What's on this week

Event ? 6 Aug 2025 from 12:00pm - 20 Oct 2025 until 11:00am

Pathways Educator Connect Sessions

In person ? 21 Aug 2025

Band Comp

Band Comp is back for 2024 and is bigger than ever! Band Comp is open to all students and all genres, with new categories this year for soloists and duos, new bands, as well as established artists. You could win

  • Date: Thursday 21 August 2025 at 12:00am

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Event ? 1 Sep 2025 from 12:00am - 1 Oct 2025 until 12:00am

SEXtember

In person ? 1 Sep 2025

AI in the Classroom - A HunterWiSE Event

HunterWiSE presents an engaging event for secondary teachers and educators to explore perceptions and applications of Generative AI in the learning environment.

  • Date: Monday 1 September 2025 at 5:30pm
  • Location: Newcastle (City), NU Space

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In person ? 3 Sep 2025

Startup Stories - ByStorm Beauty

Hear the experiences of an entrepreneur and business owner – the highs, the lows, the wins, the mistakes, the inside story.

  • Date: Wednesday 3 September 2025 at 8:00am
  • Location: Newcastle (City)

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Webinar ? 3 Sep 2025

Job Application Bootcamp

Are your job application documents working for you? Writing an effective resume, cover letter or statement addressing the selection criteria can be a tricky process! Come along to this bootcamp we will set you in the right direction to develop

  • Date: Wednesday 3 September 2025 at 11:15am

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In person ? 3 Sep 2025

Newcastle Tech Futures

Newcastle Tech Futures is your chance to connect with leading tech employers from across the region.

  • Date: Wednesday 3 September 2025 at 12:00pm
  • Location: Newcastle (Callaghan)

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Live performance ? 5 Sep 2025 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Piano & Singing Students in Concert

The Conservatorium of Music's Piano and Vocal students would like to show you what they've been working on!

  • Date: Friday 5 September 2025 at 6:00pm
  • Location: Newcastle (City)

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In person ? 6 Sep 2025

Under the Red: Cast, Crew & Supporter Preview

A celebratory family and friends screening of filmmaker Tyler Beckley's PhD film project 'Under the Red'.

  • Date: Saturday 6 September 2025 at 6:00pm
  • Location: Newcastle (City)

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Upcoming events

Workshop ? 16 Jul 2025

Virtual Reality Stress Management Training Workshop - Ourimbah

Immerse yourself in our stress management training program designed to help students build practical skills to manage stress as well as challenging thoughts and emotions.

Event ? 6 Aug 2025 from 12:00pm - 20 Oct 2025 until 11:00am

Pathways Educator Connect Sessions

In person ? 21 Aug 2025

Band Comp

Band Comp is back for 2024 and is bigger than ever! Band Comp is open to all students and all genres, with new categories this year for soloists and duos, new bands, as well as established artists. You could win

  • Date: Thursday 21 August 2025 at 12:00am

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Workshop ? 25 Aug 2025

Virtual Reality Stress Management Training Program @ Newcastle City Campus

Immerse yourself in our stress management training program designed to help students build practical skills to manage stress as well as challenging thoughts and emotions.

Event ? 1 Sep 2025 from 12:00am - 1 Oct 2025 until 12:00am

SEXtember

In person ? 9 Sep 2025

Finding Work in Australia

Finding Work in Australia is designed to support international students in developing self-awareness, identifying opportunities, and improving their employability in the Australian market.

  • Date: Tuesday 9 September 2025 at 3:00pm
  • Location: NUspace

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In person ? 11 Sep 2025

Finding Work in Australia

Finding Work in Australia is designed to support international students in developing self-awareness, identifying opportunities, and improving their employability in the Australian market.

  • Date: Thursday 11 September 2025 at 12:00pm
  • Location: Callaghan Campus

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Community Event ? 11 Sep 2025 from 12:00pm - 2:00pm%

RUOK? Day 2025

Event ? 12 Sep 2025 from 4:00pm - 16 Sep 2025 until 4:00pm

2025 University Book Fair

Grab a bargain at the early bird hour of 4pm Friday 12 September! Join us for the 2025 University Book Fair. The fair hosts an assortment of rare and collectible books, making it an unmissable occasion for every book lover.

Live performance ? 12 Sep 2025 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Pairings & Odd Couples - Newcastle

Exploring Dynamic Connections Between Diverse Musical Worlds.

  • Date: Friday 12 September 2025 at 6:00pm
  • Location: Newcastle Conservatorium of Music - Cnr Laman and Auckland Streets, Newcastle, 2300, NSW

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Live performance ? 14 Sep 2025 from 2:00pm - 4:00pm

From Mars to Muswellbrook: Thomas Parmeter's Symphony No. 1

An afternoon of music written by an extraordinary 15-year-old composer from Muswellbrook, this epic debut shimmers with imagination.

