Saturday the 22nd of April was an important day for science in the political realm. Thousands rallied across the world in a global movement calling for evidence and reason to be incorporated into political planning, policy and decision making. A group of dedicated...
The Toomelah Boggabilla Adult Literacy Campaign will launch on Friday 12 May, making Toomelah the sixth community to join. The campaign provides Indigenous adults with literacy skills with flow-on health and well-being benefits not just for them, but for their...
Armidale’s brightest minds will share their scientific research over a pint with patrons at The Wicklow from May 15-17, with the arrival of the International Festival, Pint of Science. Pint of Science Coordinator for Armidale, Mr Dane Lyddiard, said the...
In this creepy but curious world we live in one of the critters with the least glamorous name has to be the dung beetle. Despite this less than salubrious eponym, the dung beetle plays an incredibly important role in insect mediated ecosystem services. We explore...
Peace Studies stood out from the crowd at the UNE Autumn graduations for Arts, Humanities and BCSS. Seven out of the 13 PhD conferrals were in the field of Peace Studies, while two of these - Dr Johanna Garnett and Dr Vanessa Bible - were recipients of the...
UNE microbiologist Associate Professor Lily Pereg has left for Europe on an extended trip that will see her organising sessions at the European Geoscience Union annual assembly (EGU2017) and negotiating a memorandum with a Spanish university. A/Prof Pereg’s...
UNE Career Development are successfully working with the 2017 cohort of Early Entry (EEA) students to ensure they are able to stay on track and successfully reach their career goal. Over the past few years, the Career Development team have consulted with a...
Three very different stories were on show when the Armidale Alumni Association hosted the first of this year’s “What Makes Me Tick?” on Friday night. ERS academic, Karl Vernes, highlighted his research in Bhutan, India and Mexico, wowing the audience with night...
UNE academic staff regularly write for The Conversation (TC) on their areas of expertise and a quick look at the UNE engagement dashboard shows that, for 2017, 12 articles were submitted by 17 authors for a total of 212,408 reads. The articles received 483...
