I have spent some time last year creating a Particle Imaging Velocimetry system to be employed to monitor analogue modelling experiments of tectonics. Basically an image correlation technique is used together with a calibration function to calculate physical displacements and […]

Welcome to my new blogsite! If you’re interested to find out more about the history of Australian women and WWI you’re in the right place. Stand by for new posts to come…

Last week I received some feedback from a student here at UON that being a successful student isn’t as easy as they thought or as easy as some students make it look. Many students in fact are juggling many more […]

This story was written by Ms Fiona Whitten, Research Writer at the University of Newcastle, and shows what I research here at the University.  Dr Janet Fulton is a lecturer in Communication and Media. Her research focuses on the dynamic […]

The University of Newcastle (UON) Australia’s geography discipline has ranked in the top 100 in the world, confirmed by the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016. The geography discipline at UON is headed up by world-class academics with a […]

MAGAZINE PROJECT DESN1021 Second Semester Design Projects  DESIGN PROJECTS 2: VISUAL DESIGN THINKING This first year student magazine brief explores the integration of a variety of visual media, processes and practices into a larger visual communication project. Students conceive, design […]

It has been a great sexual health awareness week so far.  I had the pleasure of attending the expo in the Auchmuty courtyard on Tuesday.  There were some great stalls including Acon, Family Planning and the Sexual Assault Service.  I […]

The much anticipated Sexual Health Awareness Week is here! This week UON has a range of events across campuses to raise awareness about sexual health. Some of these offer information and resources and others offer a laugh! If a laugh […]

Attention keen Development Studies Students! KDC is looking for a student planner one day a week to start very soon. This would be ideal work experience for a second or third year student or a recent graduate. Ryan Falkenmire, a […]

Lately Ive been talking to a lot of students about ways to improve their general wellbeing and get the most out of being a student at UON. Students often ask me what the easy solutions are – how they can […]

Are you eating 2 minutes noodles every night of the week? Are you struggling to save the money you need for your trip home to visit your friends and family? Do you need a little help setting up a budget […]

Happy 2016 International Women’s Day. I’m sharing some interesting stories that help communicate why we celebrate each March 8th: Six great Australian women revealed (opens in new tab): Australian history is full of invisible women: young, old, creative, courageous, flawed, strange and […]

Expressions of interest invited for Environmental Science / Ecology students for bush regeneration team to work across a diversity of ecological communities on Ash Island, including mangrove, saltmarsh, riparian, floodplain forest and rainforest, as well as Stockton Sandspit’s coastal hind […]

Usually I reserve my reviews and blog posts for free services available for students to access. Every now and again I come across something that is good and affordable and I pass sharing it because I like to think that […]

One of the questions we as Communication academics are asked is where are the jobs: students ask us, parents ask us, the media report on the lack of jobs for journalists and others with a Communication degree. Well, you need […]