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Friday 23 January 2026

Three UOW teams secure $1.08m to turn research into real world outcomes

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Wednesday 21 January 2026

UOW achieves strong global results in THE Subject Rankings 2026

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Articles

Health Minister meets Illawarra’s women in science

NSW Health Minister Jillian Skinner MP visited the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI) based at UOW today (Thursday 4 December) to meet with four young female researchers at the cutting edge of their fields.

China partnership a material exchange in innovation and development

UOW materials engineering students will from 2015 have the opportunity to spend part of their degree at one of China’s leading materials engineering institutions, Beihang University (BUAA), following a credit transfer agreement.

Vice-Chancellor delivers higher education policy lecture in London

Professor Paul Wellings CBE presented the 11th Annual Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) at Australia House in London yesterday (26 November).

Creative writing lecturer wins Philippine National Book Award

Fish-Hair Woman, the third novel by creative writing lecturer Merlinda Bobis, has won the prestigious Philippine National Book Award (Juan C. Laya Prize) for Best Novel in a Foreign Language (English).

A flood of responses for award-winning engineering tool

Student-designed flood risk management tool helps communities cope with natural disasters. 

Brain building with stem cells

Researchers are building brain tissue with human stem cells to better understand, and ultimately to treat, neural diseases such as schizophrenia, which is unique to humans.