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Wednesday 27 May 2026
UOW secures $2.1 million boost for research with real-world impact
Read more about UOW secures $2.1 million boost for research with real-world impactTuesday 26 May 2026
Early Start leaves lasting impact on children’s wellbeing, development
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Education
Should gifted students go to a separate school?
Despite two Senate inquiries in 1988 and 2001, it has taken 15 years and a state parliamentary review for the Victorian government to decide to build a specialist high school for students who are gifted, specifically targeting those from rural and regional Victoria.
Business and Economy
Like Pokemon, UOW's innovation is everywhere
Pokemon Go's $9.9 billion boost to the share value of Nintendo is the same as the total research income evaluated by the ARC, writes UOW Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Wellings.
Health and Medicine
‘Living here will make you fat’ – do we need a public health warning?
Men and women living in areas of highest socioeconomic disadvantage have a 29% higher risk of being obese, write Karen Charlton and Abhijeet Ghosh.
Global mobility partner institutions attend UOW’s inaugural ‘Partner Day’
UOW is strengthening its international ties conducting its inaugural global mobility ‘Partner Day’ on 25 February – timed to suit staff from UOW’s global student mobility partners attending the Asia-Pacific Association for International Education (APAIE) to be held in Melbourne from 29 February to 3 March.
Science and Technology
What keeps physicists awake at night: ripples in space and keeping students out of black holes
Physics researchers the world over are in raptures after Albert Einstein’s 99-year-old prediction was recently confirmed.
Education
Gifted youngsters challenged with fun school holiday learning
More than 900 academically high-achieving primary and high school students descend on UOW.