2016

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.

Almost half a million dollars in funding has been awarded to two academics from the University of Newcastle (UON) to investigate solutions to major equity challenges in higher education, in a national first Equity Fellowship programme.

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.

The Centre of Excellence is currently seeking to fill the role of Equity Ambassador for the Access and Student Experience theme.

The SMART (Science, Maths and Real Technology) Program and the Science and Engineering Challenge have recently partnered with the Little Scientists Initiative providing professional development workshops for early learning educators across the Hunter. These professional development workshops aim to empower educators to include STEM (Science, technology, engineering and maths) in early learning centres and address the shortage of STEM skills from a very young age.

The University of Newcastle congratulates and celebrates all Australians named in this year's Australia Day Honours List. In particular, we recognise members of our University community who received honours.

New research has found that women with a history of mental health problems are overwhelmingly more likely to suffer postnatal depression (PND) than other women, highlighting the need for early intervention.

The University of Newcastle (UON) has tonight released 4,136 UAC Main Round Offers to prospective undergraduate students.

The University of Newcastle (UON) has achieved success in the latest round of Office of Learning and Teaching (OLT) funding for innovation and development projects.

Professor John Forbes AM has once again been named as one of "The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds" by Thomson Reuters.

Novocastrians needing legal advice are encouraged to tap into the expertise of the University of Newcastle's Legal Centre as they run Law on the Beach, a free community legal advice service.