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Thursday 30 April 2026
Spray-on skin pioneer Fiona Wood to speak at UOW on innovation in skin regeneration
Read more about Spray-on skin pioneer Fiona Wood to speak at UOW on innovation in skin regenerationThursday 30 April 2026
Eight UOW students awarded prestigious Westpac Scholarships
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Emeritus professorship for scholar of gender and sexuality studies
Professor Mark McLelland honoured for his contribution to UOW and to teaching and research
Banning mobile phones in immigration detention would make an inhumane system even crueler
The government claims the bill is needed to make detention centres safer. But it would strip away a vital lifeline for people already 200 times more likely to self-harm than the Australian community.
Arts and Culture
Michelle Obama, podcast host: how podcasting became a multi-billion dollar industry
Podcasting, once on the fringes of the internet, is now a multi-billion dollar industry.
Bob Santamaria, 'the most significant' figure in Australian politics never to have been in parliament
Bob Santamaria knew four Australian prime ministers. Is he the most significant figure in Australian politics never to have held office?
Arts and Culture
New shows tell our isolation stories on screen – making the most of what's at hand
Tinkering with whatever is at hand to produce media content reflects the emergence of “bricolage” culture into the mainstream.
Law, Politics and Society
Fight for freedom: new research to map violence in the forgotten conflict in West Papua
To bring attention to the renewed conflict in West Papua, Australian researchers are going back decades to document incidents of violence in a new mapping project.