Media training for academic staff

Have you ever wondered how you can get your research into the news? Do you want to build your media profile and be called upon as an expert in your field? The UNE Corporate Communications Unit is offering media training for academic members of staff on Wednesday 22...

Closing the Gap

The 2015 Close the Gap Event was held on the 17th March at the Oorala Aboriginal Centre, UNE. This was a joint event hosted by The Oorala Aboriginal Centre and New England Medicare Local. After a welcome to country by Mr. Colin Ahoy, a variety of speakers addressed...

Recycle your coffee pods

A message from 'waste collection station' Judy Stott: Did you know Australia is the second highest producer of waste in the world? We produce around 650 kg per person per year. TerraCycle have now set up in Australia as of February this year. Please check out the...

Sociology Seminar Series

Abstract: Since the early 1990s, the borderlands of China have suddenly emerged as new zones of prosperity and suspicion stimulated by the momentum of China’s “opening up” policies and economic reforms. In this talk, I use China as an example to trace the emergence...

Chubu Study Tour 2015

The English Language Centre (ELC) recently farewelled 21 students from Chubu University Nagoya Japan,  after the 11th annual study program ended on March 15.  UNE’s 11 year relationship with Chubu University was formally acknowledged in November 2014 with the...

Humanities Research Seminar

A common assumption in contemporary scholarship has been that the Saudi state is primarily a construct of the twentieth century, thanks to the discovery of abundant oil wealth in the Kingdom’s eastern provinces in the late 1930s. This presentation argues that...

School of Education Seminar Series

Stephen Grono:  LYNC: Tricks we’ve found and nifty things   A mixed seminar/workshop for those who want to know a bit more about the phone on their desk, and what else it can do. The new Lync phone system is now completing its rollout across the university for all...