Up for a Yarn to Rethink Development
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 on the mid-north coast, introduced the class to Indigenous ways of knowing and integration in […]
Honours Information Session Coming Soon
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 some great students completing several interesting and diverse projects. You can read about our current […]
Enrol to Vote and Have Your Say
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; check your eligibility; or check your details. You can do all these things at the […]
Institute of Australian Geographers, Annual Conference 2017
The 2017 Annual Conference of the Institute of Australian Geographers has just been held at the University of Queensland. Twelve academic staff members and PhD students from UON’s Discipline of Geography and Environmental Studies were among the almost 200 participants. Presentations from the UON delegation included those on wayfinding with mobile phones (Ainsley Hughes), the […]
The Pizzas Strike Back
Last semester students seemingly inhaled 16 pizzas. Nothing was left. This time a few survived… not many, enough for leftovers. But we still had a great turnout at our welcome lunch for Semester 2, 2017 with lots of familiar faces of lecturers and continuing students (including New Colombo Plan scholar Adam Kennedy after recently returning from the […]
Now On: Penny Dunstan’s Shadowlands II
PhD student Penny Dunstan’s visually and conceptually astounding exhibition Shadowlands II opens tonight at the University Gallery, Friday 21st July at 6pm. Nature, art, drinks and nibblies will all be in one spot! Penny kindly took me on a tour of her exhibition and talked me through her works of art while setting up ready for […]
Adam Kennedy’s New Colombo Stories
Development Studies student Adam Kennedy is moving on to new adventures after his colossal New Colombo Plan Scholarship experience in Singapore. The New Colombo Plan provides opportunities for Australian undergraduate students to live, study and work in the Indo-Pacific region. Excitingly now the program will also include New Caledonia and French Polynesia. Adam has kindly written to us […]
Travel for Good – Phoebe Everingham has submitted her PhD
Good news travels fast so you may have heard our Phoebe Everingham has just submitted her PhD thesis! Excitingly Phoebe is our first PhD graduate in the field of Human Geography at UON to submit by publication. She has published four chapters from her thesis that have a sustained and cohesive theme throughout surrounding ethical […]
With Courage Let Us All Combine
Refugee Week is an opportunity to raise awareness about the issues affecting refugees and asylum-seekers. It is a time to listen to their lived experiences and celebrate all of their positive contributions towards Australian society. The theme this year is ‘with courage let us all combine’ as in the Australian National Anthem. Events at Callaghan campus […]
Unite to Celebrate 90 Years of the Geographical Society of NSW
Calling all enthusiastic geographers! You are invited to attend the Geographical Society of New South Wales Gala Dinner to celebrate 90 years since the society’s founding. This will be a great networking opportunity for students and academics alike. The event will feature keynote speaker the Hon. Linda Burney MP, Shadow Minister for Human Services, Member […]