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Education & Childcare Security & safety 

eSmart Week ~ Dangerous for Kids Online

30 August 202031 August 2020 Press

National eSmart Week 2020: keeping children safe online has never been more important. By creating awareness about cyber safety, bullying and well-being, we can reduce online harm – Dr Michael Carr-Gregg, National eSmart Week Ambassador.   As rates of online

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Education & Childcare UoN 

UoN Talks Fail. Jobs at Risk

12 August 202028 August 2020 Press

End to University negotiations aimed at achieving savings. Discussions with the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) and National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) – underway since late June with a deadline of Monday 10 August – failed to reach agreement.

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Education & Childcare UoN 

New Way for Teaching

7 August 20204 September 2020 Press

Study links teacher development program to increase in student achievement. As schools continue to grapple with major upheaval, a new study reveals that teacher professional development initiative, Quality Teaching Rounds (QTR), dramatically accelerates student learning outcomes, potentially reversing disruption caused

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Education & Childcare 

UoN Launches Another Star

31 July 202025 August 2020 Press

Local Engineering graduate lands an Ivy League spot. A University of Newcastle Electrical Engineering graduate, Sam Parker, has been accepted to Brown University – a prestigious Ivy League research university in the United States. To study a PhD in Biomedical

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Education & Childcare UNSW Science & Research 

A Degree in Quantum Engineering?

22 July 2020 Press

UNSW Sydney has introduced the world’s first undergraduate degree in quantum engineering. The Bachelor of Quantum Engineering (Honours) will train students in advanced electronics and telecommunication engineering, specialising in how to design and control complex quantum systems. University of NSW’s

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Education & Childcare UoN 

Government Meddling ‘a direct assault on education’

23 June 2020 Editor

The government’s funding changes are meddling with the purpose of universities. By Newcastle University’s John Fischetti 1 and Catharine Coleborne 2     Federal education minister Dan Tehan in recent days announced an overhaul of the fee structures for undergraduate degrees – and the

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Education & Childcare 

UoN Rank Climbs

14 June 202025 August 2020 Press

University of Newcastle enters Top 200 in the world rankings. The University of Newcastle (AU) has climbed ten places to sit among the world’s Top 200 universities in the prestigious 2021 QS World University Rankings. The 2021 QS World University

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Education & Childcare Medical & healthcare 

Grog Ads Ensnare Kids

12 June 2020 Press

Exposing children to alcohol advertising leads to increased uptake and intake. With sport firmly back on Australians’ television screens as the AFL season restarts this Thursday, Monash researchers have highlighted the continuing problem of children’s exposure to alcohol advertising when

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Education & Childcare UoN Employment & Workplace 

Upskill Online at UoN

4 May 2020 Press

Building the recovery workforce through short courses. The University of Newcastle offers short courses for displaced workers to upskill or reskill in the post COVID-19 recovery. A suite of graduate certificate courses will be available 11 May 2020, across growth

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Education & Childcare Hunter Valley Singleton 

Singleton’s Rural Mobile Preschool Returns

3 May 202025 August 2020 Press

Free childcare will be available to rural families with the return of Singleton Mobile Preschool to Broke Community Hall and Mt Olive Public Hall. The service was suspended due to COVID-19 restrictions in March, but government changes have allowed the

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Education & Childcare Heritage & Historical 

Cook’s 1770 voyage – 250 years on

29 April 2020 Press

The 250thanniversary of Cook’s landing in Kamay (Botany Bay) on April 29 will be marked by the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Encounters 2020 program.  The 250this an invaluable opportunity to look at this historical event with 21stcentury eyes and provide

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Education & Childcare UNSW Technology 

Screen Use Affects School Students

19 April 2020 Press

By Belinda Henwood Gonski Institute for Education research reveals Australian educators’ perspectives on children, digital technology, health and learning. The first in a series of Growing Up Digital Australia reports by the Gonski Institute for Education at UNSW Sydney paints

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Education & Childcare Maitland 

Snitch ‘The Rat’ is at Maitland Gaol

12 April 202031 August 2020 Press

Sneak into Maitland Gaol while it’s closed with the help of Snitch. With the doors to the historic site closed for the duration of the COVID-19 restrictions, Maitland Gaol has reworked its usual children’s activities and created some fun online