  • Date: Sunday 14 September 2025 at 2:00pm
  • Location: Newcastle Conservatorium of Music - Cnr Laman and Auckland Streets, Newcastle, 2300

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Exhibition ? 17 Sep 2025 - 1 Nov 2025

Bio Assembly

Event ? 17 Sep 2025 from 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Neurodivergent Peer to Peer Workshop: Creating your own Time Toolkit

Come along and build your own toolkit to help you manage time, tasks and procrastination in the busyness of mid semester. Learn from each other and enjoy lunch provided by Student Wellbeing.

Event ? 18 Sep 2025 from 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Shaping Society: Careers in Criminology

Come along to this event, brought to you by The Careers Service in collaboration with the University of Newcastle Criminology and Criminal Justice Society (UONCCJS), to discover the diverse career paths this fascinating field has to offer.

In person ? 18 Sep 2025

Finding Work in Australia

Finding Work in Australia is designed to support international students in developing self-awareness, identifying opportunities, and improving their employability in the Australian market.

  • Date: Thursday 18 September 2025 at 1:00pm
  • Location: Sydney Campus

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In person ? 20 Sep 2025

Newcastle Writers Festival presents: Keri Glastonbury's 51 Alterities Book Launch

Keri Glastonbury is associate professor in Creative Writing at the University of Newcastle. Her poems have been widely published in magazines and collections. Her poetry collection, Newcastle Sonnets, was shortlisted for the 2019 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Poetry.

  • Date: Saturday 20 September 2025 at 4:00pm
  • Location: 20 Auckland St, Newcastle NSW 2300

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Live performance ? 20 Sep 2025 from 6:30pm - 9:00pm

Newcastle Young Suzuki Musicians Celebrations Concert 2025

Experience the timeless beauty of classical music performed by the extraordinary young musicians of our local youth orchestras and choirs.

  • Date: Saturday 20 September 2025 at 6:30pm
  • Location: Newcastle Conservatorium of Music - Cnr Laman and Auckland Streets, Newcastle, 2300

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Live performance ? 21 Sep 2025 from 2:30pm - 5:00pm

Newcastle University Choir - The Armed Man, A Mass for Peace

Newcastle University Choir performs an impressive program 'The Armed Man' in contribution to the Shaping Futures Scholarships fund.

  • Date: Sunday 21 September 2025 at 2:30pm
  • Location: Newcastle Conservatorium of Music | Cnr Laman and Auckland Streets, Newcastle, 2300, NSW

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Webinar ? 24 Sep 2025

The Political Dynamics of the Weird World of Wellness

Explore how contemporary discourses of wellness are aligned with the enactments and dynamics of everyday politics, and their consequences.

  • Date: Wednesday 24 September 2025 at 3:00pm
  • Duration: 2 hours

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Webinar ? 25 Sep 2025

Job Application Bootcamp

Are your job application documents working for you? Writing an effective resume, cover letter or statement addressing the selection criteria can be a tricky process! Come along to this bootcamp we will set you in the right direction to develop

  • Date: Thursday 25 September 2025 at 2:15pm

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Event ? 26 Sep 2025 from 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Demystifying Security Clearances

Costs covered, top secret jobs fast tracked, new career pathways opened + FREE LUNCH! Are you a current student at 榴莲成人app下载 of Newcastle? Find out what a security clearance involves, and how you can get one.

In person ? 28 Sep 2025

Waratah Brass Band - The Animal Kingdom

Join Waratah Brass and Waratah Brass Academy Band for their next big concert.

  • Date: Sunday 28 September 2025 at 1:30pm
  • Location: Newcastle Conservatorium of Music - Cnr Laman and Auckland Streets, Newcastle, 2300

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Event ? 30 Sep 2025 from 9:00am - 1 Oct 2025 until 5:00pm

Centre for Organic Electronics Undergraduate Summit

This three day event will give you a taste of the cutting-edge research that is going on in the?Centre for Organic Electronics?(COE) labs, highlighting the advantages of considering a career in research.

In person ? 30 Sep 2025

Newcastle Writers Festival presents: An Evening with Sally Hepworth

Sally Hepworth is the New York Times-bestselling author of 10 novels, including The Soulmate and Darling Girls. The Family Next Door has been adapted by the ABC. Her new book, Mad Mabel, will be available in September.

  • Date: Tuesday 30 September 2025 at 7:00pm
  • Location: Newcastle Conservatorium of Music - Cnr Laman and Auckland Streets, Newcastle, 2300

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Live performance ? 2 Oct 2025 from 7:30pm - 9:00pm

First Rhythms: Adam Manning and Australian Art Orchestra

Blending traditional percussion with modern instruments, improvisation and notation, it creates a living dialogue between sound, movement, and Country. This performance is guided by the Indigenous understanding that everything is alive and carries a pulse – such as the earth’s

  • Date: Thursday 2 October 2025 at 7:30pm
  • Location: Newcastle Conservatorium of Music - Cnr Laman and Auckland Streets, Newcastle, 2300

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In person ? 7 Oct 2025

Respect at Uni x Polished Man stalls

Take a stand. Spark a conversation. This October, the Respect at Uni team is teaming up with Polished Man, encouraging us all to take a visible stand against violence towards women and children. Head to a stall on October 7

  • Date: Tuesday 7 October 2025 at 12:00pm
  • Location: Newcastle (Callaghan), Ourimbah

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Webinar ? 8 Oct 2025

The Materialities of Inequality: Mould, Acid and Glitter

These presentations contribute towards rethinking a politics of the future by exposing where power lies and how it moves in and through us all through our proximities to different forms of matter.

