CASANZ invites you to submit an idea for presentation at the inaugural “Emerging Air Quality Professionals Symposium”. “The future of Air Quality and Climate Change: Big ideas for complex problems” The Symposium is headlined by Professor Tim Flannery, […]
Name- Sarah Ongley Interests- The production of molecules by bacteria that possess unrivalled diversity in their structures and biological activities is intriguing. I believe that our understanding of the true role of these “natural products” or “secondary metabolites” is only […]
Have you ever found yourself sitting staring at a blank page, unable to get started? Do you put off starting your assessment (or piece of work for your PhD supervisor) until the last minute because you feel overwhelmed with […]
In a previous post on less doom and gloom in sustainability, a small innocuous table from Tilbury and Cooke compared traditional and critical approaches to environmental education. One particular row in the table talks about the transition from seeing sustainability […]
We want to congratulate to all of our Bachelor of Development Studies students, who celebrated their graduation last week on the 27th of April. Graduation is a celebration of your commitment through several years of hard work meeting deadlines, surviving […]
We would like to thank those who joined our Youth Advisory Group last week! It is great to hear what Australia’s youth think of existing social marketing campaigns, and see the types of messages youth think would more effectively resonate […]
University of Newcastle in collaboration with University of Waikato and Melbourne University are leading the way in ground breaking new research into South Pacific and Australian Hydroclimate History. Adam Hartland from Waitomo University, blogs about the fascinating work of our very […]
With the acquisition of a computer-controlled stage we are now able to digitise thin sections under the microscope. There are many issues to fix, and questions to answer before we can put a web page online but that’s our goal. […]
So it is week 10 (nearly week 11), getting towards the pointy end of semester, and many of you may be feeling the squeeze with lots of assessments due and exams on the horizon. Chances are that you might be […]
If you’ve ever wondered about the types of projects you can do for Honours in Geography at the University of Newcastle – look no further, scroll on down! For those unsure about what Honours is – it’s an original research […]
How do you translate a translation? For much of April, Jenny Cameron has been grappling with this issue. She has been in Tampere in Finland working with the translator of Take Back the Economy: An Ethical Guide to Transforming our […]
One of the greatest challenges in medicine is the provision of new antibiotics in the face of increasing resistance. One solution may prove to be natural product biosynthetic engineering to create unnatural antibiotics, antivirals, and immunosuppressants. The past two decades […]
Earth Science Postgraduate- Where could your degree take you?