Conference

Pacifika HDR candidate showcase

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The University of Newcastle is pleased to invite all Pasifika HDR students from across NSW/ACTs tertiary institutions to participate in the inaugural Pacific HDR Showcase event on Thursday 28th August at our Callaghan campus. This event is aimed at celebrating Pacific-led research and building a NSW/ACT Pacific HDR Network.

The event includes registration to our week-long HDR Festival, welcome pack, lunch on the day, and access to the final event celebration.

If you are a Pacific Islander in NSW/ACT undertaking a higher degree by research, you’re invited to join the University of Newcastle in celebrating Pacific-led research and build a peer network across institutions.

This ‘call for papers’ welcomes contributions from all disciplines across many forms:

  • research papers
  • posters
  • performance
  • film
  • workshops
  • roundtables

Submit your 200-word abstract, together with a short bio and contact details to: Sascha.Fuller@newcastle.edu.au

Submissions should be received by 7 July, 2025. Please contact Sascha for any questions: Extensions may be granted on a case-by-case basis. Read more

2025 Faculty of Science and Health HDR and Honours Symposium

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The Symposium is a great opportunity to extend peer networks and to discover  the research that is being undertaken by our Higher Degree by Research and Honours students in the Faculty of Science and Health.

The 2025 Symposium will be conducted as a hybrid event this year on the 18th and 19th November, 2025. It will provide HDR and Honours students an opportunity to showcase their research to their peers in an online and in person collegial conference setting.

There will be opportunities to come together in person to meet with staff and  students in a supportive environment over on-campus morning/afternoon teas and lunches.

Students will have the opportunity to present a 10 minute seminar on their research, suitable for a non-specialist audience. This will be followed by 5 minutes of question time. Prizes for the best and runner up HDR and Honours seminars will be awarded to be used for professional development.

A selection of posters will be presented online and in person over the days and will also compete for prizes to be used for professional development.

For more information please email FOSH-Ops-Admin@csu.edu.au

Registrations are now Open

Registrations will close Friday 29th August, 2025.

Student Registration Form

Staff Registration Form

**Please note:

DocFest Graduate Research (virtual) Conference

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It’s less than a week to go before we kick-off this year’s DocFest.

It’s a whole week of great research presentations. keynote speakers, discussion panels and workshops for HDR candidates, supervisors and anyone interested in research. Click the button below to see the daily program and links to sessions.

You can pop in and out of sessions or come for the lot, but don’t miss it!

Call for abstracts now open for DocFest 2025

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DocFest is our annual tri-faculty virtual conference for graduate research.

26-30 May 2025

DocFest25 theme: Developing Next Generation Researchers

The inspiration for this year’s theme comes from the Charles Sturt University Research Strategy.

The researchers of today step into an everchanging world, in which opportunity abounds, and paths are forged into new and unknown territories. Undertaking your higher degree needs to deliver you into this world with a range of transferable skills that will ensure you are ready to face the challenges and take up the opportunities that present.

Who is DocFest for?

DocFest is for anyone interested in graduate research but especially if you are:

  • A graduate research candidate
  • An Early Career Researcher
  • An HDR Supervisor
  • Research support staff
  • An Honours student
  • Interested in doing a PhD in the future

Call Abstracts for Oral Presentations and e-Posters

As well as a rich program of keynote speakers, expert panels and workshops, HDR candidates, supervisors and research and professional staff are invited to submit abstracts for oral presentations or e-posters in the following themes: Read more

Early Childhood Voices Conference (ECV2024)

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You’re invited to join us for the Early Childhood Voices Conference 2024 (ECV2024).

ECV2024 is an interdisciplinary international conference providing a platform to share research about innovative methods, theories and partnerships with children, families and practitioners that supports social justice during early childhood and within the early childhood sector.

Registrations now open!

And its free!

Online 25-28 November 2024.

Register here: https://csu.edu.au/ecv2024

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