  • Date: Wednesday 8 October 2025 at 7:00pm
  • Duration: 2 hours

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Webinar ? 13 Oct 2025

Job Application Bootcamp

Are your job application documents working for you? Writing an effective resume, cover letter or statement addressing the selection criteria can be a tricky process! Come along to this bootcamp we will set you in the right direction to develop

  • Date: Monday 13 October 2025 at 11:15am

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Event ? 14 Oct 2025 from 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Neurodivergent Peer to Peer Workshop: How to beat burnout

The end of semester is a stressful time. Join us to brainstorm with your peers’ ways to get over the line and finish the year feeling strong. We’ve got lunch covered!

In person ? 14 Oct 2025

Newcastle Writers Festival presents: An Evening with Bob Brown

Bob Brown is an environmental and social justice campaigner and former senator. A founding member of the Wilderness Society, he led the successful campaign against the construction of the Franklin Dam.

  • Date: Tuesday 14 October 2025 at 7:00pm
  • Location: Newcastle Conservatorium of Music | Cnr Laman and Auckland Streets, Newcastle, 2300

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Workshop ? 15 Oct 2025

Korea meets Newcastle - Korean Music Workshop

Join us for a hands-on workshop and experience Korea’s vibrant traditional music.

In person ? 23 Oct 2025

Newcastle Writers Festival presents: An Evening with Griffin Dunne

Griffin Dunne has been an actor, producer, and director since the late 1970s. Among his work, he produced and acted in After Hours; he directed Practical Magic and the documentary The Centre Will Not Hold about his aunt, Joan Didion.

  • Date: Thursday 23 October 2025 at 7:30pm
  • Location: Newcastle Conservatorium of Music - Cnr Laman and Auckland Streets, Newcastle, 2300

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Public Lecture ? 26 Oct 2025 from 9:30am - 5:00pm

TEDx Cooks Hill 2025: Reframe

Are you ready to engage with groundbreaking ideas and fresh perspectives? Mark your calendars for TEDx Cooks Hill 2025: Reframe, an inspiring event dedicated to the TED philosophy of "Ideas Worth Spreading."

Live performance ? 28 Oct 2025 from 6:00pm - 7:30pm

UniMusic at Flamingos Live

Showcasing the Bachelor of Music and Performing Arts students and their Semester 2 performances at Flamingos Live.

  • Date: Tuesday 28 October 2025 at 6:00pm
  • Location: Flamingos Live - 31 Morehead St, Lambton NSW 2299

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Webinar ? 5 Nov 2025

The False Divide between Nature and Culture

This seminar presents work that shatters the false distinction between nature and culture and troubles lay perceptions of human practices as separate from the apparent wilds of nature.

  • Date: Wednesday 5 November 2025 at 3:00pm
  • Duration: 2 hours

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Live performance ? 8 Nov 2025 from 7:00pm - 8:45pm

To Listen To Sing by Ensemble Offspring

Presented by Ensemble Offspring, this event features composers from the Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples Composers program.

  • Date: Saturday 8 November 2025 at 7:00pm
  • Location: Harold Lobb Concert Hall - Newcastle Conservatorium of Music | Cnr Laman and Auckland Streets, Newcastle, 2300, NSW

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Webinar ? 19 Nov 2025

‘Your mum didn’t take selfies’: Youth and image cultures on social media

This panel discussion traces the contemporary dynamics of young people’s image cultures, foregrounding their own imaging practices as part of the broader social media landscape shaping identity and self-presentation.

  • Date: Wednesday 19 November 2025 at 5:00pm
  • Duration: 90mins

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Graduation ? 12 Dec 2025 - 18 Dec 2025

Graduation - Newcastle Callaghan

December Graduation Ceremonies – Celebrating 60 Years of Excellence Congratulations on completing your studies! This incredible milestone deserves to be celebrated with your family, friends, and fellow graduates. In 2025, the University of Newcastle proudly marks its 60th anniversary.

Event ? 18 Jun 2026 from 10:00am - 19 Jun 2026 until 8:00pm

Graduation - Ourimbah

Congratulations on completing your studies, it’s a milestone achievement and one you deserve to celebrate. Join us on campus with your family and friends to celebrate your achievements.

Graduation ? 24 Jun 2026 - 26 Jun 2026

Graduation - Newcastle Callaghan

June Graduation Ceremonies – Congratulations on completing your studies! This incredible milestone deserves to be celebrated with your family, friends, and fellow graduates.

Event ? 15 Dec 2026 from 10:00am - 19 Dec 2026 until 8:00pm

Graduation - Newcastle Callaghan

December Graduation Ceremonies – Congratulations on completing your studies! This incredible milestone deserves to be celebrated with your family, friends, and fellow graduates.