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Another Gold Award for our Annual Report
Thursday, 19 July 2018
The University of Newcastle’s 2016 Annual Report recently won a coveted Gold Award at the Australasian Reporting Awards (ARA).
Medicine student tells the story of dementia
Wednesday, 18 July 2018
University of Newcastle medicine student, Tara Kannan, has been announced as a winner of this year’s National Dementia Storytelling Competition, an annual awareness initiative run by Dementia Training Australia (DTA) to improve the care of people living with dementia.
UON goes stackable with edX to transform education leadership
Wednesday, 18 July 2018
The School of Education will launch a 12 week Professional Certificate in Leadership and Management in Education on 1 August on the global education platform edX. This is the first time UON has offered a short online course or “taster MOOC” for professional learning and academic credit as a pathway into a current postgrad program.
English Language Centre ranked one of the top in the world
Tuesday, 17 July 2018
Students from the University of Newcastle English Language Centre have ranked the institution in the top three in Australia in the recent English Language Teaching (ELT) Barometer. The survey also places the centre in the top six in the world, a remarkable increase of over 53 places since 2016.
Professor Ajayan Vinu elected Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science
Tuesday, 17 July 2018
Professor Ajayan Vinu of the University of Newcastle’s School of Engineering, has been elected Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS).
Calling all commercialisation curious researchers
Monday, 16 July 2018
Applications are now open for ON Prime, Australia’s sci-tech pre-accelerator, designed to help researchers translate their big ideas into real-life impact.
From the UN to UON – renowned multidisciplinary scholar visits
Monday, 16 July 2018
Throughout July, internationally renowned scholar Professor Rosalind Gill will join the School of Humanities and Social Science as a strategic research professor. Rosalind’s work traverses Sociology, Media and Cultural Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Psychosocial Studies.
New Colombo Plan strengthens global connections
Friday, 13 July 2018
The Australian Government has awarded the University of Newcastle $1,267,750 million in funding under the 2019 New Colombo Plan Mobility Program.