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Families, community engagement and environmental sustainability – for parents, students, practitioners and anyone who wants to make a difference. By Graeme Stuart from Newcastle Australia.
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Starting my blog habit again
Having just read Atomic Habits by James Clear, I’ve decided to write at least 20 words a day on my blog. It doesn’t mean there will be lots of short posts like this, but I hope it will mean that … Continue reading
Two million views!
Today is quite a big milestone for my blog: I passed 2,000,000 views! Continue reading
Looking after staff
I was not very positive about my University in my last post, but a announcement earlier this month was a pleasant surprise. I do believe that the University wants to look after staff and students and, while the large, impersonal … Continue reading
Postcards from Practice: Initial Learnings from the Name.Narrate.Navigate Program
We have just published a report, Postcards from practice: Initial learnings from Name.Narrate.Navigate. with initial learnings for work with young people and domestic violence. Continue reading
Posted in Nonviolence and conflict resolution, Uncategorized
Tagged Domestic violence, Family violence, Research, Youth
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Off-topic posts in a LinkedIn community engagement discussion group
I recently asked a LinkedIn discussion group on community engagement what posts should be deleted. Here are the results. Continue reading
Scam alert – Renewal Letter from ASIC
I’ve recently registered Transition Newcastle as a charity with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) so when I the above email I at first thought it could be related to our registration. The text read: Please find information in … Continue reading
Five things that scare me about Trump as president
Later this week, Donald Trump becomes the 45th US president. Even though I live in Australia, the election gripped the nation and received a great deal of media attention. I was one of those people who couldn’t believe he had … Continue reading
A quarter of a million views – thanks everybody!
Over a quarter of a million views! Thanks everybody for your support over the years. It’s funny how a quarter of a million sound more than 250,000. These are the 10 most popular posts (by number of views) since I … Continue reading
Our University strategic plan – what does it offer?
The University of Newcastle (UON) recently launched its “NeW Futures Strategic Plan 2016-2025”. I like some of the language in the plan and hope it opens up possibilities. The vision is UON stands as a global leader distinguished by a … Continue reading
Posted in Being an academic, Uncategorized
Tagged Universities, University of Newcastle
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Sustaining Community blog – 2015
As this is my first blog for the year, it seems appropriate to reflect on 2015 in the Sustaining Community blog. In February last year I set some goals for my blogging: Decide whether or not to change the name … Continue reading