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Health and Wellbeing 10 min read

Rerouting trauma

by Gemma Wolk

How cultural insight and the neuroscience of trauma is changing the conversation around youth violence.

Business, Law and Politics 15 min read

Fight for justice

by Carmen Swadling

The fight to free Kathleen Folbigg – the woman once dubbed Australia’s worst female serial killer – started in 2013 with the University’s Legal Centre and its law students helping to drive the movement.

Our Communities 10 min read

The ripple effect of drought

by Penny Harnett

Drought is like a creeping cancer. It insidiously infects communities. It spreads profound and multifaceted challenges that demand multidisciplinary treatment.

Arts, Culture and Society 7 min read

Protecting Indigenous knowledges

by Shahni Wellington

During his research to unlock the archives, Dr Hodgetts found that the keys had been long-kept from cultural knowledge-holders.

Arts, Culture and Society 10 min read

Run like a girl

by Gemma Wolk

The game changing program revolutionising female participation in sport

Education 8 min read

4 ways to stress less during your HSC

by Madelaine Love

Try these expert-backed strategies for keeping stress levels down during HSC year and beyond.

Arts, Culture and Society 7 min read

Our hybrid media system has emboldened anti-LGBTQ+ hate – what can we do about it?

by Justin Ellis

Anti-LGBTQ+ hate from religious conservatives and far-right extremists in the United States, and now in Australia, is a worrying trend.

Education 5 min read

A pandemic silver lining: how kids in some disadvantaged schools improved their results during COVID

by Andrew Miller, Jenny Gore, Leanne Fray

Students from schools in low-income communities did not suffer significant “learning loss” during the pandemic years of 2020-2021, but instead improved in certain areas of study.

Arts, Culture and Society 5 min read

Teaching and research are the core functions of universities. But in Australia, we don’t value teaching

by Sally Patfield, Elena Prieto-Rodriguez, Jenny Gore

This article is part of our series on big ideas for the Universities Accord. The federal government is calling for ideas to “reshape and reimagine higher education, and set it up for the next decade and beyond”. A review team is due to finish a draft report in June and a final report in December 2023.

Business, Law and Politics 14 min read

6 young entrepreneurs making waves

by Madelaine Love

Hear from six young entrepreneurs making waves across tourism, pharmaceuticals, food science, and mental health.

Arts, Culture and Society 5 min read

Why arts degrees and other generalist programs are the future of Australian higher education

by Catharine Coleborne

This article is the first in our series on big ideas for the Universities Accord. The federal government is calling for ideas to “reshape and reimagine higher education, and set it up for the next decade and beyond”. A review team is due to finish a draft report in June and a final report in December 2023.

Health and Wellbeing 6 min read

How Peter's heart was saved, by a Podiatry student

by Tim Connell

Peter Bedford says he owes his life to a moment in his kitchen. Mr Bedford had been on his way out to work on his Central Coast property in June 2022 when a segment on local ABC radio caught his ear. It prompted him to book an appointment at the University of Newcastle Podiatry Teaching Clinic at Wyong Hospital. Some months and a quadruple bypass later, he remains breathing.

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