COVID-19 response

In light of the extraordinary circumstances created by COVID-19, the University understands that you may require additional flexibility with assessment deadlines. Consequently, two changes have been agreed to dealing with Adverse Circumstances applications. These ar

Statement from Vice-Chancellor Professor Alex Zelinsky AO on the safe return of international students to Newcastle

One of the largest crowd-sourced public health surveillance systems in the world, known for detecting the spread of influenza, has revealed the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically impacted the 2020 flu season.

The University of Newcastle‘s ‘COVID-19 equipment shortage’ team has won a national higher education award for its remarkable contribution to the Australian community.

A new initiative aimed at boosting tourism in Newcastle will launch on Thursday.

Domestic students transitioning into their undergraduate degree in 2021 will have access to free personalised learning support thanks to an initiative at the University of Newcastle.

There is no doubt COVID-19 has burdened healthcare systems across the world but what can be learnt from this?

Join Professor Paul Dastoor and an expert panel as they explore the environmental reprieve that was one of the unexpected …

Without conscious action to address the gendered impacts of COVID-19, the pandemic threatens to derail the tertiary education sector’s decades-long effort to advance gender equity, a Joint Sector Position Statement warns.

Watch our lecture hosted by Professor Frances Kay-Lambkin, where she examines the impact these complex times have had on health …

Join transformative leader Professor John Fischetti as he explores the paradoxes of the COVID-19 pandemic in the first of our Looking Ahead Lectures.

Environmental historian Associate Professor Nancy Cushing found that the urban air pollution from the bushfire smoke was unprecedented and questions a link to COVID-19.