March 2016

Law Admission Ceremony

College of Human and Social Futures • 30 Mar 2016

Law graduates admitted to legal profession

Congratulations to graduates from the Newcastle Law School, who have recently been admitted as lawyers of the Supreme Court of NSW.

Parliamentary Inquiry into Elder Abuse

College of Human and Social Futures • 30 Mar 2016

Parliamentary Inquiry into Elder Abuse

Sarah Breusch, solicitor and clinical teacher at the University of Newcastle Legal Centre, was given the prestigious opportunity to participate in a legal practitioner panel discussion as part of the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into Elder Abuse at Parliament House in Sydney.

Michael Nilsson

Research and Innovation • 23 Mar 2016

Stroke risk link to mental and physical fitness in teens

Using comprehensive health data from men aged 18, two international studies have highlighted a strong causal link between long-term stroke risk and both cardiovascular and mental fitness in early adulthood.

David Farrugia

Featured News • 22 Mar 2016

UON ranked in the world's top 150 for Sociology

The University of Newcastle (UON) Australia's sociology discipline has ranked in the top 150 in the world, confirmed by the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016.

Jenny Gore in a classroom

Featured News • 22 Mar 2016

UON ranked in the world's top 150 for Education

The University of Newcastle (UON) Australia's education discipline has ranked in the top 150 in the world, confirmed by the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016.

Meg Sherval

Featured News • 22 Mar 2016

UON ranked in the world's top 100 for Geography

The University of Newcastle (UON) Australia's geography discipline has ranked in the top 100 in the world, confirmed by the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016.

Featured News • 22 Mar 2016

UON ranked in the world's top 50 for Architecture/Built Environment

The University of Newcastle’s (UON) Australia's architecture and built environment discipline ranked in the world’s top 50 by the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016, has a unique forward-thinking focus on managing, designing and planning for resilience in our built environments.

Nick Talley

Featured News • 22 Mar 2016

UON ranked in the world's top 150 for Medicine

The University of Newcastle (UON) Australia's medicine discipline has ranked in the top 150 in the world, confirmed by the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016.

Scott Sloan

Featured News • 22 Mar 2016

UON ranked in the world's top 100 for Civil Engineering

­The University of Newcastle (UON) Australia's discipline of civil engineering, recently ranked in the top 100 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016, is proud to host the world-leading Centre of Excellence in Geotechnical Science and Engineering.

Featured News • 22 Mar 2016

UON ranked in the world's top 100 for Nursing

The University of Newcastle (UON), Australia’s nursing discipline has debuted in the top 100 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016, thanks to experienced clinical educators and internationally renowned researchers like Professor Sally Chan (pictured), Dean of Nursing and Head of School of Nursing and Midwifery in the Faculty of Health and Medicine.

Ravi

Featured News • 22 Mar 2016

UON ranked in the world's top 150 for Environmental Sciences

The University of Newcastle (UON) Australia's environmental science discipline has ranked in the top 150 in the world, confirmed by the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016.

History of Violence Conference image

College of Human and Social Futures • 18 Mar 2016

The History of Violence, from Prehistory to the Present

The Centre for the History of Violence at the University of Newcastle, Australia, and Cambridge University Press present The History of Violence, from Prehistory to the Present conference.

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