After pioneering distance education in the 1950s, the University of New England (UNE) is now a leader in the introduction of online exams. Online examinations are done by a student on their computer over the internet, at a location and time of their choice,...
Zoology PhD student Lucy Farrow has won an award for an Outstanding Student Talk at the Australasian Ornithological Conference recently held at Deakin University in Geelong. This conference is the premier ornithological conference for the region, and saw more than...
Research Impact: More than just a journal citation Eleanor Colla Research Services Librarian In this session the University Library will discuss the growing requirements to show research impact, provide suggestions on how and where to find it, and ways of...
Dr Joshua Nash, from UNE’s School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences, will continue his studies of the Pitcairn Island language, Pitkern, courtesy of a $381,601 ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA). Having discovered that many Pitkern...
Last Friday saw the culmination of months of planning when 965 school children from 35 schools came onto campus over two days for the Far Out Science event. This is an important engagement activity for our community and also one of the many ways we aim to support...
History is full of complexities. Generations later, events can pose more questions than they answer, as University of New England higher degree research candidate John Heath well knows. That is why – in the process of researching his family's ancestry – the...
UNE student Penny Leary jokes that she doesn't like sleep and that she's working her way through her bucket list of careers. Both sentiments ring true. To say this mother of three young children is busy is an understatement. As well as studying for a Bachelor of...
Completing his Bachelor of Law degree by distance education with UNE has afforded Benjamin Dunn all kinds of career opportunities. For starters, he was able to work full-time as a legal associate within a multinational medical company throughout his studies, rising...
