not. We will also discuss any upcoming enhancements, new
Upcoming events
Exhibition
Say Aahhhh: Health, Medicine and Everyday Care in Newcastle from 1945 to 2000
Come and explore Say Aahhhh: Health, Medicine and Everyday Care in Newcastle from 1945 to 2000, an exhibition exploring the unique and surprising history of health care in Newcastle.
Exhibition
Michael Cusack – FIELD NOTES: The Ruins of Ideas
An exhibition by Micael Cusack bringing together painting and found objects as parallel modes of creative inquiry.
Event
MHF Centre - Beanie Day at Bar on the Hill
Join us for an annual event where you get to buy a new season Mark Hughes Foundation (MHF) Beanie and hear about the important research and patient care they fund through the Mark Hughes Foundation Centre for Brain Cancer Research
Workshop
Leveraging GenAI for Assessment Design
How can AI help us design better assessment tasks? In this session, we'll explore key considerations when using AI to generate ideas for assessments, focusing on how to craft effective and meaningful tasks, and other important factors to ensure a
Webinar
GenAI and Copyright
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.
Webinar
An Introduction to Vibe Coding in Education
The LDTI GenAI Tinker Sessions provide an opportunity for academic staff to try out different tools, experiment with their functionality, and think about how they could be used in day-to-day work.
In person
Public Talk: Booze and Culture
Grab a drink and join us for a talk on Booze and Culture by Dr Kirk French, Professor of Anthropology at The Pennsylvania State University.
In person
Film as Method: Community Engagement and Reciprocal Research
Join this special screening and workshop exploring how film is used for community engagement, co-produced knowledge & reciprocal research.
Workshop
Discussing GenAI in the Classroom
Participants will explore key considerations and policies for using GenAI, examine different use cases in the classroom, and discuss how to have conversations about GenAI with their students.
In person
Screening and Q+A: A Century After Nanook
See 'A Century After Nanook' - an Emmy-nominated, award-winning documentary on the big screen that offers a rare, community-led perspective on the profound environmental and cultural transformations unfolding in the Arctic.
Webinar
Winter Webinar - Living the Social Determinants of Health
Join this Winter Webinar with featured speaker for the Centre for Society, Health and Care Research Professor Kate Senior.
Webinar
Cogniti Users Drop-In Sessions
The LDTI Cogniti Users Drop-In Sessions are intended as an opportunity for staff to come together to discuss their use of the platform, and share what is working and what is not. We will also discuss any upcoming enhancements, new
Live performance
Bruce Mathiske in Concert
Get ready to experience the hypnotic fusion of guitar and didgeridoo like never before!
Live performance
Community Strings Winter Concert
Showcasing the achievements of the wonderful string students at the Conservatorium of Music.
Workshop
Avatars in Education
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.
Live performance
Make your own Music! NYO Term 2 Concert
A choral collaboration with the BrainWaves Stroke Survivors Choir, Callaghan Singers, Supertonics, Unforgettables and Vocal Company.
Webinar
Cogniti Users Drop-In Sessions
The LDTI Cogniti Users Drop-In Sessions are intended as an opportunity for staff to come together to discuss their use of the platform, and share what is working and what is not. We will also discuss any upcoming enhancements, new
Event
HSC Maths & Computing Study Hub Winter Holiday Intensives
Get ready to boost your HSC math and computing skills with some intense, focused and free exam preparation sessions!
Live performance
Northern Lights: Journey to the World Choir Games
Newcastle Chamber Choir showcases their competition repertoire before they represent Australia at the 2026 World Choir Games in Sweden.
Live performance
SEUSSICAL JR.!
A Dr Seuss-inspired stage spectacular is coming to Newcastle this July school holidays!
Workshop
Cinematic Sounds - School Holiday Workshop
A two day school holiday workshop that provides students with the opportunity to put sound to a short, animated film.
Workshop
Jazz and Groove Improv - Two Day Workshop
Two day workshop designed to unlock creativity and build confidence in jazz and groove improvisation.
In person
Newcastle Comedy Festival: Tom Cashman
Tom Cashman is back in town with a new hour of stand-up that promises to creep ever so close to proficiency as part of Newcastle Comedy Festival.
In person
Newcastle Comedy Festival: Mid Flight Brawl
Nick Cody and Luke Heggie are back in town for another hour of crook plane mishaps.
In person
Newcastle Comedy Festival: Nick Cody
Nick Cody is back where he belongs, saying hilarious/distasteful things on stage.
In person
Newcastle Comedy Festival: Luke Heggie
Luke Heggie takes the stage as part of Newcastle Comedy Festival.
Webinar
Cogniti Users Drop-In Sessions
The LDTI Cogniti Users Drop-In Sessions are intended as an opportunity for staff to come together to discuss their use of the platform, and share what is working and what is not. We will also discuss any upcoming enhancements, new
In person
Newcastle Comedy Festival: Daniel Muggleton
Come see the man in the red tracksuit live on-stage, with a brand-new hour of fearless stand-up comedy.
In person
Newcastle Comedy Festival: Ivan Aristeguieta
Australia’s favourite Venezuelan is back with a hilarious new show about dancing through tough times, finding joy in chaos and shaking off your worries to a Latino beat.
Webinar
Creating Course Content with an LLM
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.
In person
The Jacob Neale Jazz Awards Concert
The Jacob Neale Jazz Awards celebrate our next generation of talented jazz musicians.
Webinar
Indigenous Perspectives
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.
Webinar
Artificial Intelligence Detection
LDTI is pleased to welcome the Charles Sturt University’s Associate Professor Mark Bassett (Director Academic Quality, Standards and Integrity and Academic Lead Artificial Intelligence) for a discussion of the use of AI detection software.
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.