2020

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).

Youth is a key period of transition with many challenges and issues for young people to contend with. A new book co-authored by University of Newcastle youth sociologist Dr Julia Coffey titled Youth Sociology helps break down and understand the pressures on youth today.

NSW Health has asked that the University facilitate a pop-up COVID-19 testing clinic on our Callaghan campus, starting from next week (6 July).

A beautifully crafted residential design by a Newcastle architect has been recognised in the coveted 2020 WA Architecture Awards.

Josh Jeffress shares his founder journey building Design Anthology at I2N's Startup Stories

Building the capacity of community mental health services to provide preventive care to people with a mental health condition will be the focus of a three-year project led by researchers at the University of Newcastle.

This year Australia was set to observe the 250th anniversary of Cook and the arrival of the Endeavour in 1770 but the pandemic has disrupted this anniversary moment.