July 2020

A ground-breaking opportunity was announced today by the University of Newcastle for students who have overcome major life challenges to study Medicine.

Join transformative leader Professor John Fischetti on 28 July 2020 as he explores the paradoxes of the COVID-19 pandemic in the first of our Looking Ahead Lectures.

A study and review of early adopters in Indian universities and colleges

Newcastle China Week 2020 has developed the theme of “Wildlife Sustainability” and will be held in a virtual world through running this online photographic exhibition this year.

Laboratory tests conducted at the University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute have shown that a modified form of medicinal cannabis can kill or inhibit cancer cells without impacting normal cells, revealing its potential as a treatment rather than simply a relief medication.

The University of Newcastle has become the first University in Australia to migrate its digital data to the cloud in what represents a significant milestone to improve services and boost cybersecurity for students and staff.

CARE-P executive member Professor Shirley Randell AO has been liaising with both, Dr James Gashumba, Vice Chancellor of Rwanda Polytechnic, and Eng Pascal Gatabazi, the Director General of the Workforce Development Authority, who are the key leaders driving Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) developments in Rwanda.

Environmental historian Associate Professor Nancy Cushing has long been interested in the history of air pollution, particularly in once heavily polluted Newcastle. So when the bushfires ravaged New South Wales in late 2019/early 2020 and many people were talking about this level of smoke and bushfire as unprecedented, she wanted to see if that was actually the case.

Professor Tania Sourdin on legal systems in the post-COVID world.

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, two-thirds of Australian university students were reported to be living below the poverty line, with an average annual income of $18,000. In addition, 15% of full time domestic students regularly went without food or other necessities to make ends meet, which increased to 25% for Indigenous students. In light of pandemic-related job losses and rising housing stress disproportionately affecting young Australians, it is likely these figures have only worsened.

Newcastle small business workers now have access to free accredited online training as part of an initiative of City of Newcastle delivered through the University of Newcastle, TAFE NSW, and Novaskill.

The University of Newcastle’s Professor Craig Wheeler and entrepreneur David Bull jointly developed a new capability to monitor the performance and condition of idlers used in the conveyor systems that play a vital role in our mining industry. That technology is now the basis of a licensing deal recently completed between the University and New South Wales-based company MineSensor Services Pty Ltd, (MineSensor).