Consumers are often asked to participate in research to help science find new and better ways of helping people manage the challenges that life throws at them. I mean who hasn’t been asked at some point to answer a survey […]
Recently we investigated how students could learn oral communications in the online learning environment (here’s the full report). None of us involved in the trial had tried this before and we were all a little nervous. Our shared experiences as […]
Written by Melanie James and Alex Callen The Conservation Biology Research Group at the University of Newcastle recently sent researchers Melanie James and Alex Callen to Noumea, New Caledonia to conduct the 2nd annual survey of a local green and […]
As a student support advisor I see students for a broad range of issues and concerns. Possibly the most common concerns students have relate to organisation, time-management and study skills. The funny thing is, most students feel that they are the […]
The counselling and online counselling websites are currently having slight meltdowns but you can be assured they are receiving lots of support to work through their current issues!! We apologise for the technical difficulties and are doing everything we can […]
The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 January 2016 The richest 1 per cent now have more wealth than the rest of the world. Photo: Bloomberg Just 62 people own as much wealth as the poorer half of the global population, […]
It’s that time of year again when university students start to think about getting back to study. I remember this time of year as a tug-of-war in my head between staying in holiday mode and the curiosity and excitement when […]
An update from Lisa Butson (Development Studies Student, UoN) as she studies water and wastewater management in the Philippines as a New Colombo Plan fellow. Photo: Lisa Butson, UON “I have met with one of the organisations I […]
UON Visual Communication Design UON Visual Communication Design Grad Show 2015
I had the honor to present a paper at the conference focusing on Materials for the 21st Century: From design to application. A video of the presentation can be found online (1st talk in Session 3)