Welcome Ceremony Thank you to the almost 20 of our staff who attended the Welcome Ceremony for our commencing students on 22 February. We gathered on the grounds of Booloominbah, complete with face masks. You had to get very close to work out who you were talking...
Welcome to 2021 everyone. I hope you have a happy and safe year with terrific research productivity. Congratulations to all who submitted ARC grants this month. Please update your RUNE profile as only the items in RUNE can be included in the ERA submission. Here is...
Having grown up in the wilds of Papua New Guinea, and with a strong sense of social justice, Richard Jones says he is drawn to work with people unlike himself. It has enabled him to learn more about other cultures and inspired a creative life that has seen him...
From a PhD thesis to a brave new novel, local author Sophie Masson’s upcoming book release, ‘The Ghost Squad’ continues to take on an exciting life of its own. Known and loved around Australia particularly for her children’s books, Sophie says the unique process...
With a diversity of talented and dedicated learners and researchers across the Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Education (HASSE), there is never a shortage of things to celebrate. On Thursday, however, the spotlight was on the achievements of our...
In 2016, 1.4 million students in the Philippines entered a Grade 11 class for the first time in the country’s history. In 2017, 1.2 million of these students enrolled in Grade 12. Another first. These were extraordinary milestones in an ambitious plan to modernise...
As a sickly child, Margaret Strike didn’t think she’d live long enough to travel and see the Egyptian pyramids she read about in books. It was the beginning of a long struggle with health, confidence and finding her feet. --------------- “I was an average student...
Jennifer Power-Geary long decided that with her range of interests, she would be an actor, scientist or a presenter at a zoo. The UNE science honours student has studied a bit of everything, and wouldn’t have it any other way. “I began studying a Bachelor of...
Of all the intensive schools happening at the University of New England (UNE) over the past couple of weeks, the archaeology students have been perhaps the most visible. They’ve been on their hands and knees digging and surveying various mock excavation sites...
Can you teach happiness? A former school principal and UNE education PhD candidate has left his home and livelihood to find out. Kaka (who has just the one name) has always dreamt big. He overcame the challenges of his humble beginnings – he’s one of 10...
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