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Busines, Law and Politics

Is it a gift or a loan when parents help kids buy a home? How to avoid family fights over money

by Mirella Atherton (Lecturer in Law) & Julia Cook (Senior Lecturer in Sociology)

Over recent decades, many Australian families have relied on getting money from the “Bank of Mum and Dad” to help with home purchases.But our latest research shows there are growing legal risks from that

Arts, Culture and Society

A shift in energy

by Gemma Wolk

With 17 Hunter Valley mines set to close over the next 20 years, the region is facing a significant turning point. Conversations often centre around job losses, but what comes next for those who will remain?

Education

‘Mum and Dad both finished school in Year 10’ - How to help first-in-family students graduate from uni

by Sally Patfield, Lecturer, University of Newcastle

Each year, about 30% of new undergraduates in Australia are the first in their families to go to university.

Arts, Culture and Society

This uni program is changing the game for mob

by Shahni Wellington

From one students’ first time in a classroom to a mum-of-three’s return to learning, these real-life stories show what’s possible when universities open doors and open minds.

Arts, Culture and Society

‘Perfect bodies and perfect lives’: how selfie-editing tools are distorting how young people see themselves

by Julia Coffey, Associate Professor in Sociology

Like many of her peers, Abigail (21) takes a lot of selfies, tweaks them with purpose-made apps, and posts them on social media. But, she says, the selfie-editing apps do more than they were designed for.

Arts, Culture and Society

Through sage smoke and story: a life-changing Indigenous knowledge exchange for graduate students

by Jodan Perry, PhD student

A transformative week in Canada saw University of Newcastle students and educators connect with global participants, sharing Indigenous knowledge and building lifelong cultural bonds at the inaugural International Traditional Indigenous Knowledges Institute Gathering.

Arts, Culture and Society

No croutons, no anchovies, no bacon: the 100-year-old Mexican origins of the Caesar salad

by Garritt Van Dyk - Lecturer at the School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences (History)

The most seductive culinary myths have murky origins, with a revolutionary discovery created by accident, or out of necessity.

Arts, Culture and Society

Big dreams built through remote community partnership

by Shahni Wellington

The unlikely pairing of outback Menindee and seaside Newcastle have successfully bridged the distance

Arts, Culture and Society

Who invented the flat white? Italian sugar farmers from regional Queensland likely played a big role

by Garritt Van Dyk - Lecturer at the School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences (History)

Australia’s coffee culture – a source of great national pride – is usually associated with the wave of Greek and Italian migrants who settled in Melbourne and Sydney following the second world war. But it was very likely in regional Queensland that one of Australia’s favourite brews first took root.

Arts, Culture and Society

How international recognition of cultural practices could be a new way to protect refugees

by Alice Neikirk, Lecturer in the School of Law and Justice, and Ray Nickson, Senior Lecturer of Criminology in the School of Law and Justice

More than 6.6 million refugees live in camps located largely in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. In these camp communities, unique cultural practices can arise.

Arts, Culture and Society

As Aussie as vanilla slice

by Garritt Van Dyk - Lecturer at the School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences (History)

In 1998, Victorian premier Jeff Kennett visited a town in regional Victoria and said he had discovered, in his opinion, the best vanilla slice in Australia at the local bakery.

Arts, Culture and Society

Not just a youth movement: history too often forgets older protesters

by Effie Karageorgos

Recent sustained anti-coal action by Blockade Australia in the Hunter Valley has brought public protest back into the news cycle. Activists have occupied trains, railway lines and machinery in an attempt to obstruct coal production and broadcast their message about the climate crisis.

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