Research Impact: More than just a journal citation Eleanor Colla Research Services Librarian In this session the University Library will discuss the growing requirements to show research impact, provide suggestions on how and where to find it, and ways of...
Dr Joshua Nash, from UNE’s School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences, will continue his studies of the Pitcairn Island language, Pitkern, courtesy of a $381,601 ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA). Having discovered that many Pitkern...
Last Friday saw the culmination of months of planning when 965 school children from 35 schools came onto campus over two days for the Far Out Science event. This is an important engagement activity for our community and also one of the many ways we aim to support...
History is full of complexities. Generations later, events can pose more questions than they answer, as University of New England higher degree research candidate John Heath well knows. That is why – in the process of researching his family's ancestry – the...
UNE student Penny Leary jokes that she doesn't like sleep and that she's working her way through her bucket list of careers. Both sentiments ring true. To say this mother of three young children is busy is an understatement. As well as studying for a Bachelor of...
Completing his Bachelor of Law degree by distance education with UNE has afforded Benjamin Dunn all kinds of career opportunities. For starters, he was able to work full-time as a legal associate within a multinational medical company throughout his studies, rising...
Dogs are our best friend, the saying goes, and it appears to be especially true for those behind bars. Dogs may have an important role to play in reducing crime, according to UNE graduate Lauren Humby, who says that the process of learning how to read emotion in...
School of Education Seminar, presented by Dr Sue Elliott, Dr Subhashni Taylor, Dr Nadya Rizk Nature play has emerged as a global movement in the last decade and in Australia, this has inspired state government nature play initiatives, bush kinder and forest...
When asked his favourite parasite, UNE lecturer Tommy Leung can't go past the "zombie ant fungus" - Ophiocordyceps unilateralis - a creature straight from the script of a horror movie. Once it infects it's host, the fungus takes over an ant's mind, causing it to...
Plants - they are fundamental to life on Earth, providing the clean air we breathe, sustenance, medicine, shelter, even inspiration. But how often do we stop to appreciate their significance and splendour? "We can see plants in the environment as an...