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Education & Childcare UoN 

Laureate Professor Jenny Gore AERA Fellow

3 March 2020 Press

Laureate Professor Jenny Gore from the University of Newcastle has received international recognition, selected as a 2020 Fellow of the American Educational Research Association (AERA)*. Professor Gore is among 12 scholars to receive the prestigious recognition in 2020 and the

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Education & Childcare 

US Fulbright Scholars in Newcastle

27 February 202025 August 2020 Press

American Fulbright scholars in Newcastle The University of Newcastle welcomed two visiting American Fulbright Scholars to contribute research in water sustainability and eating behaviour. Pictured ~ Water resources engineer Dr Kelsey McDonough, and electrical engineer, Professor Edward Sazonov Water resources

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Education & Childcare Employment & Workplace Government Opinion 

TAFE Review Must Restore Funding and Courses

26 February 202029 October 2020 Editor

NSW Teachers Federation President Angelo Gavrielatos said the union would take the opportunity presented by the TAFE review to highlight the failed privatisation policies of successive state and federal governments. TAFE budgets have been slashed resulting in the loss of

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Education & Childcare 

Uni Honeysuckle Work Starts

23 February 202025 August 2020 Press

University of Newcastle’s Honeysuckle City Campus construction has begun. Taylor Martin MLC and University of Newcastle Vice Chancellor, Professor Alex Zelinsky, announced the project is ready for the first building at Honeysuckle. The construction contract for the $25 million project

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Education & Childcare UNSW Employment & Workplace Science & Research 

Lack of Local Training and Skills Will Doom Australia

30 November 2019 Press

Homegrown solutions to technology skills shortage. Compounding the current critical shortage of high-tech qualified workers, Australian-based businesses and workers educated and trained in high-tech skills are heading overseas where they are better supported, the survey finds. The majority of Australians

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Education & Childcare Environment & Pollution Science & Research 

Censorship of Science Rampant

30 November 2019 Editor

Is there suppression of ecological and conservation science? “Science suppression” is keeping the media, public and even policymakers in the dark on topics ranging from bushfires to species extinctions, according to scientists. The Ecological Society of Australia’s 2018-19 survey on

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Education & Childcare Coalfields Technology 

Local School F1 Wizards

29 November 201924 August 2020 Press

Mount View students world-beaters in F1 in Schools. A combined team of Year 11 Mount View High School and Year 10 Penrith Christian School students were 5th out of 55 schools in this year’s international final of the F1 in

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Education & Childcare UoN 

Conflict Simulator in Nurse Training

26 November 2019 Press

Ground-breaking conflict simulator helps train budding nurses. A world-first virtual reality (VR) simulation is helping train nursing students at the University of Newcastle in conflict resolution. The Conflict Resolution training VR program replicates a real-world emergency room and asks students

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Education & Childcare Disability & Carers Hunter Valley 

Aspect Hunter School now in Muswellbrook

25 November 2019 Press

Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) will open a new ‘satellite’ class in 2020 for the Upper Hunter region. A ‘satellite’ class is an autism-specific class operated by an Aspect School, but located in a host, mainstream school, in this case the

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Education & Childcare Event & Venue 

Thornton’s Century of Public Education

30 October 2019 Press

Thornton celebrates a 100 years of public education. It’s 1919: the Treaty of Versailles is signed, officially ending Australia’s involvement in World War One; Billy Hughes’ Nationalist Party wins a Federal election; and Thornton Public School opens. The school community

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Education & Childcare UNSW 

Throsby’s Life-long Learning Model Adopted By UoN (at last)

17 September 201929 August 2020 Press

Passion-based learning lets students decide how they want to learn. In a world-first for higher education, the University of Newcastle will place students at the centre of their own learning by adopting the Big Picture Education design, which is implemented

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Education & Childcare UoN 

Eternal War on Mozzies

8 September 2019 Press

$50,000 funding awarded to promising projects biting the problem of mosquitoes. From eucalyptus oil diffusers, to aromatic plants seeds dispensed through a gumball machine, and a Mozzie Map to quantify human/mosquito interactions, the innovative ideas proposed in the University of

