February 2016

The wait is over for schools who participated in the 2015 National Secondary Schools Statistical Literacy Poster Competition, with results and honourable mentions released today.

Sixteen per cent of young Australian women have been classified as 'extremely frequent' binge drinkers and may be increasing their risk of depression, according to new research from the University of Newcastle (UON).

The University of Newcastle’s (UON) annual Port Macquarie graduation ceremony will feature PhD students for the first time this year.

Rumbalara Environmental Education Centre (NSW Department of Education) is working with the NSW Department of Planning & Environment and the University of Newcastle (UON) Central Coast to organise a Youth Forum for high school students as part of the consultation process for the draft Central Coast Regional Plan.

The University of Newcastle’s Chancellor, Mr Paul Jeans, is pleased to announce that the Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Caroline McMillen, has been reappointed until October 2019.

The University of Newcastle (UON) is partnering with Universities Australia and universities across Australia in a new national campaign – Respect. Now. Always. – designed to support university communities to work together to prevent sexual assault an harassment.

The University of Newcastle has received $19 million of NSW Government funding for its Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health (CRRMH) and the Rural Adversity Mental Health Program based in Orange.

Following a series of discussions involving the Vice Chancellor, the Director of Strategy, Planning and Performance and the Chief Operating Officer the Strategy, Planning and Performance (SPP) unit will transfer into the Resources Division portfolio from the Vice-Chancellor's Division.

The University of Newcastle has attracted eight Higher Education Participation Programme (HEPP) National Priority Pool (NPP) grants, totalling almost one million dollars, to help improve the tertiary education experience and process for students from diverse backgrounds.

The NSW Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy, the Hon. Anthony Roberts MP, has praised the University of Newcastle as home to "world-class research and innovation" during a visit to the University.