2014
News • 7 Aug 2014
The Media’s Impact on Legal Proceedings
In light of the recent trial of Gerard Baden-Clay, Associate Professor John Anderson addressed how media coverage impacts trial proceedings and outcomes in a radio interview by Matthew Dryden in late July.
News • 7 Aug 2014
Asthma study trials antibiotic therapy
A national study investigating the use of antibiotics as a potential therapy for chronic asthma attacks is entering its final recruitment phase, five years after it commenced.
News • 7 Aug 2014
Central Coast Awards Night
Academic excellence and local innovation was recognised and celebrated at the annual (UON) Central Coast campus and Hunter TAFE scholarship and awards night on Wednesday 6 August.
News • 6 Aug 2014
Bike hubs encourage pedal power
The University of Newcastle now boasts greater bike storage and end-of-trip facilities, following the construction of two bike hubs at its Callaghan campus.
News • 6 Aug 2014
Central Coast awards night celebrates students and supporters
The academic excellence of students from the University of Newcastle's Central Coast campus and Hunter TAFE will be recognised tonight, Wednesday 6 August, during the annual scholarship and awards presentation night.
News • 6 Aug 2014
Noted works: The Black War
By Lyndall Ryan, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of NewcastleNicholas Clements, The Black War: Fear, Sex and Resistance in Tasmania (2014, University of Queensland Press).
News • 5 Aug 2014
Friends Art Prize Recipients
On Friday 25 July the Friends of the University of Newcastle awarded the 2014 Acquisitive Art Prizes.
News • 5 Aug 2014
SCORES a winner for children’s fitness
More than 200 young school children have gained profound fitness benefits from a year-long physical activity and movement skills intervention run by University of Newcastle researchers.
News • 1 Aug 2014
Two artists go to war - Shaun Gladwell and Ben Quilty
By Kit Messham-Muir, School of Creative Arts, University of NewcastleShaun Gladwell and Ben Quilty – two of Australia's leading artists – display very different approaches to war at parallel exhibitions opening at Perth's John Curtin Gallery on Saturday.
News • 31 Jul 2014
Students add to global discussion
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.
News • 31 Jul 2014
Imagine working on a newspaper in Kathmandu
Emily Burley is a Bachelor of Communication student who is currently undertaking an internship on a newspaper in Nepal.
News • 30 Jul 2014
The new home for Yeti and Sasquatch
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.
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.