March 2016

Congratulations to graduates from the Newcastle Law School, who have recently been admitted as lawyers of the Supreme Court of NSW.

Sarah Breusch, solicitor and clinical teacher at the University of Newcastle Legal Centre, was given the prestigious opportunity to participate in a legal practitioner panel discussion as part of the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into Elder Abuse at Parliament House in Sydney.

Using comprehensive health data from men aged 18, two international studies have highlighted a strong causal link between long-term stroke risk and both cardiovascular and mental fitness in early adulthood.

The University of Newcastle (UON), Australia’s nursing discipline has debuted in the top 100 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016, thanks to experienced clinical educators and internationally renowned researchers like Professor Sally Chan (pictured), Dean of Nursing and Head of School of Nursing and Midwifery in the Faculty of Health and Medicine.

The University of Newcastle’s (UON) Australia's architecture and built environment discipline ranked in the world’s top 50 by the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016, has a unique forward-thinking focus on managing, designing and planning for resilience in our built environments.

The University of Newcastle Australia's geography discipline has ranked in the top 100 in the world, confirmed by the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016.

The University of Newcastle (UON) Australia's sociology discipline has ranked in the top 150 in the world, confirmed by the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016.

The University of Newcastle (UON) Australia's medicine discipline has ranked in the top 150 in the world, confirmed by the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016.

The University of Newcastle (UON) Australia's education discipline has ranked in the top 150 in the world, confirmed by the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016.

The University of Newcastle (UON) Australia's environmental science discipline has ranked in the top 150 in the world, confirmed by the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016.

­The University of Newcastle (UON) Australia's discipline of civil engineering, recently ranked in the top 100 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016, is proud to host the world-leading Centre of Excellence in Geotechnical Science and Engineering.

The University of Newcastle's (UON) Architecture and Built Environment discipline has ranked in the top 50 in the world, for the second consecutive year in the 2016 QS World University Rankings by Subject list, announced today.