August 2014

UON will this weekend host a community information session, where Hunter residents can view plans for the proposed NeW Space higher education facility.

UON and Hunter TAFE have joined forces in an innovative partnership aimed at enhancing the region's reputation as a world-class education provider.

Details of a revolutionary 'artificial pancreas' being jointly developed by University of Newcastle engineers and HMRI diabetes researchers were revealed today with the launch of a new website – www.artificialpancreas.com.au.

Artist Ruth Liou created delicate line drawings on the walls of the University Gallery as part of the installation of her PhD exhibition Lim'I'nal.

The University of Newcastle Defence Security and Innovation Cluster showcase has highlighted how the work of the University's top defence researchers is being applied to solve real life challenges.

The Clinical Unit in Ethics and Health Law (CUEHL) is pleased to present this special seminar on one of the most topical and troubling moral issues facing the health profession in Australia today - the ongoing harm caused to asylum-seekers as a result of their prolonged detention by the Australian Government.

Entry into a number of university degree courses, including medicine is highly competitive. In 2014, the Joint Medical Program (JMP) received more than 3,000 applications for its 170 places. For those aspiring to study medicine next year, applications to the Joint Medical Program's Bachelor of Medicine are now open.

Ensuring our staff can manage their family responsibilities is a priority for UON. Refurbished campus parenting rooms and our recent accreditation as a Breastfeeding Friendly Workplace are two new features of the family-friendly work environment we work hard to maintain.

Associate Professor John Anderson discusses new "Coward Punch" laws

Newcastle Business School academic Dr Robert Imre suggests Australia should be looking to Canada for its broadband policy

By Kathleen McPhillips, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of NewcastleIt is the long-held view of Cardinal George Pell and other senior Catholic officials that the sexual abuse crisis is an issue primarily about the moral failure of individual priests and not related to church culture itself.

A new therapy developed by Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) and UK-based respiratory researchers has recorded a marked reduction in acute asthma exacerbations triggered by the common cold.