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Education & Childcare Arts 

Hunter Student at Festival of Choral Music

30 August 2019 Press

Talented locals join more than 3,000 NSW public school students on stage at the Sydney Opera House next week for the 2019 Festival of Choral Music. In one of the largest musical events held at the Opera House each year,

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Education & Childcare Coalfields 

Cessnock’s STEM Excellence

22 August 201924 August 2020 Press

Council’s teaming up with STEM Industry School Partnerships Program. The Cessnock Local Government Area is the home of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in Australia, and Cessnock City Council is breaking new ground forging a fresh partnership. Science,

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Education & Childcare Technology 

AI in Schools ~ Report

16 August 2019 Press

New report seeks to empower students and teachers to thrive in an Artificial Intelligence world. A new report by researchers from the University of Newcastle aims to assist teachers with the delivery of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Emerging Technologies in

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Education & Childcare Agriculture 

Green Thumbs Aren’t for Texting

15 August 2019 Press

Enviro grant plants seed of change at Coal Point school. Coal Point Public School received $3000 last year to transform overgrown sections of its grounds into herb gardens, a native bee sanctuary and strips of native vegetation. Coal Point Public

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Education & Childcare Science & Research 

The Wise Students of HunterWiSE

8 August 2019 Press

Local students’ passion for STEM shines brightly at Hunter awards. Female high school students with a passion for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) gathered last night to recognise and celebrate the winners of the 2019 HunterWiSE High School Outreach

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Newy’s New Annual Arts Festival
Newcastle Event & Venue 

Newy’s New Annual Arts Festival

8 February 2021 Press

Arts Festival makes Newcastle the place to visit this month. An intimate art gallery performance by a renowned Australian musician, an augmented reality experience celebrating indigenous culture, and a discussion on women in leadership with Australia’s first female Prime Minister,

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Renewal of Gas Exploration Permits off Newcastle
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Renewal of Gas Exploration Permits off Newcastle

12 February 202112 February 2021 Press

Gas companies making plans to drill offshore from Newcastle. Opponents fear the PEP 11 gas exploration permit off the coasts of Sydney and Newcastle will be renewed today by Federal Resources Minister Keith Pitt. The joint venture companies currently holding

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La Niña Wanes and Yet It Rains
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La Niña Wanes and Yet It Rains

5 March 2021 Press

La Niña weakens, but influence likely to continue into autumn. The 2020–21 La Niña has passed its peak and is now weakening. Climate model outlooks indicate the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) will return to neutral (neither La Niña nor El

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Shipping Cartel Fined
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Shipping Cartel Fined

6 February 20216 February 2021 Press

Shipping cartel fines now total $83.5 million after WWO conviction. Norwegian-based global shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean AS (WWO) has been convicted of criminal cartel conduct and ordered by the Federal Court to pay a fine of $24 million, in

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Sustainability and Investors Drive Beef
Agriculture 

Sustainability and Investors Drive Beef

5 March 2021 Press

New investment and sustainability awareness drive beef industry innovation. An injection of new investor interest in the livestock sector coupled with increasing awareness of the need to improve sustainability is driving innovation in the global beef industry. In its recently-released

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Pioneeer Solar Energy Researcher Honoured
Physics & Energy 

Pioneeer Solar Energy Researcher Honoured

31 January 2021 Press

Australian father of photovoltaics awarded prestigious 2021 Japan Prize. By Stefanie Menezes UNSW Sydney solar expert Martin Green has been honoured with the Japan Prize for transforming the photovoltaics industry. Professor Martin Green. Photo ~ University of NSW. Professor Martin

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Give Back Our Data
Internet 

Give Back Our Data

8 February 2021 Press

Tim Berners-Lee’s plan to save the internet: give us back control of our data. By Pieter Verdegem Senior Lecturer, School of Media and Communication, University of Westminster Releasing his creation for free 30 years ago, the inventor of the world wide

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Not a mirage, Actually a Mirage
Upper Hunter Heritage & Historical 

Not a mirage, Actually a Mirage

5 February 20215 February 2021 Press

Two jet fighter planes – a Macchi and a Mirage – are making their home at Scone Regional Airport. Restored by volunteers. they will become part of the Warbird Visitor Attraction. The Mirage A3-44 will travel by road from the

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