July 2019
News • 31 Jul 2019
Central Coast celebrates 30 years of the ‘community campus’
Staff, students and alumni from the University of Newcastle’s Ourimbah campus will come together on Wednesday 31 July to celebrate the 30th anniversary of providing transformative education on the Central Coast campus.
News • 29 Jul 2019
Funding boost for new approach to reduce gynaecological cancers
Researchers from the University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute are determined to shift the way society views contraceptive pills and reproductive health in an effort to reduce gynaecological cancers.
News • 26 Jul 2019
Fulbright scholarship to study Australian-American wine history connections
Dr Julie McIntyre will travel to the University of California to study Australian - American wine history.
News • 25 Jul 2019
Cuplet birthday brings David Malouf, Omar Sakr and more
On August 15th, award-winning Australian novelist and poet David Malouf comes to Newcastle to headline Cuplet Poetry Night's one year celebration. He joins queer Arab-Australian poet Omar Sakr and a line-up of extraordinary contemporary talent.
News • 25 Jul 2019
New Grant Looks at Low SES Students, Success and Completion in Higher Education
Researchers investigate success in higher education from the perspective of students from low socioeconomic status backgrounds
News • 24 Jul 2019
University unveils plans for $200 million STEMM investment
The University of Newcastle today unveiled plans for a flagship facility at its Callaghan campus, heralded as its largest infrastructure spend to date. The $200 million investment by the University, which incorporates the main building and surrounding precinct works, will redefine the way its staff and students collaborate.
News • 23 Jul 2019
ExperimentFest 2019
ExperimentFest 2019 welcomed over 1300 students from the Hunter and surrounding areas to spend a session working in labs with Faculty of Science academics and technical officers.
News • 23 Jul 2019
Improving Equity in Science Degrees
Academics from across Australia gathered at the University of Newcastle to discuss how to improve equity in science degrees at the 2019 Australian Council of Deans of Science Teaching and Learning Leaders Conference
News • 23 Jul 2019
Major poetry prize launches
The School of Humanities and Social Science is honoured to announce a major new poetry prize – the Karen Thrift Prize for Poetry and Lyrics.
News • 23 Jul 2019
International students welcomed at the University of Newcastle
Accepting an offer to study at the University of Newcastle was an easy decision for international student Ruvimbo Vusango, who made the trip from Zimbabwe four years ago.
News • 19 Jul 2019
Executive MBA Breakfast
The new Executive MBA (EMBA) offered by the University of Newcastle's Business School is an intensive one-year, management and leadership program to enable participants to scale new heights in their careers.
News • 19 Jul 2019
Virtual concert set to transform performance possibility
The University of Newcastle will host Newcastle’s first ever virtual concert this week, as students test the boundaries of immersive performance.
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.