July 2017

Dr Jason von Meding, senior lecturer in Disaster Risk Reduction at UON’s School of Architecture and Built Environment has been busy filming DEVIATE: a documentary produced by Thirtyrev which will tell the stories of marginalised people worldwide that are most affected by disasters.

Supported by Learn SG Seed Fund, an initiative by the Lifelong Learning Council, UON Singapore organised the Innovation and Lifelong Learning Singapore for Singapore’s Smart Nation Future on 6 July 2017.

Last year UON joined 39 other Australian universities in the Respect. Now. Always initiative to address sexual harassment and sexual assault in university communities. As part of the University’s efforts on this important matter, I established the Sexual Misconduct Working Group in April this year with wide representation from stakeholders across the University.

Exposing toddlers to ‘risky play’ such as access to open flames and genuine tools during their early learning actually increases their safety awareness and promotes risk aversion, new research from the University of Newcastle (UON) has found.

A team of UON Researchers has won the 2017 IFAC Foundation award for work showing how techniques in systems and control engineering can be applied to quantifying the economic damage of greenhouse gas emissions.

A Humanities Startup Workshop run by the University of Newcastle’s Centre for 21st Century Humanities in conjunction with Slingshot has assisted in the creation of a design service and research studio within the School of Creative Industries.

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NSW Premier, The Hon Gladys Berejiklian MP launches the NUW Alliance, as universities seek consultation on ways to solve the greatest challenges facing the state.

Researchers from the University of Newcastle (UON) are reframing the global understanding and treatment pathways for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) by urging practitioners to recognise that the condition is not just one disease, but in fact several or more.

The National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) has released the third instalment of their Informing Policy and Practice publication series.

UON has dominated the 2017 Eastern University Games pennant tally, winning the Overall University Champion trophy as well as the Per Capita title.

The Centre for 21st Century Humanities’ Professor Roland Boer is tapping into collaboration opportunities with Chinese scholars of Marxism.