The University of Newcastle has appointed a new Chancellor to succeed the institution’s current Chancellor, who will retire at the end of the year. The Honourable Patricia Forsythe AM will take over the position from Chancellor Mr Paul Jeans upon ...

Staff at the University of Newcastle will be on the picket lines today over job security, fair pay and safe working conditions after the union said management had been “dragging” negotiations.  The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) said members of ...

Higher education can be life transforming for students who are victim survivors of gender-based violence, yet experts have said universities aren’t doing enough to support their students, nor for their broader commitment to gender equity.  A new study from the ...

Different salts, minerals and electrolytes all have different purposes. For instance, fluoride (a key ingredient in toothpaste) can increase the rate of virus reproduction in both human rhinovirus (usually responsible for the common cold) and HSV-1 (responsible for cold sores), ...

Research conducted by the University of Newcastle has revealed “previously misunderstood effects that sperm RNA has on an embryo” — a discovery that could potentially change fertility treatment for males and fundamentally change science’s understanding of human reproduction.  Up until now, ...

The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) held a 12-hour digital sit-in on Monday morning at the University of Newcastle. The purpose of the digital protest was to shine a light on “the scale of insecure work at universities” and what ...

With the lifting of lockdowns and restrictions there is some sense of euphoria emerging, though many in our universities will be reaching year’s end with, in many cases, relief and exhaustion. There is a great opportunity for leaders to start ...

Kent Anderson, deputy vice-chancellor at Newcastle university, joins us soon after a two-year spell in ministers' Tehan and Tudge's office guiding recent policy changes. He comments on the divide between chancelleries and ministry that has developed in recent years, and ...

When times are tough, one of the best coping strategies is to leave the past behind, move out of your current predicament, and focus on the horizon ahead. All of us are trying to look ahead right now. Our ability ...

This episode has University of Newcastle VC Alex Zelinsky join HEDx to outline its five-year strategy called Looking Ahead. A leader with CSIRO and Defence Scientist backgrounds, Zelinsky dismisses the prospect of research commercialisation replacing lost international student revenue.  He instead outlines ...