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Wednesday 3 December 2025
UOW’s Early Years Accelerated program strengthened with $1.9 million in funding
Read more about UOW’s Early Years Accelerated program strengthened with $1.9 million in fundingWednesday 3 December 2025
Discovery Days inspire more than 900 South Coast Year 6 students
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Environment and Energy
Hope flows in mission to provide clean drinking water
A humanitarian project to provide clean drinking water to some of the world’s poorest people is showing UOW students what it takes to make a difference in the world.
Health and Medicine
Drug and alcohol expert chosen for special UN General Assembly
Psychologist campaigns for worldwide focus on treatment rather than incarceration for drug users.
Health and Medicine
We need quality treatment – not just quantity – to address the drug issue
There is a need to increase drug treatment programs but they must be affordable for addicts and their families, writes Dr Lynne Magor-Blatch.
Health and Medicine
National meals guidelines to support older Australians to live at home longer
Experts to develop the first national meals guidelines for the Australian Meals on Wheels Association.
Science and Technology
‘Magic’ radiation detector to improve cancer treatments
A UOW PhD student worked on developing a ‘magic plate’ radiation detector that will help improve the safety of cancer radiotherapy.
Law, Politics and Society
Vietnam War hard on conscripts ‘who drew the card’
A study of the long-term health effects on Australians conscripted to serve in the Vietnam War has debunked perceptions of widespread cancer and death rates among veterans.