2014

Countless hours of research will be condensed into bite-sized portions as postgraduate students take part in the University of Newcastle final of the national/trans-Tasman Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition on Wednesday 23 July.

University of Newcastle students, in training to become high school design and technology teachers, have received a lesson in how to transform tedious curriculum into a creative and satisfying Lego learning experience.

UON's capacity to accommodate students will soon almost double, with the construction of four student apartment blocks reaching an important milestone today.

Students from Lake Macquarie High School will be the first to experience a new program being launched at the University of Newcastle today.

Today the New South Wales Government announced an International Centre for Balanced Land Use to be based at the University of Newcastle's flagship research hub, the Newcastle Institute for Energy and Resources (NIER).

The artworks are streaming in for the Friends of the University of Newcastle 2014 Acquisitive Art Prizes and Art Fair sale.

Virgin Australia is extending their 10% off Corporate Leisure offer for travel until 30 June 2015.

Researchers at the University of Newcastle have answered Tin Man's plea for a heart with the invention of technology aimed at enabling robots to feel emotion in a near human-like manner.

Long-term smokers involved in a study published by UON health researchers believed that the quality of their cigarettes had deteriorated following the implementation of plain packaging.

Over the most recent enterprise bargaining meetings, a large number of clauses have been agreed and finalised. A summary is shown below.

University of Newcastle PhD student presents at prestigious international symposium.

Pat Flowers, the wife of our first University Librarian Ted Flowers, sadly passed away on Saturday 5 July 2014.