2014
News • 18 Mar 2014
Our Civil Engineering in world’s top 50
The discipline of Civil and Structural Engineering at the University of Newcastle has surged up the QS World University Rankings by Subject list, lifting 14 places to 45th in the world.
News • 18 Mar 2014
Vegemite, but not as you know it
Vegemite on toast is a concept thousands of people around the world have been familiar with for over 90 years. Using the spread as ink however, is a concept that's a little bit harder to swallow.
News • 18 Mar 2014
Sales assistant to Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Leanne Glass was working as a casual at a large department store when a colleague suggested she had the potential to be more than a shop assistant, and that she should look into the University of Newcastle's Open Foundation tertiary preparation program.
News • 18 Mar 2014
Linguistics, Education and Sociology star in the QS World Rankings
If you want to be at the forefront of linguistics study and research in Australia, the University of Newcastle is the place to be.
News • 17 Mar 2014
Reforming Contract Law
Professors Ted Wright, Fred Ellinghaus, and David Kelly have presented the federal government with a draft code for the law of contract that seeks to simplify the current laws.
News • 14 Mar 2014
Knights join concussion study to help tackle scientific uncertainty
The Newcastle Knights, University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) are teaming up to help tackle questions surrounding possible long-term effects of concussion in rugby league players.
News • 14 Mar 2014
New Imaging Centre to bring sharper focus on disease
A new Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) centre boasting the most advanced scanning technology in the Southern Hemisphere was opened today at the Hunter Medical Research Institute in Newcastle NSW, Australia.
News • 14 Mar 2014
We still can't get enough pi...but why?
The number pi (π = 3.14159265358979323846…), unique among the pantheon of mathematical constants, captures the fascination of the public and professional mathematicians.
News • 12 Mar 2014
North Korea and Human Rights: Can Things Change?
The Hon. Michael Kirby AC, CMG presents the lecture, 'North Korea and Human Rights: Can Things Change?'
News • 12 Mar 2014
Iconic NeW Space first designs
A $95 million CBD landmark education precinct - NeW Space, will offer a 10 storey 'vertical' campus that invites University of Newcastle students and the community to learn and explore from the ground floor to the top.
News • 12 Mar 2014
Exercise key to preventing early-onset dementia
A new international study has shown for the first time that teenagers with poor cardiovascular fitness and a lower IQ have a significantly increased risk of developing early-onset dementia and its precursors.
News • 11 Mar 2014
Economic Control for Regional Communities
Dr Jeff McGee, an academic with the Newcastle Law School, writes on how regional communities can adapt to the exodus of large scale manufacturing industries.
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