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News • 03 Aug 2018
Teaching Innovation Investment Scheme
The Teaching innovation investment Scheme (TI2) enables our university teachers to innovate for the benefit of student success. These investments …
News • 03 Aug 2018
ARC funding expands research in microbiology and the humanities
Two of our outstanding researchers have received almost $2 million in Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowships to advance their research discoveries in the fields of microbiology and the humanities.
News • 02 Aug 2018
DVC(A) Educator Innovation and Impact Awards
The DVC(A) Educator Innovation and Impact Awards recognise discrete, individual innovations or adaptations in learning and teaching that have resulted …
News • 02 Aug 2018
Professor Moghtaderi receives national engineering award
The University of Newcastle’s Professor Behdad Moghtaderi has been awarded an Australian Engineering Excellence Award for the development of the world’s first large scale testing facility for ventilation air methane abatement.
News • 31 Jul 2018
Cold feet for a good cause
A team of five final year podiatry students and two staff members attended the NAIDOC Central Coast Local Health District …
News • 27 Jul 2018
Massacres on Australia’s colonial frontier climb to 250
The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander massacres verified and recorded on an online digital map has risen to 240, following an influx of valuable information and evidence from regional communities around Australia.
News • 26 Jul 2018
Magnets prove repellent to sharks and rays
A new study has revealed simple magnets may be the solution to reducing the number of sharks and rays caught as bycatch from commercial fishing activities.
News • 26 Jul 2018
More than 30,000 teachers to benefit from education funding boost
Improving the quality of school teaching is a global concern at the heart of a visionary education program soon to be rolled out in Australian schools.
News • 26 Jul 2018
Showcasing new advances for building Australia’s energy and transport infrastructure
A collaborative research centre, led by the University of Newcastle and directed by Laureate Professor Sloan AO, is pioneering new approaches and software for designing cheaper and safer energy and transport infrastructure.
News • 19 Jul 2018
Another Gold Award for our Annual Report
The University of Newcastle’s 2016 Annual Report recently won a coveted Gold Award at the Australasian Reporting Awards (ARA).
News • 18 Jul 2018
Medicine student tells the story of dementia
University of Newcastle medicine student, Tara Kannan, has been announced as a winner of this year’s National Dementia Storytelling Competition.
News • 18 Jul 2018
Uni goes stackable with edX to transform education leadership
The School of Education will launch a 12 week Professional Certificate in Leadership and Management in Education on 1 August …
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