The arts have been utilised throughout history to draw attention to important issues in powerful and evocative ways, and will be a prominent feature at UNE’s International Peace Studies Conference…
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Innovative storybooks for defence families win humanities award
Posted by hcollett | Uncategorized | No CommentsA series of e-books developed to support children in defence families, stemming from UNE PhD research, has been named the joint winner of this year’s Council for the Humanities, Arts…
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Image: UNE Music’s Dr Alana Blackburn and Executive Director of the Coffs Harbour Regional Conservatorium, Patrick Brearley, at the launch of the music education partnership. A new partnership between UNE…
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Images: Caiti D’Gluyas in research mode; with new baby, Felix. Submitting a PhD can be a little like giving birth. Just ask archaeology student Caiti D’Gluyas, who recently had the…
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No clean endings in climate change fairy tale makeover
Posted by hcollett | Uncategorized | No CommentsEven from the lush surrounds of England, the drought and bushfires consuming NSW in 2019 kept creeping into Niamh Wood’s creative writing. Now, she’s exploring the impacts and everyday realities…
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Having recently returned to work in North Darfur, Sudan, peace studies graduate Dr John Ahere has found the theory and skills gained through his PhD, completed in 2020, have helped…
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UNE information technology teaching degree a first in Nauru
Posted by hcollett | Uncategorized | One CommentWhen Rhema graduates with a UNE Associate Degree in Teaching, she will be the first Nauruan in UNE’s Pacific Education Program with an ICT and computer studies specialisation. It’s no…
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Image: Dr Barb Bannister, UNE Lecturer, is passionate about teaching agriculture in schools. Photo: David Elkins. Australian schools are suffering a deepening drought in agriculture teachers. While the shortage is…
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Conference to commemorate 40 years of Peace Studies at UNE
Posted by hcollett | Humanities | No CommentsThe conference confronts the two most pressing threats to humanity and the Earth – global warming and the threat of nuclear war. “It was phenomenally difficult to get Peace Studies…
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New community resources to support families who work away
Posted by hcollett | Uncategorized | No CommentsNew interactive storybooks, and modules for social and family workers and educators are now available to support children and families where a parent is deployed or travels away for work…
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