A big misconception many students take into their first years of tertiary education is that study and a career are two separate, black and white things, one happening only after the other. Oftentimes, in our topsy-turvy world of today, the opposite is true! Learning continues well after tossing the graduation cap, and with tons of …
International Students: Getting to UON
I bet you’ve done a ton of research on your future home at the University of Newcastle, but do you know how to actually get here? With assistance from the UON Global International Student Engagement Manager, Lauren Miles, I will take you through your first steps as an International student arriving on Australian soil, to …
Your Support Services Checklist
Coming to a new country has its challenges. If studying alone isn’t enough to handle (!), you also have to know information like where to find things around campus, public transport, finding somewhere to live, building new friendships, perhaps learning a new language, and managing your finances (just to name a few), all the while …
5 ways to further your career over summer break
I’m going to say something controversial here (please forgive me). Summer holidays are really long. And I can only take so much of beaches on hot days, shopping centres on super-hot days, movie theatres (read: air-conditioning) on super, super hot days, as well as sleeping in and not uni-ing. Yes, there’s Summer Term study, and …
STAR4200: How to Launch a Product Without Starting a Business
If you enjoy designing solutions to problems, love products and enjoy thinking of ways to improve them – this class is for you. If entrepreneurship excites you but having to run a company absolutely does not— this class is definitely for you. Watching Shark Tank can only teach you so much about product design and …
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Joseph: My experience with Hunter Water Scholarships
Have you heard of the undergraduate scholarships offered by Hunter Water? I couldn’t really blame you if you hadn’t – with that many scholarships on offer at UON it’s easy to lose track. But with $22,500 up for grabs, I’d be paying attention. In 2018 I was lucky enough to be the recipient of the …
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What jobs are available on campus for students?
A big misconception many students take into their first years of tertiary education is that study and a career are two separate, black and white things, one happening only after the other. Oftentimes, in our topsy-turvy world of today, the opposite is true! Learning continues well after tossing the graduation cap, and with tons of …
Enrolment, it is a changin’
When you go to enrol for 2019 classes, you will notice something different about the process you will be using to enrol. That’s because the enrolment process has been improved to be fairer for all students. The changes are a fairly extensive overhaul of our current enrolment system but will mean that class selection will …
My year doing Honours
Last April I graduated. I put on the mortarboard, wore the gown, shook hands with the Chancellor, was given a certificate, and did everything else that graduation normally entails. The week after, I was back in class. How, you may ask? Rather than finishing my uni career just yet, I had enrolled in Honours. While …
Study or travel? Porque no los dos!
As the summer break rolls around, you may be wondering how all your friends managed to afford international holidays. Unless they’ve spent their uni semester doing some pretty shady stuff or working a million hours behind the checkout, there’s a good chance they’ve received government funding for an international study trip. Incoming are the pics …
Navigating Addiction: Nangs
Beyond decorative pieces at dorm room parties, balloons have now found themselves as a means to deliver a brief high in the form of a gas. This gas is nitrous oxide, or what a uni student may refer to as nangs. Nitrous oxide is a gas that is widely used as a medical sedative. It …
Exercise to Excel: 5 Tips to Improve Your Exam Performance
Our bodies were built for mobility! Not desk-bound modality! And UON’s very own Professor David Lubans would agree wholeheartedly. Composed and strong of posture, David very much walks the talk. Starting off as a passionate physical education teacher with a knack for Rugby League, he has now established himself as a researcher dedicated to promoting …
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How to get your diet sorted for exams
Exam time is easily one of the most stressful times of the semester. Between trying to balance study with everything else happening at this time of year, sometimes our diets can suffer. Whether we’re snacking on whatever we can find at Pinkies during a cram session or eating takeout because we don’t have time to …