July 2014

High school students from Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College will be part of a new international project that seeks to give young people a say in future education systems.

Emily Burley is a Bachelor of Communication student who is currently undertaking an internship on a newspaper in Nepal.

Delivering on activities proposed in the 2011-2013 Environmental Sustainability Plan (ESP), the Strategic Transport Management Plan and in response to feedback by students, the university recently completed two bike storage hubs, with end of trip facilities and lockers, as well as additional and upgraded cycle paths within the campus.

With little being known about the diets of expectant Indigenous mums, University of Newcastle nutrition researchers are using smartphone technology to gather first-hand insights and provide personalised feedback.

The University of Newcastle's (UON) Central Coast campus is kicking off its celebration this week of providing 25 years of educational excellence to thousands of students across the region.

By Kit Messham-Muir, Senior Lecturer in the School of Creative Arts at University of Newcastle.American Jeff Koons is possibly the most contentious living artist. His current retrospective at the Whitney Museum in New York writes him into the contemporary canon of great living artists – but even after a long and controversial career, that hasn't been an easy case to make.

Five of our Bachelor of Communication students are undertaking an international media internship in France this week

A study by University of Newcastle youth sociology researcher Dr Julia Coffey has shown that body image is an increasing concern for young men, but many consider it something they have to face alone.

Six mid-career researchers at the University of Newcastle (UON) have received funding under the Australian Research Council's (ARC) Future Fellowships scheme, just announced.

UON researchers have helped unearth more than 100 genetic variants associated with schizophrenia, after contributing to the largest genome-wide study of the disease ever conducted.

Dr Amy Maguire comments on Sri Lankan asylum seekers' case.

Last week's enterprise bargaining meetings were very productive with the parties achieving in-principle agreement across all outstanding issues.