August 2015

Enjoy a free 8-week fitness and confidence program at The Forum to get you ready to ride to campus on Wednesday, 14 October

WISED was launched on the 8th July 2015, and the forthcoming months our main focus will be to establish our own identity and research focus.

On Wednesday the 12th of August, Newcastle legal scholars and practitioners came together to launch the latest book by Emeritus Professor Frank Bates, the esteemed author of 9 books and over 300 articles and book chapters which have been published internationally.

One AIM HIGH program has inspired a Mid North Coast school to turn every Thursday into science day.

Professor Richard Middleton and team have been awarded $350,000 in ARC Linkage Project funding for their research project Integrated feedback control in future wireless communication networks.

The University of Newcastle has made a firm commitment to the safety of its staff and students with the Chancellor, Mr Paul Jeans and the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Caroline McMillen, recently co-signing the first UON Health and Safety Charter.

A multi-institute research team led by Laureate Professor Rob Sanson-Fisher from the University of Newcastle has been awarded $3.38 million in federal funding to improve dementia care and outcomes.

The Royal Commission into Family Violence (Victoria) was recently held in Melbourne. Dr Richard Fletcher from the Family Action Centre, was invited to present a submission which responded to a series of questions from the commission on the potential to address family violence by engaging with fathers.

Craving chocolate? Hooked on hot chips? University of Newcastle researchers are calling for young men and women to join a study examining levels of food 'addiction' in Australia.

The Organisational Collaboration Research Group's research has been published in some of the world's top management journals recently.

Professor John Forbes receives 2015 Premier's award for Outstanding Cancer research.