August 2014

Newcastle Law School academics Associate Professor John Anderson and Dr Alan Berman discuss racial vilification laws

Newcastle Law School academic Dr Amy Maguire discusses Australia's current asylum seeker policy

A UON project will explore how industrial tribunals in the Hunter region are leading Australia in the proactive promotion of workplace co-operation.

Newcastle Law School academic Daniel Matas has written an opinion piece on violence on the sporting field

University of Newcastle researchers are leaders of a trials group that has discovered a powerful new prostate cancer treatment regime that can reduce the spread of aggressive but apparently localised tumours by more than 40 per cent.

Record numbers of Hunter region school students are showing an interest in computer programming, boosting participation in the recent 2014 Hunter Region RoboCup Junior Competition, hosted by the University of Newcastle.

The atmosphere in Newcastle is buzzing ahead of this weekend's Hunter Valley Electric Vehicle Festival, hosted by UON's Tom Farrell Institute for the Environment.

Lilly Serna talks to local high school girls about the importance of mathematics to their future.

Newcastle Business School students rewarded with NAB positions after completing industry placement

Newcastle Law School RHD student Akshaya Kamalnath has been awarded third place in the Three Minute Thesis competition

By Dr Catherine Grant, Faculty of Education and Arts, University of NewcastleEarlier this year the number of views of South Korean mega-star Psy's Gangnam Style YouTube video exceeded two billion. That's more than a quarter of the people on the planet who have watched the video. It also adds up to a collective 16,000 years spent watching (assuming everyone sat out the four-and-a-bit minutes, which is a big assumption).

UON's newly established Service Improvement Office will enhance service delivery University-wide.