2017

Funded by the Mark Hughes Foundation (MHF), nationally-renowned radiation oncologist Dr Mike Fay has been named the inaugural recipient of a three-year HMRI Mid-Career Research Fellowship dedicated to brain cancer.

Applications close 5:00pm Friday 3 March 2017 and provide an opportunity for ECRs to facilitate their own research, mature their leadership capabilities and build their reputation both as a supervisor and a researcher.

A parent and family inclusive approach to child protection and foster care is urgently needed in Australia, a report to be launched today will recommend.

On Friday 17 February 2017, Mr Frank Potter, Executive Director, Public Schools, NSW Department of Education delivered the occasional address to around 80 graduating in Port Macquarie.

Ten fourth year Law students recently travelled to Cambodia with Dr Nicola Ross and Mrs Sher Campbell as part of a government-funded Work Integrated Learning trip.

Another successful intensive postgraduate offering of the Newcastle Business School’s Globalisation course was delivered in China in January.

The Faculty of Business and Law hosted its external partners at a Thank You Breakfast at Merewether Surfhouse on 17 November last year.

Eleven undergraduate Business and Commerce students recently engaged in an International Study Experience in France.

The new Hunter Research Foundation (HRF) Centre opened for business in the Faculty of Business and Law in January.

Three UON researchers, who are working on cures for some of the most aggressive and prevalent cancers affecting both children and adults, have been awarded $887,000 in prestigious Cancer Institute NSW fellowships.

2017 Mid-Career Women's Research Development Program Invitation

Oral health researchers from the University of Newcastle (UON) have been successful in securing more than half a million dollars to advance a program dedicated to preventive oral health care for the elderly.