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UOW appoints new Council members

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Festering families, difficult truths and transcendent grace: best podcasts of 2025

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Articles

Rain doesn’t dampen Discovery Days enthusiasm

Despite the onset of rain, more than 5,400 students from 134 high schools are flocking to the University of Wollongong this week (3-7 February) for the annual Discovery Days -- the University's largest undergraduate recruitment event.

AIME-ing high: Indigenous mentoring program expanding in 2014

Fresh from a record-breaking year mentoring 380 Indigenous high school students across the region in 2013, the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME) program at the University of Wollongong is aiming to reach 500 students in 2014.

New study reveals health of Australian sole parent working mothers is suffering

Sole working mums have poorer physical and mental health than partnered working mothers in Australia, a new study has found.

Physics breakthrough paves the way for next generation communications

An international team of researchers has combined fundamental ideas of quantum mechanics with modern optical technology to take light on a one-way trip for the first time.  

Researchers from around the world visit UOW for stats conference

The National Institute for Applied Statistics Research Australia (NIASRA) within the School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics at University of Wollongong will host a weeklong conference on statistical methods from 3 February.

UOW ranked as one of the best modern unis in the world

UOW has been ranked in the top 25 young universities in the world for the second consecutive year.