April 2022

Africa Day is celebrated every year on 25 May since 1963 in African countries and by Africans around the world to commemorate the foundation of the Organisation of African Unity.

The Centre for African Research, Engagement and Partnerships (CAREP) is involved in two exciting research projects that highlight the University’s engagement priorities especially infinding practical ways to build stronger and more inclusive communities and improving the health and wellbeing of people here in our regions and around the world.

Many students of African origin who joined the University of Newcastle over the past five years are part of the more than 3000 graduates celebrating their significant academic achievements in graduation ceremonies this December at Callaghan.  Their story is one of endurance.

The University of Newcastle and CARE-P hosted the Ghana (African) High Commissioner to Australia and the Indo Pacific, Dr Joseph Coffie-Agoe and his team on their visit UON/CARE-P to deepen relationships

I was shocked to hear from women undergraduate students that they received misogynistic comments from their male peers. I thought that the current generation of males were well past such prejudice. I was obviously wrong. No wonder that core programs such as Electrical, Civil or mechanical engineering still only average around 15% of females.

The second University of Newcastle joint African Postgraduate Student Association (APSA) and the Centre for African Research, Engagement and Partnerships (CARE-P) multidisciplinary conference was held in October 2021.

Australia’s energy landscape is undergoing unprecedented change. New technologies for energy supply, distribution and storage, and their pricing and policy regimes are available now. Large scale technology changes can create friction with social and economic imperatives unless designed and implemented wisely.

Researchers from the School of Information and Physical Sciences impressed the University’s Non-Traditional Research Output (NTRO) Committee recently with an innovative software package for analysing mathematical structures. This is the University’s first software output and has been confirmed by the Committee as being recognised internationally.

Integrating frozen koala sperm into captive management programs is a crucial step to help save the endangered Australian species – a first-of-its-kind model reveals.

Known as ayahs, South Asian nursemaids were the mainstay of child-care for British families in India during the Raj (1757-1947), and they travelled the world, accompanying European and elite Indian families on shipboard travel along the circuits of empire.

University of Newcastle students will gather in Callaghan’s Great Hall over the coming days as nearly 2,300 graduates receive their degrees this week.

The NSW Government has today announced that the University of Newcastle will be its university partner to deliver a new university campus in Mann Street, Gosford.