August 2023

Conservation scientists from the University of Newcastle are using heat-detecting drones to capture data on koala populations in Port Stephens LGA.

The University of Newcastle has launched a new Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Secondary) to help provide a much-needed solution to the state’s teacher shortage. The graduate diploma provides a 12-month program for people who are looking to transition their careers and fast track their studies to become a high school teacher.

Australia’s minister for foreign affairs, Penny Wong, has announced Australia will return to use of the term “occupied Palestinian territories”.

With a hypothetical mission to uncover the identity of a company insider who leaked valuable trade secrets, a group of curious young minds will experience first-hand what a career in cyber security looks like.

An innovative partnership between Newcastle Airport and the University of Newcastle has seen students working in a ‘living laboratory’ at the Airport on ways to solve problems with the baggage handling system and better service the growing number of passengers.

Staff at the University of Newcastle have shown overwhelming support for a 13% pay rise by voting in favour of their proposed new Enterprise Agreements.

Mika Koelma, alumna of The University of Newcastle and participant in I2N’s Accelerator cohort 2022, is a cofounder of Hey Zomi, creators of Australia’s first reusable menstrual disc.

Small financial grants can have a significant and lasting positive impact on the lives of the young people they assist, new research has found.

Female-led business start-ups in the region will have the opportunity to turbo-charge their start-up thanks to a free Female Founders Program to be run by the University of Newcastle’s I2N.

The University of Newcastle has launched a program to equip women from migrant or refugee backgrounds, who are interested in working in the construction industry, with the know-how to do so.

From inclusive education in Vanuatu to cyber security training in Samoa, four research teams at the University of Newcastle have been successful recipients of the highly competitive and prestigious Australia Awards Fellowships.