For PhD history graduate Helen Monro, not knowing where her studies would lead was not a hindrance to getting started. But it has meant she has uncovered lots of surprises along the way – including her own value as a historian. Helen’s interest in social...
The smell of dusty, old books full of history has always appealed to Vivien Cerolini, but it was some much newer stories, penned by her father, that provoked further study into European history at UNE. Stumbling across the 40 short stories after Giuseppe’s death in...
Above all, it was an email from her unit coordinator after her first trimester of study that spurred on history graduate, Lisa Bell. Asking whether she was being ‘too ambitious’ taking on a higher-level subject, Dr Andrew Piper wrote back to assure her:...
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 from 1-5 December for all to enjoy. Conference convenor Dr Marty...
A 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 and Social Sciences awards for Distinctive Work for 2022. “My PhD gathered the...
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 Music and the Coffs Harbour Regional...
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 surreal experience of doing both on the same day. For Caiti, it was the...
Even 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 of climate change in a collection of fairy tale adaptations for her...
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 in many ways. Growing up in Kenya then later working with different...
When 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 easy task in a country with an intermittent internet connection and little in the...
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