Article by Jason Seeto, Director of the English Language Centre Costa, which operates the Guyra tomato glasshouses, is one of the largest employers in the New England region, employing a culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) workforce which includes...
Commentary by Guido Posthausen, Acting Director, Oorala Aboriginal Centre See video link at the foot of this article For Oorala, one the of the most exciting aspects of the Future Fit Strategic Plan has been the fact that its core goals of ‘personalised learning...
Commentary by Professor Steve Warburton, Executive Principal Education Futures (interim) One of the challenges posed by our new decadal Future Fit strategy has been the acknowledgement that to deliver on the intended goals we need to work together in different...
Commentary by Ankur Kumar, UNE Chief Information Security Officer With high speed internet connectivity and devices that are always connected to the internet, cyber-attacks are increasing year on year. Let’s look at 'phishing' emails and how we can...
UNE held an event in Taree on Saturday 15th to launch Future Fit to a MidCoast audience. Yves Byers, UNE’s Taree Coordinator, was the driving force behind the successful Future Fit event. What is your role at UNE Taree? I am the Coordinator at UNE Taree which...
Professor Hamish Maxwell-Stewart has been appointed Project Lead in Heritage Studies and Digital Humanities within the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS). How long have you been at UNE and in Armidale? I have just arrived! Although...
Commentary by People & Culture Director, Fiona Murphy In 2021, the directorate known as UNE Human Resources changed its name to UNE People and Culture. The change is not merely cosmetic. It signals a commitment and intent to supporting people within the UNE...
Often, when UNE Privacy Officer Caitlin Rowe talks about her role, people declare that privacy is dead in today's digital world. But it doesn't take long for them to be convinced of its continued importance. A recent privacy webinar gave the example of an...
Commentary by Anthony Smith, Executive Principal – Brand, Partnerships and Business Development What is the role of marketing in a university? Is it limited to the coordination of advertising in order to fill courses already on offer? Professor Phillip Kotler...
Commentary by Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Acting), Professor Mike Wilmore ‘We work at small universities, Mike.’ I had to disagree when a friend of mine recently said this to me. I don’t think it’s true of their university and I certainly don’t think it’s true of UNE....
