The Faculty of Medicine and Health has been established to ensure UNE  is best placed to prepare students for the world ahead.

Health is a growing and rapidly changing sector. New preventive approaches, new technologies, new diagnostic tests and curative procedures are reshaping the way we think about Medicine. Student health professionals are entering a field that is opening up before them.

The Faculty offers courses, training, and research opportunities in a full range of scientific and clinical disciplines, including Community Services, CounsellingHealth ManagementMedicine, Mental Health Practice, Nursing, Pharmacy, Psychology and Social Work . We are committed to improving the well-being of individuals, families, communities, and populations through diverse programmes, collaborative research, and strong community partnerships.

Now is an exciting time for all people wanting to become a health professional. UNE has a growing reputation for our intellectual innovation, courage, and community-focused achievements. We look forward to stepping forward with you into the world we together can create.

Teaching and learning

The Faculty’s newly established New England Virtual Health Network provides a learning experience for our students that guides your learning with far greater depth and breadth than can be achieved using more traditional methods. The Faculty’s focus on developing a track record in quality teaching and research, and building a critical mass of teaching and research staff, will underpin our strong brand recognition as leaders in health education.

Research

The Faculty’s research priority areas include:

  • Growing, Living and Aging Well
  • Healthy Minds, and
  • Sustainable Systems

The Faculty is presently developing a new Research Strategy around One Health that will see greater collaboration across UNE, with external partner organisations and the community.

The Faculty takes advantage of UNE's strengths in data science and developing strength in rural and tele-health to develop new approaches to healthcare based on increasingly available data and Information and communication technology capabilities. The government’s focused funding for research translation plays to UNE’s strength as a university embedded in its community.

The Manna Institute aims to build the place-based research capacity of regional mental health researchers and develop collaborative research that addresses the complex issues affecting mental health in regional, rural and remote Australia. This 3-year project is a collaboration between universities in the Regional Universities Network (RUN), led by the University of New England.

Liz Flaherty

The Faculty Education Committee is a great opportunity for me to raise issues, concerns, and perspectives as a student. I was very surprised at my first meeting to see how open to the student perspective the Schools were, and particularly that the engagement was genuine and acted upon. The meetings are very collaborative and address a wide range of School, Faculty and University-wide issues. From a student perspective, it is really useful to gain a better understanding of the range of matters considered by the Faculty and to participate in decision making. I would encourage other students to be a Student Representative. The meetings are productive, and the workload is completely manageable. It is a great way to make improvements for other students and ensure the perspective of students is considered in all decisions.

Student Representative - Elizabeth (Liz) Flaherty