Announcing UNE’s Uplift Festival

As part of Project Uplift, Education Futures is hosting the Uplift Festival on 30th November 2022. A vibrant in-person event in the TDS building (C34), the Uplift Festival is an exciting way to finish out 2022, bringing together people and practices from...

Vale Martin Mantle

Image: Martin Mantle as Dr Rank alongside Lisa Goldzieher as Nora Helmer in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, directed by Ruth Thompson for Chalk Circle Theatre Company in A1 Theatre at UNE. A tribute by Dr Julie Shearer, UNE Lecturer in Theatre Studies It is with the...

UNE Life’s getting greener!

On November 1st 2022, the NSW Government implemented the second phase of its Plastics Ban to include single-use straws, cups, cutlery, plates, bowls, and packaging (non-spillable). Since 2017, UNE Life has worked to ensure our food & beverage services lead the...

Tornado anniversary update

By Interim Vice-Chancellor, Professor Simon Evans A year on from the 14 October 2021 tornado that ripped apart the northern section of UNE’s campus, I have to concede that much of the area still looks like a disaster zone. But behind the barrier fencing, there has...

Trees over UNE building

One way of saying ‘thank you’

By Professor Simon Evans, Acting Vice-Chancellor A university is, in every sense, only as good as its people. We know UNE’s people are very good indeed. And we now have fresh objective evidence that we can point to. UNE’s recent recognition – your recognition – is...

UNE’s culture review

By Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Simon Evans UNE is initiating a deep assessment and overhaul of the University’s workplace culture. Evidence and anecdote indicate that UNE’s culture has been shaken by a series of stresses from without and within. The...