November 2025

The University of Newcastle has announced the appointment of Dr Paul Ebert as the incoming Executive Director of the Newcastle Institute for Energy and Resources (NIER), following an extensive international search.

The University of Newcastle has announced the appointment of Dr Paul Ebert as the incoming Executive Director of the Newcastle Institute for Energy and Resources (NIER), following an extensive international search.

A groundbreaking father-daughter well-being program aimed at empowering daughters and their father-figures has received national recognition at last night’s Engagement Australia 2025 Excellence Awards in Sydney.

A groundbreaking father-daughter well-being program aimed at empowering daughters and their father-figures has received national recognition at last night’s Engagement Australia 2025 Excellence Awards in Sydney.

A new study has uncovered the hidden burden of the financial and practical support many Australian parents are bearing for their adult children – revealing it as not only widespread, but significantly impacting the lives and futures of families across the nation.

Professor Beryl Nashar AO OBE, a trailblazing geologist, educator, and one of the founding figures of the University of Newcastle, has been recognised at Callaghan Campus with the GP (General Purpose) Building named in her honour.

By Alex Zelinsky. As printed in The Daily Telegraph 6 November 2025.

On Tuesday 21 October, more than 650 students, teachers, parents, community, industry and University colleagues gathered at the University of Newcastle's Great Hall to celebrate the next generation of women in STEM.

Dr Ed Johnson, Lecturer in our School of Environmental and Life Sciences, has secured two prestigious awards from the Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE): the Early Career Researcher Grant (ECRG) and the AINSE ANSTO French Embassies (SAAFE) Research Internship.

Dr Ed Johnson, Lecturer in our School of Environmental and Life Sciences, has secured two prestigious awards from the Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE): the Early Career Researcher Grant (ECRG) and the AINSE ANSTO French Embassies (SAAFE) Research Internship.