The University of Notre Dame Australia has announced four Transformative Research Fellowships for 2026, supporting research that improves lives and contributes to the common good. The Transformative Research Fellowships are a flagship initiative of the University’s Research Strategy that invests in promising researchers to build Notre Dame’s research capability. Transformative Research F...

Charlotte accepts her Social Impact Award at the Future Leaders awards ceremony in Sydney. Photo: UNDA. A student from the University of Notre Dame Australia, has been named one of Australia’s top emerging leaders through a national program that recognises outstanding achievements and career potential. Charlotte Carles, a third-year Bachelor of Laws student in Fremantle, was named in the...

Two law students from the University of Notre Dame Australia will travel to Croatia this month to represent Australia in an international competition following an outstanding win at the national level. Final-year Bachelor of Laws students Eva Medenis and Claudia Turner will represent Australia in the Brown-Mosten International Client Consulting Competition in Zagreb. The annual event bri...

Research into American congregations who are committed to the Traditional Latin Mass (or ‘Extraordinary Form’) has earned Notre Dame Professor Stephen Bullivant the honour of a private audience with Pope Leo XIV to discuss his findings. Professor Bullivant, together with his research collaborator Dr Stephen Cranney from the Catholic University of America, met with Pope Leo earlier this mont...

The University of Notre Dame Australia has launched its new Centre for Technology and Human Futures, an important initiative dedicated to exploring human‑centred approaches to AI, emerging technologies and the futures we create.  Launched in partnership with the Institute for Ethics and the Common Good at the University of Notre Dame (USA), the Centre will be led by Asso...

The University of Notre Dame Australia has announced an Australian-first program for student teachers to undertake practical teaching placements in Europe as part of their Bachelor of Primary and Secondary Education studies. The program began in 2024 with ten students completing education placement in schools across Darlington, England. In 2026, a record 75 UNDA students will complete sc...

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Notre Dame Australia, Professor Francis Campbell, has advised he will leave his role later in the year to undertake a new role in the Americas. Professor Campbell shared the news with staff in a joint message issued with Chancellor Paul McClintock AO. He has been at Notre Dame since January 2020 when he arrived from St Mary’s University in Londo...

The University of Notre Dame Australia’s theology lecturer, Shaun Blanchard, has been recognised globally as one of only 20 scholars who was invited to write in support of St John Henry Newman being made a Doctor of the Church. On 1 November 2025, Pope Leo XIV officially proclaimed St John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church at St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. Doctor of the Church is...

The University of Notre Dame Australia has on 11 November announced the appointment of Mr Paul McClintock AO as the eighth Chancellor of the University. Photo: Supplied. The University of Notre Dame Australia is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Paul McClintock AO as the eighth Chancellor of the University. Mr McClintock brings to the responsibilities of Chancellor personal and...

“The Centre will strengthen and deepen national and international partnerships, to foster excellence, hope, and human flourishing in Catholic education and leadership across the globe,” the University of Notre Dame’s Prof Renée Köhler-Ryan explained.