2017

UON Singapore, with the support from PSB Academy, is organising the UNEP-DHI Eco Challenge 2017 as a local competition partner. This is an online game competition, conducted in English and will be available for three days only.

A team of researchers from the University of Newcastle (UON) has been awarded a Liveable Communities Grant to identify how to best meet the housing needs of an ageing population.

The University of Newcastle welcomes today’s announcement by the Treasurer, the Hon. Scott Morrison MP, and Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks MP, of an additional $12.5m investment in the Central Coast Medical School.

UON’s award-winning Green Week is back for 2017 with a raft of exciting events and environmentally-friendly initiatives.

An anti-fatigue therapy has yielded a significant reduction in chronic tiredness for stroke survivors involved in a 15-month clinical trial at the Hunter Medical Research Institute, with transformative quality-of-life benefits for many of the participants.

Post doctoral Research Fellow with UON's Endangered Languages Documentation, Theory and Application Research Program, Michael Franjieh, has just finished a two-year project examining one of the most endangered and undocumented languages in Vanuatu. During his work in the field Michael has been creating vital resources including dictionaries and storybooks to ensure the language lives on through the generations.

A new report shows many equity students in higher education are challenged by institutional expectations about time, with time management impacted by the competing imperatives of study, work and personal commitments.

In a ground-breaking first for both countries, The University of Newcastle (UON), Australia has partnered with Orient Speech Therapy Center Limited (OST) to develop a world-class speech pathology training program for its clinics in China.

Professor John Maynard will sit on a panel at the National Museum of Australia, as part of the new exhibition ‘A Change is Gonna Come’, to reflect on the 1967 referendum.

A new psychology clinic at the University of Newcastle’s (UON) Ourimbah Campus will open its doors to the community this week, marking a significant step forward for mental health on the Coast.

Dr Sally Baker and Dr Rachel Burke explore how proposed changes to the Australian Citizenship test are likely to further disadvantage refugees.

At the beginning of this year, Dr Anna Bennett was appointed Head of Research Engagement and Development within the English, Language and Foundation Studies Centre (ELFSC) at the University of Newcastle (UON), which has a rich history of programs that have provided 40,000 students with access to enabling education for over 43 years