July 2018

Internationally-recognised leader in Indigenous cancer research, Professor Gail Garvey, will share her insights on the role Indigenous medical education can play in improving the health outcomes of Indigenous Australians, in a keynote lecture at the University of Newcastle tonight.

Practitioner academics from the University of Newcastle have been awarded $582,361 by the Australian Government, Department of Social Services (DSS) to deliver an innovative, cross-sector initiative addressing the issue of interpersonal violence in the lives of young people (10 to 17 years of age).

More than 500 University of Newcastle (UON) and TAFE NSW students will cross the stage at Ourimbah graduation this week, celebrating the culmination of years of academic endeavour.

It was Jackie Cunningham’s first international placement in Cambodia with the University of Newcastle that solidified her decision to pursue a career improving oral health in disadvantaged communities.

Inspired by her love of the ocean and coral reef, University of Newcastle research student, Laura Bradbury, is on an exciting path to improve the environment for future generations.

An international symposium will combine academia, activism and the arts this week to ignite the imagination of the community and spark effective discussion about climate change.

Three new postgraduate programs specially designed to prepare students for jobs of the future will be offered at the University of Newcastle (UON).

What has happened over the past 70 years that has led to today’s cultures of surveillance of gay and lesbian sexualities? That’s the question that will be dissected by world-renowned historians at a conference to be held at NeW Space on 12 – 13 September 2018.

Political historian, Dr. Adrian Hänni, from the University of Zurich and Distance Learning University Switzerland, will take up a visiting fellow position with the Centre for the History of Violence from July through September.

Following on from the success of the Global Scope pilot program delivered at the Ourimbah Campus last year, the program is back this winter break but this time with a difference.

Professor Mel Gray, School of Humanities and Social Science has been recognised with the prestigious International Association of Schools of Social Work’s (IASSW) Eileen Younghusband Lecture Award 2018 for her powerful contribution to international social work education. The award is presented biannually to ‘a distinguished social work educator, who has an international reputation and recognition’.

Researchers in occupational therapy at the University of Newcastle (UON) are exploring how responses to sensory stimuli may affect the experience of or recovery from an eating disorder