May 2018

They say a lot can be achieved in a year, and there is no better proof than the twelve months that have passed since the doors opened at NeW Space – the University of Newcastle’s landmark education facility.

University of Newcastle researchers have collaborated on a world-first eHealth initiative aiming to target young people’s ‘big six’ behaviours to help reduce their chronic disease risk.

FluTracking, the highly successful online health surveillance system that helps detect epidemics of influenza throughout Australia, has expanded its reach across the Tasman to New Zealand for the first time this year.

Last week, the Honeysuckle City Campus Development (HCCD) Project team and consulting partners, Ethos Urban, met with staff and community to discuss the University’s Master Plan and first stage for the Honeysuckle City Campus Development Project. Stage 1A will include the Hunter Innovation Project’s Innovation Hub, a joint initiative with Newcastle City Council, Newcastle NOW and Hunter DIGIT, partially funded by NSW Government, plus additional new facilities for the University’s School of Creative Industries.

The Duncan Cruickshank Shaping Futures Scholarship in Pharmacy is changing lives in honour of well-known and respected local pharmacist.

Educators and providers will have access to a new set of tools and resources to better support students from refugee backgrounds pursue higher education, following a national research project that examined students’ transition experiences.

A message from Deborah Wright, CEO, Radio 2NURFM

Timed to (accidental) perfection after the challenges of the Aged Care sector were highlighted in the Federal Budget on 8 May, the NeW Futures Hackathon for Aged Care attracted strong participation and interest from staff, students, industry and the community.

One of the Centre for 21stCentury Humanities start ups, Frank's Fantastic Fairy Tale Theatre, has been successful in applying for an Australian Cultural Fund boost.

A mobile app to enable farmers in rural Kenya to advertise and sell any daily surplus crops has won the 2018 Nairobi Young Entrepreneur Challenge, hosted by the Newcastle Business School.

Research showing that all Australian Indigenous languages descend from one common ancestor has had a major national and global impact reaching more than 150 million people.

Suspended six metres in the air and intertwining more than three kilometres of rope, University of Newcastle’s Fine Art student Louisa Magrics’ crochet-based installation, Hyperweb, will take a starring role at Vivid this week - the world’s largest festival of light, music and ideas.