COVID-19 response

Statement from Vice-Chancellor Professor Alex Zelinsky AO on the safe return of international students to Newcastle

One of the largest crowd-sourced public health surveillance systems in the world, known for detecting the spread of influenza, has revealed the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically impacted the 2020 flu season.

The University of Newcastle‘s ‘COVID-19 equipment shortage’ team has won a national higher education award for its remarkable contribution to the Australian community.

A new initiative aimed at boosting tourism in Newcastle will launch on Thursday.

Domestic students transitioning into their undergraduate degree in 2021 will have access to free personalised learning support thanks to an initiative at the University of Newcastle.

There is no doubt COVID-19 has burdened healthcare systems across the world but what can be learnt from this?

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Join transformative leader Professor John Fischetti as he explores the paradoxes of the COVID-19 pandemic in the first of our Looking Ahead Lectures.

Newcastle small business workers now have access to free accredited online training as part of an initiative of City of Newcastle delivered through TAFE NSW, the University of Newcastle and Novaskill.

The critical need to re-engage Indigenous students in school as NSW transitions out of pandemic restrictions has been the driving force behind a new set of tools and resources created for educators and teachers.

The University of Newcastle and TAFE NSW have committed to strengthening their 30-year partnership to ensure people in the Hunter and on the Central Coast can maximise their education options and be seamlessly supported as they enter tertiary education, re-train or up-skill following COVID-19.