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Graduate jumps to catch cap

News • 18 Apr 2024

Kicking goals on and off the field, Joeli proves you can do it all

Being an elite athlete, working part time, and studying to become a teacher, Joeli Morris proves that with determination and the right support, you can do it all and get a degree at the same time.

News • 12 Apr 2024

University-school partnership project seeks to lift student outcomes

Twenty-five NSW government schools in communities with the least access to socio-educational advantage will benefit from a new research partnership project with the University of Newcastle’s Teachers and Teaching Research Centre (TTRC).

Four primary school children playing games with a ball on an oval

News • 4 Apr 2024

Learning the EMU way

How Indigenous games are improving children’s cultural understanding, health and wellbeing, and learning in schools.

Ready for a game of Gorri, Buroinjin, Kabi or Puldjungi? Children in the Awabakal and Worimi regions of the Hunter will soon be able to teach you how to play, thanks to an exciting new school-based education program generously supported by Port Waratah Coal Services.

Man and woman posing for a picture in front of bushland

News • 4 Apr 2024

Family legacy supporting Indigenous education

Everybody has different reasons for leaving a gift in their Will. Frances Doherty is proud to honour her father, Jack Doherty, whose activism to bring change for Indigenous students had an indelible impact on the University’s history.

News • 13 Mar 2024

Global Strategic Partnership