April 2016

Four outstanding University of Newcastle (UON) visual communication students will have their work exhibited as part of a prestigious global design exhibition after winning a New York Type Directors Club Award.

A major national collaboration is now testing whether a safe, one-off vaccination can help to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

Three $10,000 scholarships to undertake a development activity at an overseas organisation are available for professional staff.

It was my great pleasure to launch the UON Academy 2016 program on Tuesday 19 April in the company of the Vice-Chancellor and colleagues from across the University in the wonderful surrounds of our Wollotuka Institute.

Kate Mellor has commenced a PhD with the Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education (CEEHE) that will explore the intersections between disciplines and Indigenous knowledges and methodologies.

Professor Penny Jane Burke and Dr Anna Bennett from the University of Newcastle, Australia have successfully secured a grant that will investigate the notion and impact of ‘time’ for students in higher education.

The University of Newcastle’s Wine Studies Research Network (WSRN) will host an international conference in collaboration with the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies at King’s College London, 9 to 10 May 2016.

A new digital activity developed through collaboration between the AIM HIGH program and Code Club Australia is being piloted at the University of Newcastle (UON) later this month.

UON Student Living has received the Asia Pacific Association for Student Housing award for Excellence in Student Experience.

Professor David Lubans from the University of Newcastle’s Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition (PAN) in collaboration with Associate Professor Chris Lonsdale from the Institute for Positive Psychology & Education (IPPE) at the Australian Catholic University have been awarded a $1.3m NHMRC partnership grant entitled Evidence-Based Physical Activity in Primary Schools: Improving Children’s Health Through Sustainable Partnerships.

*** CLOSING SOON: applications should be forwarded by 30 June 2016 to afs@newcastle.edu.au with thesubject line ‘Mentoring Application UoN’. Inquiries can be sent to the same email address. ***Applications are now open for the 2016 Australian Feminist Studies mentoring program for new academic writers.

The University of Newcastle’s (UON) multi award winning Healthy Dads Healthy Kids program led by Professor Philip Morgan will be adapted for an ethnically diverse population in Birmingham in the United Kingdom (UK), after the program received a $916,315 grant from the UK National Institute of Health Research with the University of Birmingham and The Fatherhood Institute (UK).