News • 09 Oct 2014
Your Voice survey is now live
The 2014 Your Voice Survey is now live and all UON staff are encouraged to provide their feedback on the employment experience.
News • 09 Oct 2014
Get fit for summer with healthy UON
Did you know UON staff can access affordable personal training and high-quality exercise facilities on campus?
News • 08 Oct 2014
New enterprise agreements ready for staff vote
The University of Newcastle Enterprise Agreement has been finalised and is ready for the staff vote.
News • 08 Oct 2014
The big top’s evolution: Cirkopolis by Cirque Eloize
With the opening of Cirkopolis at the Melbourne International Arts Festival this week, Dr Gillian Arrighi looks at the evolution of circus
News • 07 Oct 2014
Honorary Fellowship for former UON Chancellor
The Australian Psychological Society rarely bestows the title of Honorary Fellow. We are proud to announce that Professor Trevor Waring is a recipient.
News • 03 Oct 2014
International health leaders gather in Newcastle
Compassion and care in a changing world is on the agenda this week as UON hosts the 3rd Asia-Pacific International Conference on Qualitative Research in Nursing
News • 02 Oct 2014
Young women becoming more active, and more stressed
Young Australian women are fatter, fitter and more stressed than they were in the mid-’90s, according to the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health
News • 01 Oct 2014
Smoking and male fertility breakthrough finding
Mothers who smoke while they are pregnant or breastfeeding may be damaging the fertility of their sons, according to research published in Human Reproduction.
News • 29 Sep 2014
Childhood obesity research accolade
Research into childhood obesity in developing Asian countries has earned Wai Yew Yang a 2014 Nestle Nutrition Institute Young Researcher Award.
News • 26 Sep 2014
UK grants to assist severely endangered languages
The University of Newcastle has been awarded three grants from the Endangered Languages Documentation Programme to document endangered Pacific languages
News • 26 Sep 2014
The petrol bomb’s incendiary – and uncertain – history
Dr Matthew Lewis from the University of Newcastle's (UON) Centre for the History of Violence, explores the uncertain history of the petrol bomb.
News • 25 Sep 2014
Teaching expertise honoured
The teaching expertise of UON staff members has been recognised by the Commonwealth in the 2014 Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning.
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.