Current Staff

More than 50 staff recently gathered at NeW Space for the annual UON Academy End of Year celebration. Hosted by Tina Crawford, Director People and Workforce Strategy, this event celebrates the incredible contributions sessional academic staff make to the student experience.

If I told you know Australia’s biggest-earning innovation for the past quarter century came from Newcastle, would you believe me? Indeed, it has outstripped earnings from other icons like WiFi and the Black Box, but is little known for its economic contribution to the country.

Increasing the number of Indigenous people working at the University of Newcastle is just one of the goals of the …

The University of Newcastle is delighted to advise that after an extensive international search Professor Janet Nelson has accepted the role of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) and will start at the University in February 2020.

Dr Matt Dun was named the Outstanding Cancer Research Fellow at this year's NSW's Premier Awards for Outstanding Cancer Research.

The University of Newcastle is proud to be named as a Women in STEM Decadal Plan Champion by the Australian Academy of Science.

As an inaugural recipient of a DVC(A) Merit List Award for Teaching and Learning Excellence, Lecturer in Statistics, Dr Natasha Weaver, shares her approach to education and what makes a great teacher.

The inaugural Research Advantage NEWstar program will support 13 aspiring University of Newcastle mid-career researchers to further develop their research leadership skills.

The University of Newcastle has launched Environmental Sustainability Plan 2019-2025. The plan is a roadmap to operating in a sector leading, environmentally sustainable way.

Recognised for Teaching and Learning Excellence at the University of Newcastle, Senior Lecturer Linguistics Christo Moskovsky shares his approach to education and what makes a great teacher.

When we heard about an upcoming conference of the Organisation for Human Brain Mapping we were eager to know more about this fascinating area of research. Our enquiries led us to Professor Michael Breakspear who joined the University of Newcastle in early-2019 to establish a new brain imaging group

University of Newcastle researcher Professor Clare Collins is among 40 new Fellows elected to the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS).