May 2017

The World Needs New, and New Needs You; two powerful messages unveiled today as part of the University of Newcastle’s (UON) new brand.

Australia’s position as a global leader in printed solar has surged, following the unveiling of its first printed solar demonstration site at the University of Newcastle (UON) today.

While Kate Tolhurst grew up in Newcastle, she always had her sights set further afield. Armed with a Nursing degree from the University of Newcastle (UON), she is the sole volunteer currently working at a public hospital in Peru, taking on significant healthcare challenges at just the young age of 22.

Hunter Water has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Newcastle (UON) to launch a research partnership that will shape the region’s future.

A symposium on Friday May 19th will bring together clinicians and historians to discuss what is unique to accounts of trauma in an Australasian context. The symposium will marshal University of Newcastle expertise on Indigenous trauma, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, clinical approaches to refugees and other diverse populations, plus various historians from around the country on the impact of wartime.

The changing nature of our internal and external environments make it more important than ever to communicate and engage across UON and within our work areas. There has been significant effort across UON to create more opportunities for staff to engage and help shape their employment experience.

Three Endangered Languages Documentation, Theory and Application (ELDTA) research program PhD students from the University of Newcastle have been successful in winning scholarships from the Australian Linguistics Society (ALS). The funding will be used to research and help maintain some of the world’s most endangered languages in Australia, Indonesia and the Solomon Islands.

Professor Simon Bishop presents on his research into organisational change in healthcare

The University of Newcastle’s Professor Julie Byles has been appointed as Global Innovation Chair in Responsive Transitions in Health and Ageing.

Honouring the profoundly tragic loss of their cherished daughter Vanessa, winemaking legends Brian and Fay McGuigan – together with the University of Newcastle – have jointly funded an unprecedented 10-year Hunter Medical Research Institute Fellowship dedicated to ovarian cancer research.

A team of researchers from the University of Newcastle (UON) has been awarded a Liveable Communities Grant to identify how to best meet the housing needs of an ageing population.

Last week on Monday night, I joined Vice-Chancellors, representatives of student bodies and industry leaders in Canberra to hear the Minister present the government’s proposed reform package for the higher education sector.