News • 27 Feb 2024

National University Teaching Awards celebrate outstanding educators at the University of Newcastle

Five University of Newcastle academics have been honoured with the prestigious Australian Awards for University Teaching.

News • 26 Feb 2024

University behind Australia’s largest, oldest and most successful enabling program welcomes Accord

The University of Newcastle has welcomed the Australian Universities Accord final report and stands ready to work with government on implementation.

News • 23 Feb 2024

Academic Excellence Scholarships Recognising Outstanding Performance

The 2024 University of Newcastle Academic Excellence Scholarships have been awarded. These scholarships recognise the outstanding performance of domestic and international students. Click here to view the recipients!

News • 22 Feb 2024

Happier in the Hunter: promising findings for young people

Despite the challenges that young people in regional areas face, new data reveals Hunter youth are happier than their peers in capital cities.

News • 21 Feb 2024

‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ operating in the red

Parents offering their children a leg-up on the property ladder are at increased risk of financial elder abuse, a new study finds.

News • 20 Feb 2024

$10.6m MRFF funding boosts researchers’ mission to improve Australia’s health

Seven University of Newcastle teams have secured more than $10.6m in Australian government funding to help solve some of the nation’s most pressing health issues.

News • 20 Feb 2024

Nursing and teaching degrees popular as University of Newcastle’s Welcome Week activities commence

Almost 10,000 new students will start their university journey this week as they join in the University of Newcastle’s Welcome Week activities.

News • 13 Feb 2024

Central Coast Living Lab promotes healthy ageing at home

A collaborative workshop has marked the launch of the first Central Coast Health & Wellbeing Living Lab – an innovative, real-life experimentation hub designed to support healthy ageing at home for generations to come.

News • 08 Feb 2024

$438,000 funding to boost cleantech innovation in the Hunter

Local clean technology innovators will have more opportunity to bring their products to market with the NSW Government awarding $438,375 in funding for the University of Newcastle’s Hunter Cleantech Accelerator.

News • 06 Feb 2024

New study aims to unlock secrets of effective stress management

University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute researchers are working to better understand which stress management techniques and tools work, and who they’re working for.

News • 31 Jan 2024

Major breakthrough in hypertension diagnosis could save Government billions

HMRI and University of Newcastle researcher, Professor Murray Cairns, along with his Precision Medicine team have discovered a way of predicting who will respond to blood pressure treatments to lower sodium in the body.

News • 29 Jan 2024

Celebrating our outstanding community with 2024 Australia Day Honours

The University of Newcastle congratulates all recipients who have been recognised in the 2024 Australia Day Honours, in particular celebrating those that make up a vital part of the University community.

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