The day wasn’t planned just to see the week-old baby goats, but they were the highlight of the excursion for many students (as you can see)! During the ENVS3006 Sustainability: Theory and Practice excursion, we visited and learned from local […]
In August Tully Hambridge had the amazing opportunity to attend the Jakarta International Youth Program. You may have met Tully in class, she is a current Bachelor of Social Science/Bachelor of Laws (Honours) student majoring in Human Geography and the Environment. She […]
Today is World Mental Health Day. A good day to stop and take a minute, and ask what you know about mental health. When I first opened the website I was met with today’s date. 10th October. 10/10. For me […]
As we come towards the second half of semester, some of you may be feeling a bit stressed or looking for some strategies to help you manage anxiety or improve your wellbeing. An easy way to learn some new skills […]
Excitingly Dr Simon Clulow, a member of the Conservation Biology Group has had a paper published in Science. The paper, published with Australian and international co-authors identifies the frog fauna of New Guinea (including Papua New Guinea) at risk of a major catastrophic […]
The phrase “All work and no play, makes Jack a dull boy” was recorded as early as 1659 according to Wikipedia, which demonstrates that there has been a strong understanding of the need for work / life balance for almost […]
Here are some photos of our structural geology excursion to Potato Point, South Coast NSW. It’s been great. Thanks everyone!
It’s a very sad fact that on average 8 people take their own life each day in Australia, and for each death, 30 others attempt suicide. RUOK is a campaign to address the main risk factors of suicide: Isolation and […]
Our research on metal matrix syntactic foams with expanded glass particles has been published in Materials (PDF version). Abstract Metal matrix syntactic foams have been fabricated via counter-gravity infiltration of a packed bed of recycled expanded glass particles (EG) with […]
Here are some photos from the 2017 excursion to New England.
Lucky students enroled in GEOG3300 took part in a one-day field trip to the beautiful Central Coast. We ventured to a number of key sites to think back on our past and current development with our guide, Gavi from Bara […]
It is common for people to perceive that Psychology is all about mental illness, but this is far from the truth. The field of Clinical Psychology actually started to grow after World war I & II, when many soldiers returned […]
A key part of our third year core course GEOG3300 Rethinking Development involves providing diverse learning experiences and opportunities to reflect on what it means to relate differently with other people, including non-human others. Bernard Kelly-Edwards, Gumbaynggirr man from Bellingen […]
We are holding an information session for 3rd year students that are interested in studying Honours in 2018. The session is on the 12th of September 2017 starting at 9am. You can find further information and requirements below. We have […]
So as most of you would be aware, census date is approaching fast. Census date is the last day that you can withdraw from or drop a course without financial penalty (i.e., still having to pay the fees). In Semester […]
Five of the UON Coastal Science team went up to Cairns in June to attend and present at the 2017 Australasian Coasts and Ports Conference. Rosey, Caio, Kaya, and Hannah all presented papers on a wide range of topics including […]
On September 12 this year Australians will be asked to vote on amending the Australian Marriage Law to enable same-sex marriage. For those of you who have missed all the social media on this important event, one of the most […]
The Maxwell body of a linear-elastic Hookean spring in series with a Newtonian dashpot is the simplest rheological model for geological deformation. It has been employed to describe many deformation processes. However current Maxwell models display well-known errors when the […]
The University is encouraging all staff and students to have their say in the upcoming postal survey on Australian marriage law (referred to as the ‘same-sex marriage postal vote’). If you would like to vote you may need to enrol; […]
In June 2017 we have successfully tested a P-MSF impact module. A 2.5 ton drop test was conducted to replicate conditions encountered in an automotive impact. The work has been supported by Transurban with an Innovation Grant. P-MSF, a novel material […]
Congratulations Simon. Well done. Best wishes, Russell