Vale Steve Barwick

Steve Miller, Director of AGBU, recently announced the passing of former AGBU and DPI staff member, Dr Stephen 'Steve' Barwick. "It is with sadness that I convey the news of the passing of another stalwart of our industry. I had the privilege of spending sometime...

October is Safe Work Month

October is National Safe Work Month and this year's theme is: For Everyone’s safety, work safely. UNE has planned a number of events for the month to promote a positive safety culture and to emphasise the importance of preventing accidents and incidents from...

Annual Spring Concert returns

The UNE Chamber Ensemble is presenting its Annual Spring Concert on Wednesday, 27 September 2023 at Lazenby Hall. The concert starts at 6PM. This is the first Spring Concert since 2019 and promises to be an entertaining return to the stage for our young group of...

myLearn is coming!

We are getting close! 29 days to go, to be precise, before UNE’s updated Learning Management System (myLearn) goes live on Friday, 13th October. Students will get access to their T3 sites in the new system from Monday, 16th October. Preview access The Project...

Brilliant basics

Sometimes the solution to a problem can be as simple as minding the basics, which is exactly what the Student Services team did under the leadership of Director of Student Services, Richard Dobek. Confronted with a declining student load and a list of over 10,000...

EOI – Casual Sci-Flicks Coordinator

Image: The brains behind UNE Sci Flicks, Dr Marissa Betts (left) with expert guest Dr Nick Tailby (right) at a previous event. In the last couple of years, the Sci-Flicks movie nights at the Belgrave Cinema have become a UNE science outreach staple. People love...

For our Elders Exhibition

The Aboriginal Cultural Centre and Keeping Place will host a special exhibition, For our Elders, as part of the New England's NAIDOC Week 2023. The exhibition feature well-known local artists such as Larissa Ahoy  and will run from 2 September to 2 October...

Automation to the rescue

Fears about automation can sometimes inhibit its adoption. The elimination of a laborious manual task at UNE demonstrates just what we potentially have to gain. For almost 20 years Student Accounts Coordinator Shannon Keniry dedicated substantial time and effort to...