Snow on 2 August 2025
The school converted to fully online during the week from 4 August 2025 due to the snow on 2 August and the instability of trees and limbs. It was, however, magical.
Update on recruitment – Welcome to the following staff members
- Level B, Early Childhood Education – Welcome to Dr Adam Ren (began on 11 September 2025) and Tammy Williams (began on 29 September 2025), Lauren Brocki will be starting on 7 October.
- Level B/C, Pedagogy, (Leadership, Pedagogy, Diversity & Inclusive Education) – Welcome new staff member to start in November.
- Level D, (Leadership, Pedagogy, Diversity & Inclusive Education) – Welcome to Associate Professor Cynthia Briggs who began on 25 August 2025
- Level B, Early Childhood Education, based in Tamworth – offer made – TBA
School of Education Teaching & Learning and Research days
- Coming up in the middle of November, all academic staff will present their Teaching and Learning and Research.
Out and About in the School of Education
- Taree Open Day – Adele Nye representing the SoE
- AgQuip 2025 – Kristy O’Neill, Jo Bird and Sue Gregory were privileged to attend AgQuip this year to market education to our future students (Day 2 was a little wet and boggy).
ASCILITE Spring into Excellence Research School
- This year, the School of Education was able to support the following people to attend the three day research school in Brisbane (in early September): Majida Mehana, Nathan Lowien, Katy Walsh, Alicia Phillips, Nadya Rizk, Rose Mutuota and YooMi Byun.
NSW Premier’s Teacher Scholarship Reception
On Tuesday, 16 September 2025, Associate Professor Brendan Jacobs, Head of Department, STEM Education and Professor Sue Gregory, Head of School, Education were privileged to be able to attend NSW Parliament House to support UNE sponsored NSW Premier Teacher Scholarship recipient, Mrs Tara Green. Tara, a Teacher of STEM at Elizabeth Macarthur High School will undertake research and a study tour, spending time researching to improve the quality and relevance of Earth and Environmental Science education to prepare students to navigate sustainable challenges and pursue careers in geoscience and environmental management. Tara will examine how STEM-based strategies and First Nations perspectives are successfully embedded into teaching and learning programs through hands-on, inquiry-based approaches, grounded in real-world STEM and Indigenous perspectives to enhance student engagement, conceptual understandings and academic achievement in Earth science.
Tara plans to spend approximately a month gathering data and visiting schools in Northern Territory (Darwin, Kakadu, Litchfield Park, Katherine and Kununurra) and, in Western Australia (Purnululu, Fitzroy Crossing, Broome, Port Hedland, Onslow, Exmouth, Carnarvon, Denham, Geraldton and Perth). A very busy schedule.
The School of Education at the University of New England are proud to support Tara’ research and study tour through her NSW Premier’s Teacher Scholarship. Tara will visit UNE after her Study Tour to update the School of Education of her findings and how she has progressed with the tour. Following are some images of the presentations at the NSW Premier’s Teacher Scholarship Research and NSW Parliament House in Sydney.
Associate Professor Brendan Jacobs, Head of Department, STEM Education, UNE, Mrs Tara Green, UNE Scholarship recipient STEM Teacher at Elizabeth Macarthur High School, The Hon Courtney Houssos MP, Acting Minister for Education, Professor Sue Gregory, Head of School, Education, Mr Murat Dizdar, Secretary, Department of Education
All Teacher Scholarship recipients and their Sponsors – UNE, Mrs Tara Green, UNE Scholarship recipient STEM Teacher at Elizabeth Macarthur High School standing next to The Hon Chris Minns MP, Premier and The Hon Courtney Houssos MP, Acting Minister for Education, including Murat Dizdar, Secretary, Department of Education and Professor Sue Gregory, Head of School, Education
Education Research Seminar
- Dr Alicia Phillips and Associate Professor Jo Bird “The Impact of Early Childhood professional experience undertaken in a pre-service teacher’s workplace” – to be held on 15 October. A2 Lecture Theatre or Zoom – https://une-au.zoom.us/j/82523457247?pwd=OrSyvWc8n7UOZJZBDmSFHlo0VBowoH.1
- Dr Kristy O’Neill and Professor Pep Baker “Grants: philosophical reflections and practical advice for academics”– held on 24 September 2025
Other
- ASCILITE – free membership for all in the university, please complete this form – join a SIG, social media, monthly newsletters, webinars, research schools, CMALT, TELAS, AJET, mentoring – community and women in academic leadership, grants, awards, bursaries, peer-assisted learning and AJET. Research School – held at Torrens University, Brisbane campus in September – if interested, please reach out.
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