2014

UoN students are preparing to compete with international teams at the RobotX Maritime Challenge in Singapore.

A community-based clinical trial that monitors people who have experienced a transient ischaemic attack (TIA) – colloquially known as a 'minor stroke' or 'funny turn' – is being expanded by researchers from the HMRI Stroke Group.

The University of Newcastle today opened the doors to its state-of-the-art medical sciences precinct offering technology-enabled teaching facilities and laboratories to researchers, students and the region's health care workforce.

Nominations are now open for the 2014 Faculty of Business and Law Teaching Awards

Students and staff at the University of Newcastle Callaghan and Central Coast campuses are encouraged to take precautions against mosquitoes, with a recent increase in the number of cases of the mosquito-borne virus, Ross River Fever in the Newcastle area.

Get the latest update from the Enterprise Bargaining Team about our new staff enterprise agreements.

The Australian Academy of Science has today elected University of Newcastle mathematician Professor George Willis as a Fellow, the most senior honour a scientist can receive in Australia.

Dr Nicola Ross was a keynote speaker at the 2014 NSW Child Representation Conference organised by Legal Aid NSW.

Three Faculty of Education and Arts disciplines have climbed in the most recent QS World University Rankings by Subject list. Linguistics is the star performer, increasing its ranking by 21 places to break the top 100 and rank at 88 in the world.

New research from the University of Newcastle shows that a web-based self-assessment and feedback program for university students who drink hazardously produced little reduction in consumption.

Mental illness is ranked third in Australia’s burden of illness after cancer and cardiovascular disease, so it is no surprise it is a major issue for workplaces and industries.

The University of Newcastle today announced the appointment of Ms Dianne Allen as the University's new Deputy Chancellor.