Image: Carmel is pictured second from the left in the front row. After 25 years in Legal Services, Carmel O’Brien is closing the chapter on her UNE career and retiring this month. Carmel first came to UNE in 1995 on a scholarship to complete a PhD in English...
AI is quickly becoming part of the way we work and learn. A framework has been developed to guide the use of AI at UNE, ensuring these transformative technologies are adopted safely and effectively in ways that support students and staff. As an institution, UNE...
RU OK? Day – coming up on September 11 – is a powerful national day of action. But as our understanding of mental health matures, how do these important conversations also need to evolve? We asked UNE researchers attached to the virtual Manna Institute to...
People complacent about Artificial Intelligence in teaching, learning, or general society, are in for a huge reality check at Armidale’s Skeptics In The Pub on September 17. UNE science lecturer Dr Tommy Leung will deliver a laser-focussed critique of AI generative...
Image: From left to right Sophie Florance, Jules Kryger and Georgia Eades Winners of the Together We Rise Staff Award, UNE’s Study Access and Wellbeing Office (SAWO) team are reshaping how we approach accessibility. Their work goes beyond compliance, focusing...
On 8 August 2025, Dr Nigel Warwick, a former colleague of staff in Botany, and Agronomy and Soil Science lost his battle with cancer. Nigel was a valued colleague who served UNE for 25 years with great humility, understanding and kindness. He had a great rapport...
The Academic Board hosted a workshop in July with a mix of UNE’s senior leaders and members of academic staff on Artificial Intelligence at UNE. This was a preliminary forum to surface issues to inform policy development and governance for AI at UNE. It is the...
Image: UNE Adjunct Professor Diana Eades, (left), was among the 80-strong audience at Skeptics In The Pub to hear Professor Helen Fraser (centre). They are pictured with forensic linguist Dr Michael Cooke who came from Sydney to hear the presentation Injustice is...
The UNE Indonesian Studies and the Asia Pacific Research Network (APN) are collaborating with Deakin University's Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation (ADI) to host a (hybrid) seminar titled “How Islamic Law Is Used for Populist Mobilisation in...
Image: Anna second on the left. As part of this year’s Staff Awards, we’re taking a closer look at the stories behind the nominations, i.e. the small changes that have made a big difference across campus. Stories like that of Anna Gayner, Executive Assistant to the...
