Keywords: Newcastle University
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INFORMATION
- Gerard Goldman and Terry Lovat
- 24 November 2009
It has been suggested,
but surely not seriously, that the public university’s prime motive in
including theology among its disciplines might be around financial
benefit.
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EDUCATION
- Neil Ormerod
- 18 November 2009
7 Comments
The movement of existing theological schools into the university structure restores the ancient place of theology as a discipline within a university. But universities could be more interested in money than theology, with theological colleges bringing healthy student numbers and value for money research outputs.
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EDUCATION
- Neil Ormerod
- 26 November 2008
6 Comments
Theological colleges increasingly need to turn to churches for underwriting, yet church congregations are dwindling, which affects them financially as well. Something has to give ... and in Brisbane, it already has.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
he was diverted.. from the impending roast.. and wiping red wine.. from his generous lips.. he mouthed sweet nothings.. in retaliation.
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CONTRIBUTORS
- Andrew Slattery
- 17 May 2007
Andrew Slattery is a communications graduate from Newcastle University. His poems have appeared in a number of literary journals, magazines, radio and anthologies. In 2004, Andrew was awarded the Harri Jones Memorial Prize for Poetry.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 24 December 2006
2 Comments
It could be time to think of abandoning the present system of native land title, which mainly benefits lawyers. A better system may be an arbitral system that declares what the rights of the parties ought to be according to the justice and circumstances of the individual case. From 16 May 2006.
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ENVIRONMENT
- Tim Thwaites
- 10 July 2006
Warnings are more effective if accompanied by a photo of someone watching you. Maybe this reflects our human evolution. But if we are to talk sensibly about human evolution, we need a more sophisticated understanding of it than commonly prevails.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Brian Matthews
- 11 June 2006
As Melbourne Cup time comes round each year, I remember—with a mixture of dread and triumph—the Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Lecture that I gave on Tuesday, 5 November, in the Chancellors Hall of the University of London Senate House in 1996.
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RELIGION
- Annette Binger
- 31 May 2006
Annette Binger on secret women’s business—female clerics.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Brian Matthews
- 29 May 2006
1 Comment
Almost exactly 60 years ago George Orwell published a wonderful essay called, Some Thoughts on the Common Toad... The point of the essay was to insist ‘that the pleasures of spring are available to everybody, and cost nothing’.
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AUSTRALIA
- Frank Brennan
- 18 May 2006
It could be time to think of abandoning the present system of native land title, which mainly benefits lawyers. A better system may be an arbitral system that declares what the rights of the parties ought to be according to the justice and circumstances of the individual case.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 18 May 2006
1 Comment
Mother Teresa devoted her energies to providing urgent care for those who present as poor. The Jesuits attempt to build on this, using tools of social analysis to work out who is actually poor and why.
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