September 2022

The Australian Research Council (ARC) has announced its latest rounds of funding for the Future Fellowships and DECRA schemes, with four University of Newcastle projects attracting funding of more than $3 million for projects of national importance.

The University of Newcastle is encouraging the community to nominate students, local businesses and university staff who have excelled in work placements for their annual Employability Excellence Awards, with nominations closing this Friday 16 September.

More than half of Australian employees feel lonely in their work, with 15 per cent feeling 'extremely lonely', and younger Australians below 29 years of age feeling lonelier than any other age group.

HMRI and University of Newcastle researchers have discovered that treating patients who have late-stage treatment resistant melanoma with a combination of two existing drugs significantly increases their survival times.

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased rates of depression and anxiety in Australia by 24-28 per cent, placing significant resource pressures on its health systems.

A ‘Corona Warrior’ helping patients in India, a leading Australian film director, one of Australia’s first Aboriginal doctors and a lawyer encouraging local women to join the Bar are just some of the University of Newcastle’s high achieving alumni who were recognised at last night’s Alumni Excellence Awards.

Sarah Wallis the Cofounder of fintech company Skript and a payment industry expert. Sarah began her career in computer science but after over 20-years of life in the corporate world, she was ready to shake things up and do something different. Sarah turned her corporate knowledge and fintech expertise into a startup which achieved the highly coveted Open Banking data accreditation to level the playing field between smaller fintech companies and the big banks.

Australian water polo players, international futsal competitors and rowers were among 23 individuals and sporting clubs whose achievements in sport were recognised at the University of Newcastle’s Sports Awards on Friday evening.

More than a third of Australians are financially illiterate, according to newly released research from the University of Newcastle.

A pioneering environmental advocate will become the first consumer to road test futuristic printed solar cells, on an epic electric vehicle road trip around Australia.

As delegates meet this week for the Jobs and Skills Summit in Canberra, the role of the university sector in delivering a high-quality labour force through skills training, and boosting productivity comes into the spotlight.

Earlier this month, the University of Newcastle formalised a new partnership with the Cook Islands National Environment Service (NES) through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).